西属美洲殖民地的独立与两个半球理论的形成

美国政治家提出两个半球理论有深刻的历史根源。该理论折射出了美国与欧洲在政治制度上二元对立的观念,同时也体现出了与欧洲道不同不相为谋的意识形态取向。随着西属美洲殖民地的独立,美国政治家开始从不同的角度表述了美洲联合的思想,最终在门罗宣言中以国家文件形式全面阐述了两个半球理论。这种理论实质上只是美国单方面的一种设想,它试图把整个美洲集体孤立于欧洲之外,使之成为美国独自控制的势力范围。

Independence of Spanish America and the Theory of Two Hemispheres

The theory of two hemispheres deeply reflects the differences between the United States and Europe in political institutions and ideology. Soon after the independence of Spanish America, the U.S. statesmen proposed and expounded the idea about the union of the Americas which finally resulted in the Monroe Doctrine as an embodiment of the theory of two hemispheres. But, the theory is nothing but a concept conceived by the United States to exclude the European powers and then turn the Americas to be its own s...