| 英文摘要 |
The purpose of this paper is to examine an assumption that underlies much modern scholarship on empire, namely, that empire rests on force. My thesis is that this is too limited a point of view. Empire need not rest on force, at least not exclusively, and especially not if it aspires to universality. Indeed, to the extent that universal empire is conceivable at all, it must rely on something else. I would therefore like to draw a distinction between two different types of empire: empire that rests on force and empire that rests on something else, as yet to be defined. I shall call the former empire the modern way and the latter empire the ancient way. That is of course too simple. But it will help to lift the fog. Once we can see more clearly, it will be possible to complicate the picture without distorting it again. Let me just add one caution: empire the ancient way is not to be confused with empire the ancient Roman way. |
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