“躺平”:回应姿态、社会心态与生存样态

“Lying Flat”: Response Posture, Social Mentality and Survival State

继"佛系""内卷"之后,"躺平"成为网络年度热词,并入选《咬文嚼字》新近公布的"2021年度十大流行语"榜单。从"平卧""休息"的本义,引申至一种表征高度竞争下的社会青年心态,并迅速出圈,引发更广泛社会群体的讨论和回应。"躺平"不妨看作是一种以自嘲来抵御生活压力和调试心态的方式,但是作为症候的"躺平"所折射的阶层固化、社会流动不畅等问题则必须引起高度重视。

“ Lying flat” has become a hot word of the year on the internet and was selected into the list of “Top Ten Popular Words of 2021” recently. A series of problems reflected by“ lying flat” must be paid great attention to, and the whole society needs to form a joint force and come up with countermeasures. We should earnestly implement Xi Jinping’s instructions to prevent the solidification of social class, unblock upward mobility channels, create opportunities for more people to become rich, form a development environment for everyone to participate, and avoid“ internal winding”and“ lying flat”.Professor Wang Xingfu pointed out that lying flat is a complex meaning field, which contains different demands and meanings. Professor Xu Jilin believed that there are three different forms of lying flat: false lying flat, positive lying flat and negative lying flat. Professor Zhu Guohua defined lying flat as a state of mind, and believed that measures should be taken to improve the social conditions in which lying flat doctrine breeds, so as to eliminate social grievances as much as possible. Professor Wang Jinlin discussed whether lying flat doctrine has legitimacy, resistance and even subjectivity. Professor Cheng Boqing called on us to pay more attention to the state of youth in the field of production organization and distribution. Under the guidance of this ideal, moving forward is justice, but lying flat is not. Dr. Lv Heying pointed out that lying flat can not provide an effective way for young generations to resist time acceleration. Professor Tao Dongfeng pointed out that the study of network catchwords such as“ lying flat” must be incorporated into in-depth social analysis, especially institutional analysis.