是否有———或真能有———所谓不同的“政治文化”?这个看似简单的问题构成本期《国际社会科学杂志》议论世界社会论坛的架构,同时也引出了一些大而复杂的话题。按照历来学术圈或圈外的卓见,政治学实乃人类形势的一个天长地久的特点。信手拈两个例子,看一看民主制从古希腊到 Is there any --- or really --- there are so-called different “political cultures”? This seemingly simple issue constitutes the framework for the issue of the World Social Forum to be discussed in this issue of the International Social Science Magazine, and at the same time leads to some large and complex topic. According to historical academic circle or outside the circle of opinion, political science is a man-made characteristics of the human situation. Take two examples and look at democracy from ancient Greece