合法性的构建与再生产:德国国旗悬挂日中的政治理念

The Construction and Reproduction of Legitimacy:The Political Ideas in German Flag Flying Days

1949年,联邦德国与民主德国成立后,都选用了魏玛共和国时期的黑红金国旗作为国旗,宣示继承1848年革命的传统和魏玛共和国的共和精神,以此构建自身的合法性。伴随着合法性的争夺,相同的国旗也引发了很多争议。1959年,民主德国在国旗上加入了国徽图案,两个德国的国旗才得以区分。两个德国虽然在国旗选择上一致,但设立的国旗悬挂日日期大不相同,表达了不同的政治意识形态和价值理念,体现出两个德国在合法性再生产过程中不同的合法性来源。统一后的德国修改国旗悬挂日,更加清楚地表明了其致力于欧洲联合和坚持民主体制的政治理念,并对历史进行了反思。

In 1949,after the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic were established,they both chose black-red-gold,the national flag of the Weimar Republic,as their national flags,declaring that they inherited the tradition of the 1848 Revolution and the republican spirit of the Weimar Republic,which claimed their legitimacy.Not until 1959 when the GDR added the national emblem to the flag were the two German flags distinguished.Although the two Germanys chose similar national flags,their flag flying day were quite different,which expressed different political ideologies and reflected the different sources of legitimacy.After the reunification,Germany revised its flag flying days,which clearly demonstrated its commitment to the European unity,the adherence to the democratic institution,and the thoughtful reflection on its history.