哈贝马斯合法性理论及其对我国民主政治建设的启示

Habermas' Legitimacy Theory and Its Enlightenment to China's Democracy

概述了合法性的内涵及特点、合法性危机的表现、合法性危机的解决路径。哈贝马斯认为合法性是民众认同和政治秩序自身具备被认同价值的统一,政治秩序如果缺乏被认同的价值或得不到民众的认同,就会酿成合法性危机,要解决合法性危机则要依靠交往理性、公共领域和程序主义民主的建设。依据哈贝马斯的合法性理论,当前我国的民主政治建设既要重视"被认同的价值",又要健全民主协商制度,注重良好民主环境的创建,也不能忽视民主政治的程序化建设。

The paper studies the connotation and characteristics of legitimacy, the manifestation of legitimacy crisis and the solution path of legitimacy crisis. Habermas believes that legitimacy is the unity of the identity of the people and the political order with the value of identification. Political order faces the legitimacy crisis if it lacks the value of identification or the identity of the people. To solve the legitimacy crisis, we should rely on the construction of communication rationality, public sphere and procedural democracy. According to Habermas’ legitimacy theory, Democracy in our country would pay attention to the value of identification, perfect the system of democratic consultation, establish a favorable environment of democratic and value the procedure construction of democratic politics.