Research On The Theory Of Western Political Identity

Political identity is the civil attitude on political community. The modem theory regards individual as the center. The authority of decision right is the thing that needs come to an agreement of individual. Individual agreement is the thing that forms authority, his will and objective belongs to himself. He can send them to constitute the bigger thing and take shape the duty of obedience, so the article demonstrations political identity theory according to citizen theory. Civil identity is set on some promises and status. In the feeling and mood, people decide what is good or valuable, or what should be done, or what should be agreed with or opposed in accordance with the different situations. This formed the premise of political identity. Only civil identity is regarded as political identity. After the main body of political identity—citizen theory, we study the objective body of political identity, that is to say, who is obeyed? Political identity is set civil identity and obedience to the legitimacy of political authority. The authoritative domination obeyed by people has historic tradition, through hero, justice, God to country, law and power in modern. After that, the essay expounds and proves why does citizen obey the authoritative domination, that is to say, identity reason. The thesis tries to spread out demonstration as the thinking.The thesis has five parts: part one, the intension of political identity, the same time, this part interprets the exterior concept of political identity, from political cognition to political emotion to political value to political participation, this is the process from psychology to act as a result. Political identity is the civil agreement and obedience to the legitimacy domination of authority. Part two, who do obey: citizen, it is the main body of political identity. This is the recondition of political identity. Part three, what does citizen obey: the legitimacy domination of authority, that is to say, the objective body of political identity. In the part, the author aims at explaining the meaning of political authority and the origin and development of the authoritative legitimacy domination and the factors of political authority. Part four, why does citizen obey? Citizen obeys the political authority, the reasonsare: Firstly, Authority masters the public power that can send the man society to order, and it is the precondition of the man life and development. Secondly, The man is the main body of the public power, but individual can't exercise his power in reality. So they only depend the ruler on exercising their power. Regardless of feudal society or bureaucrat, the organization of power all follows some principles that send people to obey. The thesis considers to have three principles: habit and social custom principle; administrative department principle; political legitimacy principle. Any domination is not inborn. It needs explain, needs prove its justice and legitimacy and then gains the people agreement and obedience. Part five, the article goes on the brief comments to political identity, That is to say, the relation of domination and obedience.Among the guiding social relationship, the most abstract forms include the ruler and the ruled. Political society is a mutually beneficial political act of authority and people. What authority obtains is the people support and voluntary obedience and exercise their the domination; What people gains is safe and order given by power and power provides protect on the man lifeN freedom and property right. These are the both sides of political identity. The purpose of political identity is that sends citizen to bring about the obedience duty to political community. But the obedience duty is not limitless will accept of some people to another some people, citizen has the freedom and right to select what is the way of life. So political identity is a mutual relation of authority and citizen. As a result, political authority can't treat people only by force. Force plays a role on subjects. To the citizen of consciousness to make independent decisions, authority needs explain the legitimacy as the guarantee of obedience. The legitimacy domination according with good and justice can guide people to realize the best life. So authority want to exercise domination as a right, this needs continuous prove its legitimacy and add the legitimacy natural resources, and then gains the people agreement and voluntary obedience.The man always lives among political relation, but they do not enter inevitable the political relation. Some time, because undeveloped and no perfect political system can limit the positive citizen to give play to their...