有幸在《开放时代》刊出的这两篇文章,是我试图与西方社会理论的一位另类理论家卢曼(Niklas Luhmann)对话的产物。最初引起我兴趣的并非是纯粹的理论,而是中国近代历史中的经验事实——具体而言是革命政治的起源及其形态。但是为了理解那些具体的经验,我不得不越过经验本身而去借助于抽象理论的解析能力;我不得不将这些中国独特的 The two articles that had the honor of being published in “Open Times” were the product of my dialogue with Niklas Luhmann, an alternative theorist of Western social theory. What initially attracted my interest was not pure theory, but empirical fact in modern Chinese history - specifically, the origin and form of revolutionary politics. But in order to understand those specific experiences, I had to go beyond the experience itself to draw on the analytical capabilities of abstract theory; I had to translate these unique Chinese