阴谋论、威胁论与美国国家安全观

美国与世界其他国家的安全观明显不同,它总是感觉到不安全,美国总是偏执地认为外部存在着对美国的阴谋和威胁。这种国家安全观与美国的民族特性有关,因为美国的民族认同是建立在对制度和信仰认同基础之上,因此它需要通过灌输阴谋论和威胁论来树立一个敌人的形象,以此来加强美利坚民族的凝聚力。这种国家安全观促使美国把自己树立为道德形象,缺乏换位思考,从而漠视其他国家正常的安全需求和民族情感,最终引起了其他国家对美国霸权行为的反感与抗拒,进一步加剧了美国的不安全感。

Conspiracy Theory, Threat Theory and the View of the U.S.National Security

The United States differs greatly from other countries in the view of national security.It always has a sense of insecurity and always illiberally thinks that there are outside conspiracies and threats to the United States.This view of national security is related with its national character,for its national identity is based on its identity with the systems and beliefs.Therefore,it needs to instill a conspiracy theory and a threat theory to portray an image of the enemy so as to strengthen the national coh...