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The Political Legitimacy Construction In The Visual Field Of Historical Materialism

Posted on:2008-09-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C H XieFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360215487094Subject:Marxist philosophy
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Political philosophy is a branch of social sciences which studiesthe general nature and regularities in the field of politics. As the coreconcept and one of the major research subjects in the discipline,political legitimacy pays close attention to how the political power isobtained, maintained and consolidated, or how governors obtain thecredit, support and recognition of the governed. It deals with thequestion of 'on what grounds the governors rule, why the governorsare able to rule', i.e. the qualification of the ruling. It solved thequestion of 'why the ruling order can last'. As a result, socialist andcapitalist countries attach great importance to constructing thepolitical legitimacy. Political legitimacy, however, is a dynamicdevelopment from the historical legitimacy to the actual legitimacy.The legitimacy of personal glamour, ideology and economicperformance is gradually fading away as China is in the transitionalperiod of modernization. One of the matters vital to the strengtheningof our party's ruling capability is how to regard and cope with thecrises of ruling legitimacy the CCP is confronted with and how toconstruct and consolidate the political legitimacy. It is obvious that itis very meaningful theoretically and realistically, with reference to thetraditional legitimacy theories and according to the materialisticinterpretation of history, to construct the ruling legitimacy of the CCPduring the social transition.The first part introduces the political legitimacy in the domain ofpolitical philosophy. It is natural for human beings to pursue thepolitical legitimacy rationally. The pursuit resulted in three schools oftraditional political legitimacy theories. Based on the criticism ofthem, Max discussed the materialistic values of political power fromthe perspectives of its source, its nature and the subject-object relationships, which provided the theoretical foundation of rulinglegitimacy for the proletariat dictatorship.The social conformity is an important means to construct thepolitical legitimacy. It is inevitable in the integration of the socialorganism. Social unifications and disseminations have led to thehistorical evolution of social conformity. Party integration caneffectively construct the political legitimacy in the modern society.The third part deals with the political legitimacy construction ofthe CCP in the new epoch. Since the political legitimacy is dynamic innature, ideology, economic performance and leaders' glamour, thoughthey play their roles as the bases of the ruling legitimacy of the CCP,are not spared with limitations. The CCP should, according to theimportant thoughts of Three Represents, keep consolidating andenriching the existing economic performance and ideology andconstruct the modern juridical legitimacy in adapting to the historicaltrend.Only by referring to essence of the legitimacy theory,following the tide, constructing the legitimacy of proletarian rulingand solve the problem of 'who we depend and who we serve' can weconsolidate our status of ruling and complete the historic mission ofCommunist Party members.
Keywords/Search Tags:political legitimacy, social integration, ideology, economic performance, leaders' glamour, the important thoughts of Three Represents, juridical legitimacy
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