Nation-state has been considered both an intellectual brainchild and a practical offshoot of the European Enlightenment. The liberal philosophy as an intellectual representative of the Enlightenment tradition and the modernists who emphasize modernization as the practical derivative of it not only deliberated on the simultaneousness and coexistence of the two happenings—the rise of national consciousness on the one hand and appreciation for modern values such as equality, liberty and justice on the other, many theorists argued that these modern values could be realized within a nation-state model (a modern institution). Hence, they contributed to naturalization and de-politicization of the nation-state model. Naturalization/secularization of the nation-state idea without deliberating on the possibilities of politicization and construction of national identities legitimize exclusion of people from national space, drives toward homogenization and nation-building process producing refugees and stateless people. Further, nation-states do not feel the urgency in meeting the normative demands of the international order that strive to defend human rights and address the problem of statelessness. In this context, the article seeks to interrogate the naturalness of national identity of individuals by examining the factors that tend to secularize and naturalize it and by unraveling the real socioeconomic forces that engender and shape national identity and help it look the way it does.

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质疑民族认同的自然性

民族国家被认为是欧洲启蒙运动的知识分子和实际分支。自由主义哲学作为启蒙传统的知识分子代表，而现代主义者则强调现代化是现代实践的实用派生，它不仅考虑了两种情况的同时性和共存性-一方面是民族意识的兴起，另一方面是对现代价值的欣赏。例如平等，自由和正义，许多理论家则认为，这些现代价值观念可以在民族国家模型（现代制度）中实现。因此，它们为民族国家模式的自然化和非政治化做出了贡献。民族国家思想的自然化/世俗化，而没有考虑政治化和民族认同建设的可能性，使人们被排斥在国家空间之外是合法的，驱使人们走向同质化和建国过程，从而产生难民和无国籍人。此外，民族国家没有迫切需要满足旨在维护人权和解决无国籍问题的国际秩序的规范要求。在这种情况下，本文试图通过检验倾向于世俗化和自然化的因素，并通过散布产生和塑造国民身份并帮助其表现出来的实际社会经济力量，来询问其个人国民身份的自然性。推动同质化和建国进程，产生难民和无国籍人。此外，民族国家没有迫切需要满足旨在维护人权和解决无国籍问题的国际秩序的规范要求。在这种情况下，本文试图通过检验倾向于世俗化和自然化的因素，并通过散布产生和塑造国民身份并帮助其表现出来的真实社会经济力量，来询问其国民身份的自然性。推动同质化和建国进程，产生难民和无国籍人。此外，民族国家没有迫切需要满足旨在维护人权和解决无国籍问题的国际秩序的规范要求。在这种情况下，本文试图通过检验倾向于世俗化和自然化的因素，并通过散布产生和塑造国民身份并帮助其表现出来的真实社会经济力量，来询问其国民身份的自然性。