我们心底的怕:恐惧的政治功能及其启示

Functions of Political Fear and Its Enlightenment

恐惧对政治生活产生了重大的影响。一个稳定的政治生态中,恐惧的功能是多方面的,政治恐惧作为一种实用的政治工具,能够实现特定政治目的。政治恐惧能够激发出一种普遍的精神觉醒,提高民众对政治价值观念的热切信仰;政治恐惧还具有压制性功能,能够加深政治不平等,继而引发政治冲突。由此要重视并理性地看待政治恐惧。

Fear has influenced upon the political life deeply.In the stable political ecology,fear has multiple functions.First,political fear can be used as one kind of applied political tool to realize the special political goals.Second,political fear can waken the people's spirits and enhance them to believe in the political values earnestly.Last,political fear has the function to suppress,which deepens the political inequality and triggers the political conflicts.Therefore,the political fear should be treated rationally.