“亚洲式民主”:功能及其限度

“亚洲式民主”在东亚国家实现经济现代化的过程中发挥了双重功能 ,即 :既维持了政治稳定 ,又促进了经济发展。“亚洲式民主”也日益暴露出局限。不过 ,“亚洲式民主”可能是通向自由民主的一种过渡形态。     

Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Limits of Social Constructionism

The sociology of knowledge is a heterogeneous set of theories which generally focuses on the social origins of meaning. Strong arguments, epitomized by Durkheim's late work, have hypothesized that the very concepts our minds use to structure experience are constructed through social processes. This view has come under attack from theorists influenced by recent work in developmental psychology that has demonstrated some awareness of these categories in pre‐socialized infants. However, further studies have shown that the innate abilities infants display differ in systematic and theoretically significant ways from adults' explicit knowledge. This paper moves beyond the constructionist/nativist dichotomy by outlining the complex relationships between innate intelligence and explicit knowledge. I end by suggesting that there are four, distinct ways the social world influences thought‐ facilitation, division, specification, and construction.     

The Worth of Life and the Limits of Law

Survey data show that for Russians the most heinous crimes are serial murder, rape of minors, and premeditated murder, and these are the crimes for which they most often demand the death penalty. Four out of five say the Russian system of justice is guilty of mistakes often and very often, yet almost half of Russians are in favor of reinstituting and expanding the practical imposition of the death penalty     

小说中的南京大屠杀与民族国家观念表达（英文）

“南京大屠杀”是中外战争史上骇人听闻的暴虐事件,诸多作家以小说的形式对之进行了书写。然而,目前关于南京大屠杀的文学研究却相当薄弱,还停留在单个作品分析的阶段。因此,有必要从民族国家观念出发,对中外小说中的南京大屠杀进行整体研究。中国作家、日本作家、华裔和西方作家以不同的话语立场参与了南京大屠杀的讲述,他们对日军暴行的解读或侧重“大屠杀”,或侧重“强奸”;在写法上则有“将军写法”和“士兵写法”两种。中国作家把大屠杀当作中国人的劫难和抗争来叙述,在观念上存在整体民族主义和阶级、政党民族主义的区分;日本人的小说既包含真实呈现和历史反省的成分,又对中华民族进行精神虐杀;美籍华人和西方作家的小说充盈着宗教情怀和对人性、生命的反思,但受制于西方中心主义,把大屠杀演绎成西方拯救中国的故事。近年来,为秦淮河妓女立传、为外国传教士大唱赞歌的故事模式,引领了南京大屠杀叙事的潮流,值得我们注意和反思。