美利坚民族认同问题探究

美利坚民族认同问题包括文化认同、种族认同、宗教信仰认同、思想认同四个主要方面。在文化认同上,美国经历了从WASP文化、熔炉文化到多元文化的历史过程;在种族认同上,美国历史上出现了种族主义、白人民族主义、本土主义和排外主义思潮和政策,其间涉及人种问题、种族问题、民族问题和移民问题;在宗教认同上,美国走过了基督新教主流、基督宗教多元化和信仰多元化的道路;在思想认同上,形成了一个从追求自由、平等和民主的民族到统一民族思想和思维的模式。

On The Issue of American Nation Identity

The issue of American nation identity mainly includes four parts: culture identity,ethnicity identity,religion identity and idea identity.In the culture identity,it is a historical course from WASP culture to melting pot culture and multicultural culture,in the ethnicity identity,there were racialism,white nationalism,nativism,and anti-foreign policy,and concerning with the issues of race,ethnicity,nation,and immigration,in the religion identity,it is from protestant main stream to multi-Christianity to multi-beliefs,and in the idea identity,it is from freedom,equality and democracy to Americanism.