太平洋学报2025，Vol.33Issue(7)：17-30,14.DOI:10.14015/j.cnki.1004-8049.2025.07.002
建构的"我们"与想象的"敌人":当代美国政治叙事中的阴谋论
The Constructed"Us"and Imagined"Enemies":Conspiracy Theories in Contemporary American Political Narratives
摘要
Abstract
In contemporary American political discourse,conspiracy theories have evolved from a fringe cul-tural concept into a mainstream political narrative.This political logic,which infinitely simplifies complex social realities into covert power manipulation,is rooted in the cognitive needs of the dilemmas of moderni-ty.The disenchantment of rationality has dispelled myths,naturally necessitating new narratives to fill the void of meaning.Conspiracy theories emerged as an alternative framework for interpreting history and real-ity,and have been constructed into an"us-versus-them"narrative of conflict within specific political con-texts.The unique political tradition of the United States provides the value foundation and emotional impetus for conspiracy theories:the"American Creed"fosters a fear of power,the reality of inequality fuels status anxiety,and the general public imagines itself as the persecuted"us".Conspiracy theories in American po-litical narratives shape public political cognition from two dimensions:identity politics deconstructs the tra-ditional binary framework of the masses-elites,and the category of"enemy"in conspiracy narrative sinks to sub-groups within the masses;political polarization drives party elites to instrumentalize conspiracy theo-ries,resulting in narrative competition that actively creates"enemies".When institutions struggle to bridge the gap between values and reality,conspiracy narrative serves as both a prominent manifestation of consen-sus crisis and a crucial bond in community imagination,which precisely exposes the malfunctioning symp-toms of American representative democracy.关键词
美国政治/阴谋论/政治叙事/代议制民主/政治极化Key words
American politics/conspiracy theories/the political narrative/representative democracy/po-litical polarization分类
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庞金友,赵浩然..建构的"我们"与想象的"敌人":当代美国政治叙事中的阴谋论[J].太平洋学报,2025,33(7):17-30,14.基金项目
本文系国家社科基金重点项目"当代西方国家政治极化的源起与影响研究"(21AZZ002)的阶段性成果. （21AZZ002）
