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Nationalism is a good thing. In other words, it can be a good thing.

This view does not seem to be consistent with what we see every day, such as the narrowness of public opinion in the Sun Yang incident, but it is precisely these experiences that have obscured the term from establishing a broader identity and forming a wider organization in modern society the value of. Indeed, with too much experience like this, nationalism can easily become synonymous with opposition and narrowness.

In previous international competitions, Sun Yang often encountered questions from foreign athletes, and his supporters often issued the argument of “discrimination and discrimination.” This argument is often accepted by a large number of people. The text description of “a large number of people” is very weak. It is more intuitive to describe the number of Sun Yang Weibo fans-Sun Yang Weibo has about 34 million fans.

This kind of “opposition, discrimination, and degassing” thinking is especially intuitive and common in the sports world. The competition between China and Japan in table tennis, the grievances between China and South Korea in short track speed skating, and the revenge of the women’s basketball team. On these issues, people can easily slip into the emotional routine of “opposition, discrimination, and relief”. Such an emotional expression is often irrational, simple, rude, and narrow. Therefore, in the public context, it is regarded as a resistance or opposite of social evolution .

But must the word nation be narrow? Different nationalities have different nationalisms. “My radish, the other green”, on the time axis of the evolution of modern social organizations, this concept has many positive experiences.

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For example, Japan and South Korea in the proposition of the two opposites of “China-Japan contest of table tennis, China-Korea gratitude for short track speed skating”. In fact, these two countries are similar to China in many ways. For example, they are keen to mobilize competitive sports at the national level. Everything is in order, especially in Japan, which is big and comprehensive. Ping-pong, badminton, track and field, gymnastics, and snow and ice all need to be adjusted.

Like China, they also like to bid for international competitions. The Japanese organized the Olympic Games, which was held once in 1964, and will be held again this year. South Korea’s bid for the Winter Olympics is the first time in their history. National sentiments are particularly explosive, even worse than ours. We need to add a “big” character in front of our own nationality. Japan and South Korea also label the hosting of these competitions as a node of their own country and national development.

The way of modeling Sun Yang into a national hero and forming an “opposing CP” is also common in Japan and South Korea . Such as the figure skating goddess Jin Yan’er is a “Jingde” in Korea. Another one in the Golden Cat Wars, Jin Yaner’s opponent, Asada, is also known as the “national daughter” in Japan. Athletes themselves have a strong sense of substitution for this national role. As a ambassador for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Jin Yan’er said in a bid for the Olympic Games in South Africa, “I feel the entire South Korea is on my shoulders.”

Gold medal values ​​have also been criticized. Japan and South Korea also value this very much, and think it is the spirit of their own nation. Especially in Japan, the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 ranked among the top three, and the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 set the goal of winning an unprecedented 30 gold medals.

We comment and observe that Chinese sports often fall into the perspective of “nation” and feel that this is an outdated value and a hindrance to social progress. In fact, the experience of Japan and South Korea shows that the concept of nation and the modernization of social organizations are not antithetical. A very “national” country can also be very “modern” .

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We need to recognize that the concept of nation has a powerful downward-forming role in society. The process of the goddess Jin Yaner becoming a national goddess in South Korea and the process of building her own honor blocks in competitive sports is a very good example of the downward recognition in Korean society.

Jin Yaner has always been suffering from back injuries. In 2007, Jin Yaner won two places in the World Championship for the South Korean national team. (It seems a bit like the operation in China) , she gave up the direct World Championship The chance to play with wounds, set the world record for the first time in a short program. A national goddess was born. In the 2015 Sports Heroes Selection, Jin Yaner won more than 80% of the votes.

Jin Yana, who “carries the entire South Korea on her shoulders”, is just like her rival, Shino Asada, and she uses her appeal and appeal to give freshness to the concept of nation, as the Japanese said, “Sports It’s not just records, Asada’s figure inspires all kinds of people in Japan. “

Nation is not an anti-modern concept, not the opposite of social modernization, but a part of it.

So the concept of nation cannot be changed. In the process of modernization, it needs to be constantly interpreted and continuously improved.Do meaningful construction. In terms of connotation, it can be modern, and in function, it can form wide recognition. People who uphold the vision of progress should not simply deny it, but actively integrate it, just like the experience we have found in Japanese and Korean sports.

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The talented theoretical player Tocqueville said:

“One of the basic laws of human society is the clearest and clearest: if people want to keep their civilization or want to become civilized, then they must improve and improve the art of handling interrelationships, and the speed of this improvement It must be at the same rate as increasing status. “

The concept of nation is a kind of interrelated art. In our market of thought, scholars lack theoretical renewal in a modern sense, and critics lack the patience to discuss it negatively. Its positive value has been ignored, its tremendous effect has been surrendered, and most people are trapped in narrow emotions.

This is the mental barren of our time.

The article is from the public number: Arima sports (ID: youmatiyu) , author: small yards brother