孙宏哲
摘要：托马斯•杰斐逊是美国早期政治发展史与政治思想史上一位举足轻重的人物，而创建弗吉尼亚大学又被杰斐逊视作自己一生中最重要的三大成就之一。2021年，在弗吉尼亚大学庆祝成立200周年之际，弗吉尼亚大学历史系教授安德鲁•杰克逊•奥肖内西出版了《人类思想的无限自由：托马斯•杰斐逊的大学理念》一书，是为对弗吉尼亚大学的创办与杰斐逊政治生涯和政治思想关系的最新探索。本文认为，学术界对该书的回应未能给该书的一个重要侧面——弗吉尼亚大学与其他高校之间的比较和联系——以足够关注。本文试图考察该书有关弗吉尼亚大学与哈佛大学之间比较与联系的论述，并探讨它们如何体现杰斐逊独特的政治思想与教育理念。
关键词：托马斯•杰斐逊；安德鲁•杰克逊•奥肖内西；《人类思想的无限自由》；弗吉尼亚大学；哈佛大学
【作者】孙宏哲，北京大学中国政治学研究中心助理教授，主要研究方向为美国政治思想史与政治发展史。
【Title】Politics of Education in Comparative Perspective: A Review of The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind
Abstract: A towering figure in the early history of American political development and political thought, Thomas Jefferson regarded the founding of the University of Virginia as one of the three most significant achievements in his life. In 2021, during the university’s bicentennial celebration, Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy, Professor of History at the University of Virginia, published The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind: Thomas Jefferson’s Idea of a University , the most recent exploration of the relationship between the founding of the university and Jefferson’s political career and political thought. Arguing that not enough attention has been paid to an important dimension of the book—comparisons and connections between the University of Virginia and other institutions of higher education—this review examines the comparisons and connections between the University of Virginia and Harvard University in the book and explores how they embody Jefferson’s unique political thought and educational ideals.
Key words: Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy, The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind , University of Virginia, Harvard University