“传统−现代”关系视野下的人民调解

People’s Mediation from the View of “ Tradition-Modernity” Relationship

传统是现代的伴生物,也一直与现代性进程相伴相形。改革开放40多年来,从“乡土中国”“单位中国”到“城乡中国”“社区中国”,中国社会发生了沧桑巨变,人民调解这一传统制度也必须重新生产出自己的现实合法性。随着以往城乡二元结构的变化和越来越多城乡社会混合体的出现,社会治理也日益向基层社会下沉,由此形成了社会治理的社区化以及社区民间调解的兴起,传统民间调解的草根特质得以更新,并催生出了新的社会团结粘合剂,促进了居民的自我教育和自律自治,特别是专业性资源的引入大大拓宽了社区民间调解的可用资源。正是在基层社会变迁和社区治理创新的时代熔炉里,从传统“东方之花”淬炼出了现代“东方经验”。在新时代人民调解制度的持续性探索中,社会治理现代化将继续催生出“东方经验”的新篇章。

Tradition is the companion of modernity and has always been associated with the process of modernity.Over the past 40 years,especially since the Reform and Opening up,great changes have taken place in China’s society from“Rural China”,“Unit China”to“Urban-Rural China”and“community China”,the traditional system of People’s mediation must also produce its own realistic legitimacy again.With the change of urban-rural dual structure and the emergence of more and more urban-rural social mix,social governance is also sinking down to the grass-roots level,thus forming the community of social governance and the rise of community civilmediation.Meanwhile,the grassroots characteristics of thetraditional civil mediation have been renewed,and a new glue of social unity has been born,which promotes the self-education and self-regulation of residents.Most importantly,the introduction of professional resources greatly expands the available resources of community civilmediation.So in the melting pot of grass-roots social changes and community governance innovation that the traditional“Oriental Flower”has been refined from the modern“Oriental Experience”.In the continuous exploration of the people’s mediation system in the new era,the modernization of social governance will continue to bring forth a new chapter of“Oriental Experience”.