| 英文摘要 |
Friedrich Naumann (1860-1919), a German liberalist, was a prominent thinker during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His liberal discourse is deeply intertwined with the historical context of Germany, while, at a theoretical level, he critiqued the ideas of Kant and Rousseau. Naumann’s primary theoretical goal was to develop a form of liberalism that established a “free nation” and safeguarded the “spirit and life.” Using Habermas’s theoretical framework, this article highlights the significance of Naumann’s ideas: in a country where the foundations of liberalism remain unstable, achieving freedom as a political consensus requires proactive political action. However, the greatest challenge, and the fate of liberalism, is to ensure that individual freedoms are not compromised promoting liberal values through political action. |
