民族主义与民族国家构建析论

Nationalism and the Construction of Nation-State

民族主义是现代性的政治共同体意识与行动,民族主义塑造出了民族。民族主义强调他者意识,强调民族的政治权利,也强调民族内部的平等。民族主义推动了民族国家的创建。民族国家被证明优于之前的政权组织模式,因此民族主义又成为现代国家合法性的来源。民族国家创建之后,民族主义依然存在,还会以爱国主义、分离主义等形式表现出来。对那些只具备了民族国家外表而没有实现对民族国家的认同超越其他认同的国家而言,缔造或者深化民族主义在其未来的发展中显得尤为重要。

Nationalism is the awareness and action of modern political community.It distinguishes between ＂them＂ and＂us＂,it asks for national political rights and emphasizes equality in＂us＂.Nationalism made nation,nation constructs nation-state.Nation-sate is proved to be better than any other political community,so many states advocate nationalism in order to become legitimate.Nationalism still exists after the construction of nation-state,which may take the shape of patriotism or separatism.In some other countries the governments must complete the construction of nation-state by advocating nationalism in order to shape the national identity.