现代化与民族国家

Modernization and Nation- state

建立一个现代化的国家,是近代以来绝大多数传统国家的选择。而正是民族为传统国家向现代化国家的转型提供了有力的组织体系与制度架构,民族成为国家的常态和主体力量。因此,现代国家又被称为民族国家。民族和民族国家在执行现代化功能的同时,又引发了民族主义的问题。民族与民族国家只是执行现代化过程的某种功能性组织,对于民族和民族主义的问题的解决还要回归到现代化的层面上来。

Most traditional countries in modern times choose to establish a modern nation. It is the nation that contributes the powerful organization and institutional framework for the traditional countries in its transition to modern station. Nation is made the norm and the main force of a country. Therefore,the modern state is also known as the nation- state. Nationalistic problems come out when nation and nation- state perform their functions and roles in modernization. Nation and the nation- state are functional organizations in the process of modernization,therefore,the key to the issues of nation and nationalist lies in the level of modernization.