College is the most dynamic period in life, and it is the key period for the formation of world outlook, outlook on life and values. We should attach importance to and reasonably guide the patriotic ways and means of college students, strengthen their rational patriotic education, and make them become rational patriots. To strengthen college students' rational patriotic education and enhance their rational patriotic spirit, we need to actively expand ways, more consciously enhance their knowledge and understanding of the world, national conditions and social conditions, and improve their consciousness and ability to express their patriotic spirit rationally.
The proposal of rational patriotism not only has a far-reaching impact on the patriotic education of Chinese people, but also has guiding significance for carrying out patriotic education in colleges and universities. The Opinions of the Central Committee of the State Council on Further Strengthening and Improving the Ideological and Political Education of College Students put forward: "College students are very valuable human resources, the hope of the nation and the future of the motherland. The success of patriotism education for contemporary college students is directly related to the success or failure of the socialist cause. In the process of patriotism education, colleges and universities should respect the patriotic feelings of college students, carry out rational patriotism education for college students, and improve their ability to think independently and distinguish right from wrong.
Lenin once pointed out: "Patriotism is an extremely deep feeling formed by the isolation of their respective motherland for thousands of years." It can be seen from this sentence that patriotism is China people's love and dependence on the motherland. Patriotism, as one of the basic contents of China's socialist core value system, contains the profound historical feelings of the Chinese nation, is an important ideological basis for rallying people's hearts and an inexhaustible motive force for building the great cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Patriotism develops with the changes of the times. Early patriotism is a kind of pure patriotism and a kind of emotional expression, which embodies the strong attachment of early people to the country. Contemporary patriotism not only inherits the excellent patriotic feelings of our ancestors, but also highlights the rational and eternal characteristics and emphasizes the sublimation of patriotism.
Patriotism comes into being with the emergence of the country, develops closely with the development of the country, and is full of people's wisdom and rich feelings for the country, which is the spiritual basis for the country's survival. Early patriotism is a deeper feeling of loyalty, love and service to the motherland, which begins with people's love for their hometown, homeland and relatives and develops with their dependence on the country and the nation. This is a simple patriotism and the purest love for the motherland. However, the early patriotism lacked profound understanding and interpretation of "patriotism" and rational thinking and research, which was narrow patriotism. If this patriotism cannot be guided correctly, it will be dominated by strong irrational emotions at the extreme, which will have very serious consequences and even disasters. For example, during World War II, Japanese nationals were dominated by narrow patriotism, nationalism and crazy militarism, which brought great disasters to Asian people. Tocqueville, a famous French political thinker, once said: "There is a kind of patriotism, which mainly comes from the sentimental, selfless and undefined emotion that connects people's hearts with their birthplace. This instinctive patriotism is a mixture of many elements, including love for ancient habits, respect for ancestors and nostalgia for the past. This patriotism is a religion in itself. It doesn't do any reasoning, only by faith and feeling. Like all reckless passions, this patriotism can only arouse strong enthusiasm temporarily, but it can't last. After it rescued the country from the crisis, it often let it die peacefully. " It shows that patriotism in a narrow sense is people's instinctive nostalgia and love for their environment and blood relationship, rather than rational deep love.
First, rational patriotism must educate and guide college students to firmly establish socialist core values.
At present, all regions and industries are actively cultivating and practicing socialist core values. Colleges and universities should seize this favorable opportunity to strengthen the education of college students' socialist core values and enhance their road confidence, theoretical confidence and institutional confidence. College students should establish the values of prosperity, democracy, civilization and harmony, that is, establish the correct concept of national development; To establish the values of freedom, equality, justice and rule of law is to establish a correct view of social construction; To establish the values of patriotism, dedication, honesty and friendliness is to establish correct personal values. Just as the world outlook, outlook on life and values are closely linked, only by closely linking the value requirements of the country, society and individuals can we form a complete value concept, grasp the essential characteristics of patriotism and the connotation of the times, reflect the responsibility and feelings for the motherland, society and others, and then maximize the value of life and form a rational patriotic spirit.
Second, rational patriotism must adhere to the principle that the interests of the country and the nation are supreme.
Maintaining national unity and national independence is a patriotic thought that every China person, especially contemporary college students, should adhere to, and their patriotic actions should be closely linked with the core interests of the country and the nation. Today, China's core interests are the reunification of the motherland and territorial integrity. After more than 30 years of reform and opening up, China's economy has developed rapidly, its military strength has been continuously enhanced, and its influence in the world has been significantly improved. This has caused panic and suspicion in many countries in the world, especially in western developed countries. They colluded with each other and used each other, trying to form a political, economic and military encirclement to curb the development of China. We should resist external pressure, strive for an environment of peaceful development, continue to emancipate our minds, deepen reform and develop ourselves under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee. Therefore, as college students, we should focus on the overall situation, while safeguarding the core interests of the country and the nation, we should deal with all kinds of difficulties and problems with a broad vision and mentality, and constantly improve our ability of judgment and rational behavior, without being impetuous or blindly following. Consolidate patriotic enthusiasm into the common will of social stability, national development and national rejuvenation.
Third, rational patriotism must adhere to the principle of keeping pace with the times.
After the end of the cold war, the world pattern has undergone profound changes, and political pluralism, economic globalization, cultural diversity and social informatization have become world knowledge. The times are developing, ideas are changing and ideas are updating. As college students in the new century, the concept and specific way of patriotism cannot remain unchanged, but should keep up with the trend of world development.
Mao Zedong once pointed out: "The specific content of patriotism depends on historical conditions." In the early days of the founding of New China, war wounds were left everywhere, and everything was in urgent need of economic construction and resumption of production. Western developed countries, led by the United States, tried to strangle New China in the cradle through economic blockade and military deterrence. It was the greatest task at that time and the most practical patriotic act to engage in economic production and prepare for war at the same time. Reform and opening up have opened a new chapter in the development of China, and taking economic construction as the center has become the main theme of the times. China is full of prosperous development scenes, and the patriotic behavior at this time has developed into "contributing to the four modernizations". Nowadays, with the deepening of reform and opening up, China's comprehensive strength has been rapidly improved. Under the background of economic restructuring, our patriotic behavior has become "safeguarding national interests, building a well-off society and promoting harmonious life". As college students, we should keep up with the pace of the times and choose a patriotic way that is in line with national interests and social harmony and stability according to international changes and national conditions.
Fourth, rational patriotism must adhere to the principles of rationality and legitimacy.
The patriotic feelings of college students are like fireworks, colorful and passionate, but this passion is easily dominated by unstable emotions. Without reasonable and legal educational guidance, this unstable mood can easily be exploited by criminals who "endanger the country" in the name of "patriotism".
Patriotism begins with patriotism, and we should love our compatriots and people around us. On the premise of ensuring the safety of people's lives and property, college students should abide by the law, be patriotic, civilized and patriotic. Patriotism does not need populism and violence, and it does not need to be at the expense of normal social order. It is true patriotism to exercise patriotic power under the constraint of law. Western anti-China forces used the "Diaoyu Island" incident to incite people's hatred of Japan and induce people's patriotism to develop in the direction of extreme nationalism. As a college student, if you want to see the essence of the incident clearly, if you are blindly influenced by intense emotions, it is easy to get lost and the consequences are unimaginable. Under the protection of the law, express your feelings reasonably and legally, treat similar incidents with a rational attitude, and prevent criminals from taking advantage of it. Rational appeal is a kind of quality improvement, a manifestation of national cohesion and a true patriotic feeling.
Fifth, rational patriotism must adhere to the principle of seeking common ground while reserving differences.
Seeking common ground while reserving differences is an important principle for the country to develop bilateral relations, and it is also the basis for people with different ideas and different consciousness but the same purpose to walk together. Everyone's patriotic ways and ideas are different. Only by mutual respect and understanding can we maintain permanent cohesion. If all people keep the same voice and the same idea, I'm afraid the crisis is not far away. Therefore, as long as it is conducive to national development, national unity and social stability, we must accept different forms of expression and work together for a common goal.
Sixth, rational patriotism must guide college students to establish the ideal and belief that the country is supreme and the people are supreme.
China has rapidly developed from poverty to weakness to become the second largest economy in the world, and its development achievements have attracted worldwide attention. College students should know that this is not only a miracle in China, but also a miracle in the world. It is widely praised in the international community and has also aroused the admiration and envy of many foreign college students. China university students should be proud of this. At the same time, we should also let them know that China is still in the primary stage of socialism, the basic national conditions as the largest developing country in the world have not changed, and the contradiction between the people's growing material and cultural needs and backward social production, the main social contradiction, has not changed, and there are still many contradictions and problems to be solved in the process of development. Based on this basic national condition, college students should regard it as an opportunity platform to increase their knowledge and start a business, as a place to contribute wisdom to the country's prosperity, national rejuvenation and people's happiness, firmly establish the ideal and belief that the country is supreme and the people are supreme, closely link "I" with "I", and turn patriotic enthusiasm into concrete actions to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream.