代际认同与代内分化:当代中国青年的多样性

Generational Identity and Social Differentiation:Diversity of Contemporary Chinese Youth

当讨论当代中国青年一代的时代特性和风貌特征时,我们可以举出许多不同的,甚至相互对立的典型人物和典型现象。大众媒体在描述“80后”“90后”和“00后”们的心态特征和价值追求时,采用了多种多样的词语。“躺平”“佛系”“打工人”等,是近一年网络媒体描述青年人境遇心态的热门词语。在这之前,还有许许多多的词语从不同视角、不同层面、不同领域来概括当代青年的价值取向和行为特征:“小粉红一代”“后物质主义青年”“低欲望世代”“小确幸”“精致利己主义者”“精致穷”,等等。

The rapid economic and social changes have made remarkable differences between older and younger generations in today’s Chinese society. At the same time, the increasing socioeconomic inequality has also led to the prominent social differentiation inside the young generation, which has resulted in Chinese youth displaying unprecedented prominence in generational identity and social differentiation. The strong generational identity has failed to lessen the socioeconomic inequality inside the young generation. On the contrary, social differences among the young generation are more prominent than those of the old generation.