学术资讯丨政治哲学工作坊第五十八讲：人民权力与宪制悖论

Political Philosophy Workshop (58th)

Speaker：Philip PETTIT, L.S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University, Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University

ABSTRACT:

The future of our species depends on the state. Can states resist corporate capture, religious zealotry, and nationalist mania? Can they find a way to work together so that the earth heals and its peoples prosper? Or is the state just not up to the task? In this lecture, based on my recently published book, I examine the nature of the state and its capacity to serve goals like peace and justice within and beyond its borders. In doing so, I break new ground by making the state the focus of political theory—with implications for economic, legal, and social theory—and presents a persuasive, historically informed image of an institution that lies at the center of our lives.

主讲：Philip PETTIT（菲利普·佩蒂特）普林斯顿大学政治学系劳伦斯·洛克菲勒教授；澳大利亚国立大学哲学系杰出教授

摘要:

人类的未来系于国家。国家能否抵御企业渗透、宗教狂热与民族主义狂潮？国家之间能否为了地球的健康与稳定，人类的繁荣与昌盛而携手共进？亦或国家无法胜任此重任？基于我最新出版的书籍，本次讲座将审视国家的本质及其在促进国内外的和平与正义等目标的能力。在此过程中，通过将国家作为政治理论的焦点，我开辟了研究的新领域，（这一视角）对经济、法律和社会理论都将产生重要影响。同时，我将国家描绘为一个居于我们生活中心的制度图景，这一图景有着详实的历史依据，具有说服力。