现代国家认同建构的政治逻辑

The Political Logic of the Construction of Modern National Identity

在人成为主体力量的现代社会,国家认同不是简单的国家观念或国家意识问题,而是国家建设本身的问题。在全球化、现代化与民主化的大时代背景下,围绕现代国家建设所形成的国家认同建构,是以民主为基本前提,以国家制度及其所决定的国家结构体系的全面优化为关键,最后决定于认同主体的自主选择。在国家与人、制度与人的有机互动中,国家结构体系的质量决定着其塑造民众国家认同的能力;而国家认同的形成过程也塑造着国家结构体系。因此,国家建设在努力改善国家认同的同时,必须时时从国家认同检视国家建设面临的问题与挑战,从而将国家制度的健全、国家结构体系的优化与国家认同的深化有机地统一起来。基于此,当代中国国家认同建构的战略议程应在学理上阐释中国现代国家产生与发展的历史逻辑,在理论上阐释国家及其制度的价值合理性与工具合理性,在制度上优化国家结构关系以实现多元化与一体化共存发展,在政策上实践国家发展与治理的基本价值。

In the modern society in which man has become the dominant force,national identity is not a simple issue of national idea or awareness,but one of state building.In the context of globalization,modernization and democratization,the construction of national identity centering on modern state building is premised on democracy,impinges on the all-round optimization of the state system and the state structural systems determined by it,and is determined by the self-dependent choice of the identity entity.In the organic interactions between the state and man,and between the system and man,the quality of state structural systems determines its capacity of shaping the national identity of the masses,whereas the formation process of national identity also shapes the state structural systems.Therefore,in trying to promote national identity,state building must look inward at the problems and challenges confronting it from time to time from the viewpoint of national identity,so as to integrate organically the improvement of state system,the optimization of state structural systems and national identity.As such, the strategic agenda of constructing contemporary China's national identity should interpret academically the historical logic of the emergence and development of China as a modern state,interpret theoretically the value and instrumental rationality of state and its systems,optimize institutionally state structural relations to achieve the coexistence and common development of diversification and integration,and to carry out the basic values of national development and governance in terms of policy.