公民教育的审美之维

The Aesthetic Dimension of the Civic and Citizenship Education

公民情感是公民品质的重要内容。但是,今日公民教育的研究与实践对情感问题关注较少。公民品质与公民教育中的情感缺陷减弱了公民参与的积极性,削弱了公民之间的共同情感。强调情感教育凸显了公民教育的审美因素。公民情感首先表现为一种对公共事务或公共事物的情感认同,如国家认同感;培育公民情感认同的途径既有对国家文化的审美体验,也有公民参与实践中的情感联结。公民情感还表现为一种对公共事务或公共事物的情感批判;培育公民情感批判的途径主要为培养公民基于审美正义的审美批判能力。

Civic emotion is an important part of citizenship. However, the contemporarily research and practice of the civic and citzenship education pay less attention to emotional issues. This defect in the civic quality and the civic and citzenship education weakens the enthusiasm of civic participation and the common feelings among citizens. Emphasis on emotional education highlights the aesthetic factors of the civic and citzenship education. Citizens’ emotions are first represented as the emotional identification to public affairs or public things, such as national identity;the way to cultivate citizens’ emotional identity not only can be through the aesthetic experience of national culture but also the emotional connection among citizens in the practice participation. Citizens’ emotions are also manifested as an emotional critique of public affairs or public things. The way to cultivate the citizens’ emotional criticism is mainly to cultivate citizens’ ability of aesthetic criticism based on aesthetic justice.