Two centuries have passed since the promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, and over a century since US President Wilson delivered his address to Congress in 1917. However, domestic academic understanding of US diplomacy has either lingered on the level of artifacts such as policies and institutions, or has been confined to interpreting and explaining immediate or sporadic events, neglecting to consider the deeper, longer-term factors at play behind major historical events in US foreign relations, such as the shifting philosophical foundations and shifting intellectual tendencies. This book focuses on core categories of US foreign relations, such as the Monroe Doctrine and the Wilson Doctrine, and examines the ideological content and conceptual structure embedded in or embodied in the original texts. This book, while small, offers a valuable intellectual guidepost for analysing and analyzing the ideological context and ethical character of the evolution of the American liberal empire, and for considering ultimate questions such as humanity's political predicament and historical destiny in the 21st century.
1823年《门罗宣言》颁布至今，两个世纪过去了，距离1917年美国总统威尔逊发表致国会的演说也已百年有余。然而，国内学界对美国外交的认知要么徘徊于政策、制度等器物层面；要么囿于解读和阐释当下即时或偶发性事件，却疏于关注美国对外关系中重大历史事件背后的观念哲学基础变迁及思维倾向性更替等长时段起作用的深层次要素。本书的着眼点在于聚焦门罗主义和威尔逊主义等美国对外关系的核心范畴，着重考察原初文本蕴含或承载的意识形态内容及观念结构，进而为梳理和辨析美利坚自由主义帝国发展演变的思想脉络及伦理品格，以及思考21世纪人类的政治处境和历史命运等终极性问题提供一个虽然渺小但或许并非全无价值的知识路标。
1823年《门罗宣言》颁布至今，两个世纪过去了，距离1917年美国总统威尔逊发表致国会的演说也已百年有余。然而，国内学界对美国外交的认知要么徘徊于政策、制度等器物层面；要么囿于解读和阐释当下即时或偶发性事件，却疏于关注美国对外关系中重大历史事件背后的观念哲学基础变迁及思维倾向性更替等长时段起作用的深层次要素。本书的着眼点在于聚焦门罗主义和威尔逊主义等美国对外关系的核心范畴，着重考察原初文本蕴含或承载的意识形态内容及观念结构，进而为梳理和辨析美利坚自由主义帝国发展演变的思想脉络及伦理品格，以及思考21世纪人类的政治处境和历史命运等终极性问题提供一个虽然渺小但或许并非全无价值的知识路标。
