一多辩证中理解中华民族共同体意识的构建

Understanding of the Construction of a Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation from the Dialectic of the One and the Many

基于共同性意识构建的铸牢要求命运共同体意义上的吸附力和统摄力,一多辩证的基本问题关怀容括了人群社会之中“一”和“多”问题的共同存在。费孝通所提多元一体格局有着范围上的伸缩性,从个人到民族,再到世界性的存在,这种伸缩范围所体现出来的是从“多元”走向“一体”的过程。共同性意识的建构需要基于多元一体的理解来构造出一体性的中华民族共同体意识。未来世界将会朝向一种互惠共荣的文化自觉,这需要从中国文明立场上看世界不同文化之间存在的多元价值以及人类命运共同体意识构建的可能。从人之向善的共同性追求上寻求共同体价值的实现,这种文化自觉将会有助于以共同性意识构建为基础的中华民族共同体意识在当下的构造与铸牢的实践。

The basic consideration of the“Dialectic of the One and the Many”appears to include the issue of a co-existence of“the one and the many”in human society.From the ancient view of the world as a whole to a modern view of the Chinese nation,and then further to a global outlook of the new era,records show that the Chinese nation has always been pursuing an inclusive unity based on its reality of diversities.The essence of“forging”is to create prosperity for all,shaping common forces that are intertwined with each other,absorbing all pluralistic existence into one single community with a shared future,and thus forming a sense of commonality.China is an indispensable part of the development of the entire global community.Even though the worldwide trend of globalization towards human integration may suffer certain setbacks,it will eventually be dominated or absorbed into a single framework of integrated engagement and participation by all members of society in all facets of life.The dialectical interdependence of“the one”and“the many”—a fundamental concern in anthropology—enables a logical contradiction and even opposite ways of thinking on unity and diversity to mutually include and develop harmoniously towards a common good and prosperity.And the foundation of harmonious development is the ability to recognize the values of commonality and differences of people in a cultural sense.The future world will be oriented towards a cultural consciousness of mutual benefit and common prosperity.Such a cultural consciousness ought to contribute to the current process of forging a sense of community for the Chinese nation based on a commonality consciousness.Moreover,this cultural consciousness has also become the fundamental path to building an integrated and diversified Chinese national community consciousness:The first step towards this would be to enhance the recognition of self-cultural value from the commonality of community construction and to grasp and coordinate the existence of those differences and diversities from the perspective of integrity.A second requirement would be to emphasize the study of ethnic and cultural inclusiveness as well as practical differences from an anthropological perspective,but one should think outside of the box so as to realize the sharing and self-improvement of people s shared values and make contributions to support cultural reconstruction and cultural recreation from the perspective of cultural consciousness.Third,the dialectical relationship between the one and the many reflects the“principle of neutralization”of traditional Chinese culture.Under this Chinese concept of“harmony”,a“cold war”thinking mode based on a one-sided focus on contradiction and conflict as seen in the western world can naturally be transformed into a harmonious coexistence of the opposite sides.Fourth,the Chinese cultural tradition has a rich experience and wisdom tradition concerning how to transform dis-harmonious relationships into harmonious ones in society and culture,and this can also contribute to the new practice of future construction of a Chinese national community consciousness and a community with a shared future for mankind.Finally,a fifth recommendation would be to pursue the realization of the community values derived from the common sense of human beings towards good aimed at generating cultural confidence and a pursuit of integrity based on the principle of inclusion and diversity.