政治领导与马来西亚国族“打造”

与一般情况不同 ,马来西亚国族的“打造”有两个特点 :一是文化上相对滞后的马来人企图同化文化上相对先进的华人 ;二是由于历史原因 ,在国族“打造”过程中没有采取独裁统治下通行的强制同化政策 ,而是采取妥协与合作的做法。文章认为 ,这两个特点既体现了政治领导对马来西亚国族“打造”的重要影响 ,也在一定程度上说明各族群 (ethnicgroups)相互交往、自然融合并不是多族群国家国族形成的惟一模式。

Different from the common practice,there are two characteristics in the nation-making of Malaysia: First,the Malay attempt to assimilate the ethnic Chinese who are relatively advanced in culture;Second,due to historical reasons,the government adopts the measures of compromise and cooperation instead of the policy of forcible assimilation which is generally practiced under autocracy. The paper holds that this two characteristics reflect the important influence of the political leadership on the nation-making of Malaysia,and to a certain extent,they also illustrate that the mutual association,natural fusion among different ethnic groups is not the only pattern to fulfill the nation-making of multiethnic countries.