天定命运与美墨战争

发布时间：2019-02-19 10:38

【摘要】： 美墨战争,相对于美国历史上其它一些战争,规模较小,因而也经常被一些主流历史学家所忽视。但是战争的成果是巨大的,通过战争,美国不仅将领土几乎扩大一倍,而且成为了美洲的强国。通过审视19世纪40年代美国的历史,作者发现美墨战争总是和一个被称为“天定命运”的口号相联系。作者研究了“天定命运”这一口号,追溯了它的宗教基础、种族主义因素以及政治体制因素,从而,证明了“天定命运”是美国特定的社会产物,是特定的经济、社会以及政治的衍生物。在这种特定的条件下,对“天定命运”的鼓吹在1840年代中期美墨战争时达到高潮。作者探讨了“天定命运”在美墨战争的作用:“天定命运”事实上是作为战争的宣传工具来推动战争,并使战争合理化。在战前,“天定命运”被利用来调动民族情绪和引导舆论。战争中,美国政府和扩张主义分子竭尽所能地利用了这一概念。为了达到政治和经济目的,宗教、种族,政治体制概念都被利用来合理化和美化战争。“天定命运”作为战争的舆论宣传在战前和战争中充分调动了民意。战后,“天定命运”这一提法虽然逐渐消退,但仍顽固地存在于美国人的意识形态中,并从美国与别国的战争中不断得到体现。最后,作者得出结论,所谓的“天定命运”,不过是被美国利用成为发动战争,实现对墨西哥领土侵略和掠夺的战争舆论宣传。同时,作者也指出,“天定命运”作为一种意识形态已经深深根植于美国文化之中,并成为美国人的一种生活方式和思考方式。因此,无论是现在还是在将来,它仍会影响美国社会。
[Abstract]:The American-Mexican War, relatively small compared to other wars in American history, was often ignored by mainstream historians. But the results of the war were enormous. By the war, the United States not only nearly doubled its territory, but also became a great power in the Americas. By examining the history of the United States in the 1840s, the author finds that the war between the United States and Mexico is always linked to a slogan called "fate in heaven". The author studies the slogan "fate of Heaven", traces its religious basis, racist factors and political system factors, thus proving that "destiny" is a specific social product and a specific economy in the United States. Social and political ramifications. Under such specific conditions, the preaching of fate culminated in the mid-1840s war between America and Mexico. The author discusses the role of "destiny" in the war between the United States and Mexico. In fact, "destiny" is used as a propaganda tool to promote and rationalize the war. Before the war, Destiny was used to mobilize national sentiment and guide public opinion. During the war, the American government and expansionists used the concept to the best of their ability. For political and economic purposes, the concepts of religion, race, and political system are used to rationalize and glorify war. Destiny, as the propaganda of war, fully mobilized public opinion before and during the war. After the war, although the term "destiny" gradually subsided, it still stubbornly existed in American ideology and was constantly reflected in the war between the United States and other countries. Finally, the author concludes that the so-called "destiny" is only used by the United States to wage war, to achieve the invasion and looting of Mexican territory war propaganda. At the same time, the author also points out that as an ideology, fate has been deeply rooted in American culture and has become a way of life and thinking of Americans. Therefore, it will still affect American society now and in the future.
【学位授予单位】：对外经济贸易大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2007
【分类号】：K712.4

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