“可持续发展”话语分析:一种策略性的西方神话

Discourse Analysis of Sustainable Development:A Western Myth Constructed Strategically

“可持续发展”话语在1987年正式以国际性报告形式进入公众视野,通过一系列环境报告、发展项目报告、峰会报告等话语进一步阐释和发展。本研究借助中国文化话语分析方法(CNDS),试图揭示“可持续发展”概念及其话语内涵背后是一种策略运作和调适的结果,通过讨论说话者是谁、话语意图及其实践,发现“可持续发展”话语以一种时间线性建构方式运作,基于外交动因以西方发展背景和标准接入全球化,“穷人”身份也成为一种想象性的“他者”策略话语方式。

It was in 1987 when the discourse of“sustainable development”was formally into public.Later,this concept has been illustrated and developed through further environmental summits,consensus,reports,and environmental practices.The author adopts the methodology of Chinese Discourse Analysis(CNDS),trying to reveal the concept and theoretical frame of“sustainable development”.it is the result of a strategic operation and adjustment.After the study of the speakers,their intentions and discourse practices,the author argues the discourse of“sustainable development”has operated in a linear way of time.Thus,it has been linked to globalization in western values and developmental background diplomatically.Furthermore,the cultural identity of“the poor”has also been imaginarily constructed as“the other”in a strategic way.