他者的再现与国家政治

多民族国家都存在着如何为本国族群多样性进行定位以及如何表现他们的问题。现代国家在国族叙事中多把境内的少数民族忽略不计。中国共产党在革命过程中认识到中国民族构成的复杂性。其有关少数民族的政策也因此从早期的“民族自决”逐渐改变为“民族区域自治”。从1956年起，中国政府组织由党政干部和学者组成的调查组，分别就已经确认的少数民族展开“少数民族社会历史调查”，并由此建立起有关中国民族构成的知识体系。这套知识体系的生产与建构极大地影响了一般民众对中国少数民族状况的理解，并由此形成了某种具有意识形态色彩的有关少数民族之存在的文化呈现。

Representation of Otherness and the State Politics

Multi-national states all are confronted with the problem of positioning diverse ethnic groups and presenting them in an appropriate way. Modern states usually neglect ethnic groups in their states＇narration. The Chinese Communist Party realized the complexity of the ethnic groups during the revolution and its relevant public policy had gradually changed from ＂self- determination＂ to ＂autonomy＂. Since 1956, Chinese government has organized the investigation team consisted of administrative leaders and scholars to carry on the ＂investigation of social and history situations of ethnic groups＂ for the confirmed ethnic groups, based on which, the knowledge system on the Chinese ethnic groups have been established. The system has great influence on the public＇s perception on Chinese ethnic groups and hence, the cultural presentation of ethnic groups with ideological hue is established.