论林肯反奴隶制思想的重要思想源头

美国第16任总统亚伯拉罕·林肯是一位坚强的反奴隶制战士,其反奴隶制思想的主要思想源头如下(一)杰斐逊的民主主义思想.(二)自然神论.(三)人道主义.(四)国家主义观念.由于具有这种思想基础,林肯始终遵奉杰斐逊民主的基本原则,以捍卫宪法和维护国家统一为己任,痛恨种族奴役,并能够顺应进步潮流,同南方奴隶制度进行不懈的斗争.     

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亚伯拉罕·林肯是与华盛顿、杰斐逊齐名的美国三大伟人之一。我国学术界对林肯人生轨迹的研究 ,虽然较为广泛和深入 ,但忽略了其中的一个非常重要的阶段——政治蛰伏期 ,即1849至 185 4年林肯从国会卸任返乡居住的五年。许多历史伟人都经历过或长或短的蛰伏期 ,这在他们的人生旅途中既关键又微妙。国外对此问题的研究比较重视 ,美国学术界通过对林肯政治蛰伏期的探讨就认为 ,蛰居乡间的五年是林肯认真反思自己人生经历 ,全面充实自我 ,以崭新的面貌投入伟大政治风暴的准备阶段。研究林肯的这一阶段 ,对于更深刻地理解他的思想和伟业是大有裨…     

Chiefs,Agitators and the Navy:

American Samoa was governed directly by the US navy from 1901 to 1951, using naval officers on short-term rotations, assisted by Samoan chiefs. Despite being benign and protectionist, the administration in 1920 was disturbed by a protest movement commonly known by the Samoan term mau. This coincided with criticisms from other quarters, including a mixed-race Samoan–Caucasian family, assisted by a California attorney, a mutinous naval officer, a Honolulu journalist and resident American traders. Previous assessments that foreigners agitated among the Samoans for their own ends were challenged by David Chappell, who transfers the initiative for the agitation to the Samoans and sees in the movement an expression of cultural rather than political nationalism. This revisionist interpretation fails to recognise the nature of the links between the foreign and indigenous elements and misreads the Samoan component. The latter was less concerned with grievances about naval rule than with the continuation of traditional rivalries between Samoan chiefs, which crystallised over access to navy patronage. Both Chappell's interpretation and the current one are post-colonialist in their endeavours to shift the focus onto Samoan cultural understandings but they differ in identifying the specific processes involved.