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民主統治與防衛式人民主權

Democratic Rule and Defensive Popular Sovereignty

摘要


做為人與人之間的支配控制關係,統治一直是活生生的政治現實,並在君主政體達到高峰,其結果是發號施令之一端與受命被治之一端,亦即統治者與被統治者,處於極不平衡之狀態。民主體制在近現代的普遍興起,正是對此一不平衡狀態之反動。民主體制的構成理念雖然已不同於君主政體,但猶仍繼受了君主政體統治觀之若干殘餘,而應予摒除。再者,倘若我們不希望人民主權之觀念淪為徒有其名的空泛之詞,則現今民主體制底下之統治關係,即亟待深入析剖,俾思索使公民更獲得尊重之民主運作的可能性。本文將以防衛式人民主權這項概念為論述核心,析論改善當前民主過程及統治關係的可行之道。

並列摘要


Discourses on ruling have dominated political theory since its birth. In its basic sense, ruling means to exercise power over others for the purpose of controlling them. The activity of ruling divides people into the rulers and the ruled, and hence brings into existence a relation of domination and subjugation. Humanity's long-lasting relationship with monarchism has represented the apogee of ruling and our current understanding of ruling bears witness to this monarchical residue. This article attempts to analyze the nature of ruling and to scrutinize how the existing understanding of ruling limits the potential of further democratic improvement. As a theoretical endeavor aiming at the remaking of collective life, this article argues that a new understanding of popular sovereignty, i.e. defensive popular sovereignty, can better enrich citizenship by lessening the domineering aspect of political life.

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