作为知识的期刊:《海军建设》与近代海防思想

Journals as Knowledge:Navy Construction and Thoughts of Modern Sea Defence

1940年创刊的《海军建设》,系统译介马汉海权理论,借此观测中国海防实践,驳斥'优空弃海',呼吁'海陆空并重',倡导'海军立国',探索海防建设战略、战术、制度、人才和军备等基本要素。《海军建设》的读者来信与相关回忆表明,该刊致力海权观念和海防思想的传播,不仅反映有识之士振兴海权的期望,而且表明媒介即知识,来自西方的海权观念经由期刊,逐渐进入国人的思想世界,有利于海疆意识与国防思想的转型,进而推动海军建设。

Navy Construction,launched in 1940,systematically translated Mahan’s sea power theory to rethink China’s coastal defense practice.This journal refuted'airspace first,territorial waters last',called for'equal emphasis on sea,land and air'and advocated'establishing a naval power'.During circulation,it explored basic elements of sea defense construction,such as strategy and tactics,institutions,talents and armaments.Letters from readers and related memories indicate that the publication of Navy Construction fostered growth of concept and awareness of sea power.Not only did it reflect the expectation of man of insight to revitalize sea power,but also it interpreted that media is knowledge.Through journals,the concept of sea power from the West gradually entered the ideological world of Chinese people,transforming the consciousness of national defence and promoting navy construction.