Difference and the Concept of the Political in Contemporary Political Philosophy

A striking feature of contemporary political philosophy is the emergence of the nature of the political itself as a central theme of discussion. There are various reasons for this development, but all of them merely reinforce the problem posed in its most stark form by postmodern theory. This is the problem of determining what concept of the political, if any, can accommodate the extreme diversity that is the main feature of contemporary western life. That is the question with which the present paper is concerned.
The three currently influential concepts of the political are analysed, after which it is suggested that a fourth concept, which is a revised and reformulated version of the classical idea of civil association, provides the basis for a concept of the political best suited to modern conditions of increasing diversity.     

Political Philosophy and Empowering Citizens

This paper defends the idea of empowering citizens by means of teaching them political philosophy. First, I explain and define empowerment as an experience leading to the development of critical and philosophical capabilities. Several challenges to using philosophy to empower citizens are then discussed and rejected. This group of challenges is called the 'divorce theory', because, according to them, philosophy and politics should be distinguished, as if divorced from each other, so that they can live happily side by side, but not together. Finally, empowerment is normatively defended and distinguished from paternalism, and examine the relationships between empowerment through political philosophy and deliberative democracy.     

政治哲学与行政哲学的比较分析--从另一种角度探讨行政哲学

政治决定行政,行政是整个政治过程的一个有机组成部分.政治哲学是对政治生活的哲学反思,行政哲学是对行政生活的哲学反思,政治与行政之间的有机联系必然会在政治哲学与行政哲学之间的关系中体现出来.因此,比较政治哲学与行政哲学之间的异同点,并借鉴理论形态已经相当成熟的政治哲学在研究对象、研究内容、研究方向、研究方法等方面的经验,对处于初创时期的行政哲学的发展具有重要的推动作用.     

政治学的双重分野——政治科学与政治哲学的概念辨析

政治科学和政治哲学是政治学研究方法的双重分野,是同一对象不同的研究视角.政治科学和政治哲学的使用都是有条件的,因此把政治哲学与政治科学进行错位思考是危险的.处于"多重转型"期的中国政治学研究需要处理好政治学、政治科学与政治哲学等问题,从而科学地确立中国特色的政治学理论体系.     

后现代主义背景下加强我国高校思想政治教育的对策研究

后现代主义崇尚多元价值性,反对理性主义,具有不确定性等特征,它引起当代大学生价值观失衡、社会责任感弱化以及行为方式随意化等问题,使我国高校思想政治教育的发展面临着挑战。坚持弘扬高校文化主旋律,用发展的马克思主义指导当代大学生的思想,不断创新思想政治教育的活动载体,加强主客体之间的关系,有利于促进当今高校思想政治教育的科学发展。     

论在我国政党制度下推进公民有限政治参与

当前我国的政治参与存在着参与趋势扩大和参与制度滞后的矛盾,而要解决这一矛盾,有必要借鉴技术主义和平民主义的经验,鼓励人们进行有限政治参与.印要积极开发和利用现有制度资源,充分发挥政党的政治参与功能.我国的政党制度可以为人们提供充分的参与渠道,但目前这一制度在引导人们群众的参与方面优势仍然没有充分发挥出来.因此,要以制度建设为基本取向,不断完善这一制度.作为执政党的共产党要不断完善党内民主并带领实现社会民主,作为参政党的民主党派要加强自身建设并逐步担任国家领导职务.     

Shiwei Zhang,The Logical Deduction of Chinese Traditional Political Philosophy

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论马克思主义政治哲学的逻辑形态

马克思主义政治哲学以辩证唯物主义和历史唯物主义为理论指导,以无产阶级政治实践为理论基石,批判地继承了西方近代政治哲学的合理因素,融阶级性和实践性于一体,构建了"政治价值--政治实践--政治文明""三环结构"的理论体系,从而创立了政治哲学的科学形态,构成了内导无产阶级政治实践发展的逻辑力量.在这一理论坐标中,政治价值是政治存在应然形态的价值浓缩,是引发人类政治实践活动的原始动因;政治实践是政治价值运动形态的感性延伸,是政治主体追求政治价值的物质活动;政治文明是人类政治实践活动的价值沉淀,是政治生活能动创造的积极成果.     

Between Psychoanalysis and Political Philosophy: Towards a Critical Theory of Political Myth

Abstract

This paper focuses on a specific aspect of political imaginaries: political myth. What are political myths? What role do they play within today's commoditized political imaginaries? What are the conditions for setting up a critique of them? We will address these questions, by putting forward a theory of political myth which situates itself between psycho analysis and political philosophy, in line with the tradition of critical theory that many still associate with the name of the Frankfurt School. We will first discuss the notion of political myth by illustrating the contribution of both disciplines to its understanding and then, through a discussion of the notion of social unconscious, we will apply this analysis to a contemporary example of political myth, that of a clash of civilizations.     

Political Culture and State Development Policy

Economic development has become a prominent issue for stategovernments. Nevertheless, states vary in the economic policiesthey choose. Two general approaches to the issue are discussed:the maintenance/attraction strategy and the creation strategy.Factor analysis allows us to gauge state effort on these twocriteria. Regression analysis shows that political culture isan important factor in predicting which approach a state chooses,with traditionalistic states favoring the maintenance/attractionstrategy, and moralistic states favoring the creation alternative.Other predictors of state policy choices include the conditionof the economy and the diffusion of innovations. Also discussedis the interaction of political culture with other relevantvariables in shaping state policies.