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1、ADAMPRZEWORSKI:CAPITALISM,DEMOCRACYANDSCIENCEInterviewwithAdamPrzeworskiconductedandeditedbyGerardoL.MunckFebruary24,2003,NewYork,NewYorkPreparedforinclusioninGerardoL.MunckandRichardSnyder,Passion,Craft,andMethodinComparativePolitics.TrainingandIntellectualFormation:
2、FromPolandtotheUnitedStatesQ:Howdidyoufirstgetinterestedinstudyingpolitics?WhatimpactdidgrowingupinPolandhaveonyourviewofpolitics?A:GiventhatIwasborninMayof1940,ninemonthsaftertheGermanshadinvadedandoccupiedPoland,anypoliticalevent,evenaminorone,wasimmediatelyinterpre
3、tedintermsofitsconsequencesforone’sprivatelife.Allthenewswasaboutthewar.IremembermyfamilylisteningtoclandestineradiobroadcastsfromtheBBCwhenIwasthreeorfouryearsold.Afterthewar,therewasaperiodofuncertainty,andthentheSovietUnionbasicallytookover.Again,anyrumblingintheSo
4、vietUnion,anyconflictbetweentheSovietUnionandtheUnitedStates,wasimmediatelyseenintermsofitsconsequencesforourlife.ItwaslikethisformeuntilIfirstleftfortheUSin1961,rightaftertheBerlinWallwentup.One’severydaylifewaspermeatedwithinternational,macro-politicalevents.Everyth
5、ingwaspolitical.ButIneverthoughtofstudyingpolitics.Foronething,inEuropeatthattimetherereallywasnopoliticalscience.WhatwehadwasaGermanandCentralEuropeantraditionthatwascalled,translatingfromGerman,“theoryofthestateandlaw.”ThisincludedCarlSchmittandHansKelsen,thekindofs
6、tuffthatwastaughtnormallyatlawschools.Thatwasasmuchpoliticalscienceastherewas.ItwasnotadistinctacademicdisciplineinPoland.SoIneverthoughtofstudyingpoliticsperse.Q:Whatdidyourparentsdo?A:Bothofmyparentswerephysicians.Myfather,whomIneverknew,wasconscriptedintothePolishA
7、rmyin1939andwaseventuallycapturedbyRussians.HewaskilledinKatyn,inthemassacreofPolishofficersbytheRussians,ataboutthetimeIwasborn.MymothercouldnotworkasadoctorundertheNazioccupation–shewasbakingcakes–butresumedherprofessionafterthewar.1Q:Wheredidyoudoyourundergraduates
8、tudiesandwhatdidyoustudy?A:IenteredtheUniversityofWarsawin1957tostudyphilosophy.IntheEuropeansystematthattime,youenteredinto