中国特色民族定义的历史演化

“民族”在我国经历了由原生概念体系到近代民族定义的探索,体现了我国民族理论体系构建的“中国化”过程。2005年5月,中央民族工作会议对民族概念进行了新的阐释,赋予了它新的内涵,标志着我国对民族概念及其定义的中国化探索进入了一个新的历史阶段。本文据此对近代以来中国特色民族定义的历史演化过程进行回顾,认为:党中央对民族定义的阐释是一个开放性系统,表达了我国对民族概念的话语权,突出了国家安全的理念,具有可操作性。它将有利于我国民族理论体系的发展和完善,有利于我国的民族团结和国家安全。

The Historical Evolution of Ethnic Definition of Chinese Characteristics

The ethnic was a historical category. The concept and definition of ethnic have experienced a series of evolutionary process in our country. From the primary ethnic concept system to the research and exploration process of ethnic definition since the modern times that manifested the complexity and Chinese characteristics of constructing ethnic theory system in our country. The author discusses the development and changes of ethnic definition in our country each time, and then analyses the reason.