《自由主义的两种面貌》中译本导论

Introduction to the Chinese translation of The Two Faces of Liberalism

葛雷在他的新作《自由主义的两种面貌》里,尝试重建一具有现实性并富实践生机的自由思想。本文作者对葛雷的这一思想作了梳理,如对他的基本立论基础,以及这种论述可能激发什么样的争议。作者尤其提到,如果自由主义与民主理念已构成了我们政治文化的部分,那么,葛雷的自由可以提供什么反思的资源?

In his new book, The Two Faces of Liberalism, Gray aims to establish a realistic and highly practical liberal thought. This introduction tries to sort out and clarify this thought, having in view what kind of controversy Gray' s thought might arouse in our country. If liberalism and democracy have formed an intergal part of our culture, what inspiration can we get from Gray' s new idea about liberalism?