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马基雅维利政治及其激进溢出——《权力的游戏》与政治哲学

  

  • 出版日期:2017-11-15 发布日期:2017-11-15

Machiavellian Politics and Its Radical Excesses: Game of Thrones and Political

  • Online:2017-11-15 Published:2017-11-15

摘要:

《权力的游戏》是晚近几年横扫各类影视奖项、在全球范围内具有极高人气的美国电视剧。在高成本的精良制作与奇幻架构的外衣之下,该剧具有政治哲学的丰富内蕴,它标识出了现代性政治的三个维度:第一个维度是去道德化的马基雅维利式政治,在这个视野下,政治问题被转化(简化)成了技术问题,它构成了现代性政治的支配性模式;而对它的激进溢出,便构成了该剧的后两个政治哲学维度,它们分别是:(1)世俗秩序中的神学政治,其吊诡之处在于,激进原教旨主义恰恰是以极端世俗秩序作为其温床;(2)打碎旧秩序的革命政治,其挑战在于“革命的第二天”,即如何保证真正的解放。作为奇幻剧情剧的《权力的游戏》,实际上恰恰构成了当下政治世界的一个“(超)真实再现”。

关键词: 马基雅维利, 《权力的游戏》, 革命, 制序, 神权政治

Abstract:

Having received 204 industry awards and 581 nominations, Game of Thrones indeed is the most acclaimed American TV series of our time. Enshrouded with highcost exquisite production and fantastic construction, the drama entails profundity in political philosophy embodied in three key motifs of modern politics. The first one is the demoralized Machiavellian politics, which reduces political issues into technical ones. It is the dominant mode of modern politics, whose excesses constitute the other two motifs of the show. They are: (a) theocratic politics in secular societies, whose paradox is that it is the extremely secular order that nurtures radical fundamentalism; (b) revolutionary politics that overthrows the “old order”, with the “nextdayafterrevolution” issue being its severest challenge (i.e. how to ensure an authentic emancipation). As a fantasy drama, Game of Thrones is nothing less than a “(hyper)real representation” of today’s political world.

Key words: Game of Thrones, Machiavelli, revolution, theocracy, ordering