Research On The Identity Symbol Under The Perspective Of Political Philosophy

Living in society, mankind gets survival and development in social organization. Insocial stratification, members are marked with an identity symbol the moment they are placedin a certain class. This identity is the pass in social activities. Positioned in the symbol systemof identity created by human their own, human is the being of the identity symbol. The valueof the symbol needs to be reflected in the differences between the other symbols. Themeaning of identity symbols originates in the social stratification, the difference between theclass differences and the individual background.Human make use of the identity symbol to establish a secure living environment, to gainexternal resources, to distribute internal profit. As a tool, identity symbol is used to controlhuman by human, it is not only instrumental property, but also controlling property. In termsof instrumental property, the identity symbol has positive impact on society. It can protectindividual from risk, ensure social development stability and improve social efficiency. It canalso help the individual to determine the role in society and achieve their personal values. Asa result of symbol properties and the power that identity symbol could control human, inreality, it easily lead to power worship of official standard, alienation of public power, andtransfer of responsibility. Individual could misapprehend the symbol due to the lack of abilityto decode the symbol. These negative impacts go against the original intention that the identitysymbol should give service to human. On reflection of the identity symbol, we need toabandon the ideas of the official standard, revert to the instrumental property of symbol, andimprove the identity of symbol system in order to establish identity structural model in justice,and revert identity symbol to the property of serving human.