历史意识与国际感:现代中国自我身份的认知

History Consciousness and International Order Cognition: Self-identity of Modern China

中国对国际秩序认知的变化与其自我身份认同之间的关系值得关注。国家身份的认同不仅是共时性结构的产物,更重要的是历时性社会变迁的后果。理解中国自我身份的形成,就必须考察国家生存的斗争与其自我认知的努力之间的历史纠结。“全球化”的力量正在把民族国家这一曾经被视为同质的社会空间打碎,并依照自己的需要进行“地方化”的重组。在这样的世界中,“谁才是现时代的我们”这一追问再次发生。

The relationships between Chinese consciousness of history and its cognition of international order have constructed the identity of China. Identity is never essential, but the product of relationships,especially of the relationships between knowledge and power. The theorization of history may help us locate ourselves in space and time. Analyzing the genealogy of the affirmation of “difference” of China is important to understand the collective person formation of China in modern world.