民族精神:概念溯源、拓展与辨析

National Spirit: the Origin, Development & Analysis

民族精神概念的提出始于18世纪后半叶,20世纪初在我国实现了由"国性"向"民族精神"的概念认同。随着人们对民族精神日渐关注,民族精神概念也在民族认同和差异说、民族精神性质说、民族精神地位作用说、民族精神与精神文化的关系说四个层面有所拓展。在此基础上,通过民族意识、民族主义、民族文化、民族性格与民族精神的概念辨析,进一步明确了民族精神的内涵。

The concept of national spirit appeared in late 18th Century, which came into being in early 20th Century in China. With the increasing attention to national spirit, national spirit is expanded on four levels： national identity and difference, the nature, the status and the role of national spirit, and the relationship between national spirit and spiritual culture. On this basis, concept of national consciousness, nationalism, national culture, national character and spirit are analyzed to state the connotation of national spirit.