Modern Chinese Nationalism And Patriotism

Nation and nationalism is one of the most important subjects of politics philosophy nowadays in the world as well as one of the basic ideological and political issues, discussed heatedly among academic cirles and politic circles. The huge inspiration force of nationalism as well as its success in the construction of the Weston European nation states has a formidable demonstration effect on other nations and countries . Under the background of the national crisis caused by other nations invasion, the human ruling political pattern of the traditional Confucian ethics-politics integration has lost the realistic effects. In the unique political vicissitudes process of modern China, constructing a modern nation state needs a kind of more formidable faith foundation than ever . Nationalism and patriotism changed from tradition to modern times at the right moment, which becomes the most effective social mobilizing resources and the symbol of the condensation will of the people and conformity with social ideology . Although nationalism and patriotism both have distinctive expressive style and respective expressing way, and the two also have the departing situation in the process of emerging, after modern times, nationalism becomes potential and realistic mainstream ideology. National emotion and self-determination of the nationalist expressing stretch by the patriotism scheme. Nationalism and patriotism complement each other, and are supported by each other. They become a kind of realistic political action, displaying static homogeneity and dynamic mutual inclusion established on the basis of common national interest.