民族主义困境与救赎——伯林自由民族主义思想探析.pdfVIP

Abstract After the Cold War, some theorists argued that human beings had stepped into an era of the end of ideology. In fact, the nationalism had taken the place of the capitalism and socialism, and it become the main ideology. Since its appearance, the nationalism had played a decisive role in the development and evolution of the world history and international relationship of countries. It can be a powerful force for the national construction, but also can run amok due to the improper utilization and lit the fire of ethnic hatred. What the extreme form of nationalism brings to people was not the stable order of life, but fear and unrest during the 20th century. Therefore, some western scholars attempted to consider the problems of the nationalism from the perspective of the liberalism. In their opinion, the necessity of the existence of the nationalism had been recognized,but the combination of the liberalism and the nationalism need more support both in theory and practice. The liberalism paid more attention to individual freedom, while the nationalism paid more attention to emphasizing the significance of the individual sense of belonging, there was a prominent contradiction between them. The thought of liberal nationalism pointed out a feasible way of solving the contradiction. Isaiah Berlin reviewed the nationalism and national issues from the view of liberalism. He had his own special thought of the nationalism. He respected the individual freedom, and contended value-pluralism at the same time. In his mind, individual freedom was surely important, but the value of national culture which was the foundation of the nation also should not be neglected. Therefore, on