民族认同心理对边疆民族地区社会稳定的作用探析

Study of the Effect of Psychology of National Identity on the Social Stability in Ethnic Border Areas

民族是人类的一种群体分类。民族认同心理是社会成员对自己民族归属的自觉认知。它包括民族认知、民族心态、民族意识以及民族信仰,民族认同心理因其具有的强大聚合力仍是一种人们普遍重视的"政治资源",作用和意义非常重大。然而,民族认同心理也是一柄双刃剑,进步的力量利用它,可以促进民族地区繁荣、维护社会稳定、促进国家发展;反动势力利用它则可以制造分裂、破坏团结、危及民族地区的稳定和国家安全。

Nationality is a kind of human population classification. The psychology of national identity, the perceived cognitive to national affiliation of a social member, includes the ethnic cognition, national psychol- ogy, national consciousness and national beliefs. Because of its strong cohesion people generally attach great importance to ＂the political resource＂, whose function and significance is extremely great. However, ethnic identity is like a double--edged sword. Progressive forces can use it to promote ethnic economy, maintain social stability, and promote national development; reactionary forces use it to make divisions, undermine the solidarity, and endanger the stability of ethnic regions and national security.