创生性与复数性——阿伦特的政治生存论分析

Natality and Plurality:An Analysis on Arendt’s Political Survival Theory

按照阿伦特的理解,人与世界的疏离以及由此导致的政治衰退是现代性危机的主要病症。阿伦特在人的创生性和复数性中找到了恢复政治世界的根基。她指出,人在世界中出生、与他人共在的事实,决定了人们的政治本性和自由特性。创生意味着一个人出现在地球上,通过行动展现自己的特质,并依靠自己站立在广阔的世界和历史的长河之中。人的创生带来人们复数存在的基本境况。每个人的出生既为世界带来一个新开端,也为世界增添一位新成员。创生性和复数性共同为人的自由奠定了生存论基础。

According to Arendt’s understanding,the alienation between human beings and the world and the resulting political recession are the main symptoms of the crisis of modernity.Arendt finds the foundation of restoring the political world in the natality and plurality of human beings.She points out that the fact that people are born in the world and share with others determines their political nature and freedom.Natality means that a person appears on earth,acts to reveal his or her identity and stands on his or her own feet in the vast world and the long river of history.The natality of human beings brings about the basic condition of people’s plural existence.Each person’s birth brings a new beginning and a new member to the world.Natality and plurality lay the survival foundation for human’s freedom together.