Political civilization is the progressive state of human political life, and it is a complete system composed of political consciousness civilization, political system civilization and political behavior civilization. Among them, political consciousness civilization is the mental state of political civilization. In the three-dimensional structure of political civilization, the political consciousness civilization that embodies the spiritual essence can be regarded as its inner soul. Correctly revealing the inner soul of political civilization is of great significance for studying political civilization and strengthening its construction.
Political consciousness is an ideology in social and political life. Political consciousness is a human political consciousness system including political ideology, political psychology, political thought and political morality. Civilization of political consciousness is the progressive state of the above political consciousness at different levels. From the perspective of constituent elements, political ideological civilization includes civilized political thought, civilized political psychology, civilized political thought and civilized political morality. From the perspective of value orientation, political consciousness civilization is a progressive political concept, including fairness, justice, rationality, rights, obligations, responsibilities, freedom, autonomy, equality, fraternity, democracy and the rule of law.
Political consciousness civilization is always a reflection of certain social existence, so it is bound to be influenced by social existence. In a sense, it is the change of social existence that promotes the development of political consciousness civilization. Therefore, the study of political consciousness civilization cannot be divorced from the realistic social conditions. Russell said: "Political ideals must be rooted in personal life ideals. The goal of political science is to optimize personal life. Politicians should consider all kinds of specific people-men, women and children-rather than anything else or above them, because it is these people who make up the world. So that everyone can get the greatest benefit-the mission of political science is to adjust the relationship between people according to this principle. "
As far as socialist countries are concerned, we should not only promote patriotism and collectivism, but also improve citizens' sense of autonomy as soon as possible. Engels said: Socialism makes "people become conscious and true masters of nature for the first time, because they become masters of their own social combination". Lenin also emphasized that the consciousness of the masses is the expression of national strength. He said: "The strength of a country lies in the consciousness of the masses. Only when the masses know everything, can they judge everything and do everything consciously can the country have strength. "
As far as China is concerned, the establishment of the socialist market economic system is fundamentally conducive to the development of political consciousness and civilization. 1996 10 the central Committee's resolution on strengthening the construction of socialist spiritual civilization points out: "developing the socialist market economy is conducive to liberating and developing the productive forces of socialist society, enhancing the comprehensive national strength of socialist countries, improving people's living standards, and enhancing people's awareness of autonomy, competition, efficiency, democracy and legal system, and pioneering and innovative spirit.
Political consciousness civilization is the product of social and economic foundation. There is no political consciousness civilization without economic foundation, but at the same time, the independent role of political consciousness civilization cannot be ignored. In fact, at every development stage of human civilization-from ancient Greece and Rome to the Christian era, and then to the modern information age, every civilization has its own consciousness of the times, which restricts the development of the whole civilization.
As daniel bell said: "In short, in every period and every cultural stage, this single' inner spirit' restricts all forms from morality, art, political system to philosophy." Political civilization is the progressive state of human political life, and it is a complete system composed of political consciousness civilization, political system civilization and political behavior civilization. Among them, political consciousness civilization is the mental state of political civilization, political system civilization is the normative requirement of political civilization, political behavior civilization is the external expression of political civilization, and political consciousness is the soul of political civilization.