《私刑者》是约翰·怀德曼的转型之作,标志着作家从疏离美国黑人群体到回归黑人群体的转变。小说中四个黑人青年针对白人的私刑计划反映了20世纪60—70年代黑人权力运动的“以暴制暴”的激进主张。本文分析了作品中黑人暴力主张的社会历史根源,揭示了它反伦理道德、反社会公义的本质。本文认为,小说中黑人私刑计划的破产反映了黑人权力运动暴力主张的失败,体现了怀德曼对美国黑人权力运动的反思。 The “lynchman” is the work of John Whiteman’s transformation, marking the shift in writers’ alienation from the Afro-American groups to the Afro-American groups. The lynchings against white whites by four black youths in the novel reflect the radical “storms” of the black power movement in the 1960s and 1970s. This article analyzes the social and historical roots of black violence in the works and reveals the essence of its counter-ethics and antisocial justice. This article argues that the bankruptcy of the black lynchings in the novel reflects the failure of the violent claims of the black power movement, which reflects the reflection of Whiteman on the black rights movement in the United States.