关于第一次世界大战的若干思考——写在一战爆发100周年之际

Some Thoughts about the First World War

第一次世界大战是人类文明发展进程中的一个突出的断层,是人类社会在经济、政治、社会文化和精神心理等方面发展不协调和不均衡的结果,也是各种不同国家、不同力量和各种思潮在全球范围内的首次冲突和较量。回顾一战的沉痛历史,最重要的就是要在总结历史经验和吸取历史教训的基础上,寻求维护和平的正确之道和有效方法。帝国主义确实是一战中的重要因素,但它并等于一战全部。在导致战争的诸多因素中,全民战争心理与战争情绪是一战爆发的重要原因之一。在一战的众多结果中,令人寻味的是,在战争造成的危机形势下东欧的俄国和北欧的斯堪的纳维亚国家对社会发展道路的不同寻求:前者选择了暴力革命的方式,后者找到了阶级合作的方法。

The First World War is a prominent fault line in the process of the evolution of human civilization.It was not only the result of discordant and unbalanced development of human society in the economic,political,social,cultural and mental aspects,but although the first conflict of different countries,different powers and various ideological trend globally.It's the most important thing is that drawing lessons from history,seeking correct way and effective method to preserve world peace on the basis of summary of the painful historical experience.Except for imperialism,civil war psychology is another important one among the many factors that led to the WWI.Today,there is something to be thoughtful in numerous results of the WWI.In crisis situation caused by the war,Russia and the Scandinavian countries chose different path for social development;the former took the way of violent revolution,the latter found the way of class cooperation.