Research on Civic Consciousness of Citizens

Author: Xin Shijun
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: In the discourse of contemporary China, "citizen," "civil society," "citizenship awareness," and "citizens' rights awareness" are several highly frequent concepts. German philosopher Heidegger once said that language is the homeland of existence. Foucault proposed that discourse is a form of power. That is to say, an dominant discourse is a form of dominating power, profoundly influencing people's thoughts and behaviors. As the shell of thinking, language reflects social existence and is an accumulation of culture, rather than a simple tool. This book is a specialized study on citizens' rights awareness from the perspectives of philosophy, law, ethics, and other disciplines. Based on the practices of China's reform and opening-up in recent years and the increasing frequency of citizens' rights protection activities, the author concludes that the era of rights has arrived. As a comprehensive study on citizens' rights awareness, this book holds certain significance for China's citizens' education and the construction of civil society.