公私領域的界限:瓊塔.穆芙的詮釋

The Demarcation of Public/Private Sphere: On Chantal Mouffe's Interpretation

有關公／私領域區分的問題，是西方政治思想家討論已久的議題，作為近代西方主流思想的自由主義，公／私領域的區分尤其是其重要的主張之一。然而，自由主義的公／私領域區分其時受到相當的質疑，例如當代的女性主義者即認為自由主義的公／私領域區分實際上是貶抑女性。那麼何謂「公領域」？何謂「私領域」？兩者之間又如何區辨？界限何在？本文即嘗試以瓊塔•穆芙的觀點，討論公／私領域的區分問題。

It has been a long history for Western political thoughts to discuss over the demarcation of public/private sphere. Liberalism-the mainstream political thought in West, the demarcation of public/private sphere is one of her components. But the demarcation of public/private sphere in liberalism suffers much criticisms. For example, contemporary feminists criticize the demarcation of public/private sphere in liberalism to exclude the female from public sphere. What is public sphere? What is private sphere? What is their demarcation? This article will discuss Chantal Mouffe how to reinterpret the demarcation of public/private sphere.