On Contemporary Political Identity

"Identity" is a modern problem. Western scholars have a different understanding to contemporary political identity. These theories are based on the abstract theory of human nature or based on the community of tenderness. It is difficult to scientifically explain the meaning of contemporary political identity, and its one-sidedness of the point is that misunderstand human nature. This paper argues that only historical materialism can explain modern political identity's formation, development and construction,In contemporary democratic society, political identity is a citizen values the state and political system from the self-evaluation criteria, making a sense of support it, it is a consensus between peoples, and it is a choice of people in public life. First, the citizen is the subject of contemporary political identity, citizens is not an abstract subjects, its essence is the sum of all social relations that come from both individual and collective memories of the experience and democratic political relations. Second, the nation-state and democratic institutions is the object of modern political identity. The possibility of national identity is that nation-state is not the object is not recognized, it's based on the economic foundation; and the possibility of democratic system identity is the social consciousness of people and the necessity of the rule of law,In contemporary democratic society, the relationship of citizens and the states is a two-way interaction, the object are come from the projection of the main political consciousness, while the object will react on the subject. Therefore, the formation of modern political identity include two aspects:firstly, formation of the self-identity, meaning that the individual has a sound political personality and a stable political values, it is the standards of the political evaluation, but also the starting point of modern political identity. Secondly, the formation of the object, it is the succession of political history, and the project of political ideals of the citizens, and the transcendence of human nature. Contemporary political identity is a balance between the citizens and the states in political life. Of course, it is also corrected by productive forces. To the development of modern political identity, its development will be in favor of human emancipation and liberation of productive in the direction. The contradiction between the subject and object is the productive forces. Its development law:the development of social production of contemporary meaning of political identity, the citizens has a decisive role in contemporary political identity.Finally, in contemporary democratic society, the construction of political identity is not to create a kind of political obedience, but to create a political consensus. Therefore, the construction of modern political identity is divided into two parts:first, a healthy civic culture is the starting point; second, to achieve social integration is the result. The path of construct mingles with the consensus, collective memory and political ideals. All of the three are essential to achieve social integration for country, its roots in the common pursuit of people for basic value. Construction of modern political identity need material, institutional, and cultural security, and need the individual's self-confidence, political trust and social responsibility.