当代中国民粹主义的表现、实质与应对

Expression, Essence and Response of Populism in contemporary China

从现在世界范围来看,民粹主义思潮尤为活跃。这股思潮伴随着资本主义社会矛盾持续深化,在世界经济、政治、文化、民生等领域都有所表现。以大众性和抗争性为特征的民粹主义不可避免地影响到国内,突出表现为:打着民主的口号,构建"网络广场政治";网络草根文化的建构以平民化和大众化为合法性来源;打着关心平民的旗号,主张不切实际的民生政策;出现民粹主义与民族主义耦合现象。因此,必须准确把握当前中国民粹主义的实质,有针对性地采取应对措施,以消解民粹主义的社会危害,培育和弘扬当代中国民族精神。

Currently, the trend of populist thought is flooding around the globe. With the intensification of the economic and social contradictions in capitalist society, its influence has spread widely to the realms such as world economy, culture and people’s livelihood. Inescapably, Chinese society has been affected by the populist tide with the characteristics of popularity and contentiousness, prominently manifested in the following: Framing "square politics" in cyberspace in the name of "democracy";legalizing cyber-grass-root cultural system based on popularization;advocating unrealistic welfare policies in the name of caring for citizens;the occurrence of the coupling between populism and nationalism observed by Chinese scholars. To prevent populism from harming the Chinese society, we must exactly take hold of the essence of the current China’s populism and take specific measures while cultivating and promoting the contemporary Chinese national spirit.