回归生活世界的政治

通常意义上对政治的特定化、片面化和狭隘化的理解,主要源自工具理性向政治领域的扩张所致,这样就导致了政治生活的专门化,从而忽视了政治的价值理性,因而致使政治活动的非生活化。这种背离为人自身和社会的发展设置了障碍。随着时代进步和社会发展,重新审视政治具有重要的理论和现实意义。对于古希腊城邦时期政治与人类自身生存价值相互关联的思考,使得政治回归生活世界成为可能,为打破僵化的理解方式提供了一条新思路。因此,政治作为一种人们现实的生活样式,其价值在于它不仅能够提升人的生存意义,使人的政治性更好地体现人性和人的生存方式,而且是增强社会生活民主化、促进社会和谐发展的根基所在。

Politics that Returns to the Life World

Political life as an expression of meaning of life can be traced back to ancient times.Generally speaking,specific,one-sided and narrow understanding of politics comes from the extension of instrumental rationality to politics.Consequently,political life becomes specialized and the value rationality of politics is neglected,resulting in deviation of political activities from life.This deviation posed obstacles for development of human beings and the society as well.With the passage of time and progress of the society, reexamination of politics is of important theoretical and practical significance.Considering the fact that the ancient city-states in Greece had regarded that politics and human life were related,it is possible to get politics to return to the life world.This offers a new way to break the fossilized understanding of politics.Following this train of thought,seeking for value rationality of political activities and making politics part of life may enhance the meaning of politics.In fact,the value of politics as a pattern of life not only raises the meaning of life in expressing human nature and human life style,but also functions as a basis for reinforcing democracy in social life and promoting harmonious development of the society.