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reporter Cong-Cong Wang

doctoral-level professors in sociology, already over 50 of Tsinghua University Professor Guo Yuhua is the famous "angry youth", and there with the Japanese all "angry" trend:

week ago, because of the "Doctor to the national authority before graduation and core journals paper journals be eligible for the degree," the provisions of the object to her running in the Tsinghua University Department of , hospital, school three departments, but also almost met with President of Tsinghua.

5 18, she and eight social scholars issued an open letter, called on the parties to work together to solve the new generation of migrant workers as soon as the problem.

end of last year for Shenzhen workers pneumoconiosis cases, she and six social scientists have written a letter to the Premier, the State Department of Human Resources and Social Security, so that the solution to the problem to promote the ... ...

"Every member of society are interrelated, sharing weal and woe, the pain of others are not and had nothing to do." Recently, Guo in China told China Youth News, exclusive interview, said, "As a citizen Zhishifenzi, I think I has the duty to investigate the truth of the facts clear to the academic community, but also to the community and the public clearly. "

build our community to keep up, can not afford any more delay

China Youth Daily: In recent years, you repeated the question for a new generation of migrant workers, "a letter." Some people think that compared to the previous generation of migrant workers, they are the generation of psychological vulnerability. How do you think?

Guo in China: from the case or on the surface, as is the case, but the new generation of migrant workers to find out the reasons behind the weak. This is not only a business issue, it is universal, "China"; also is not only a personal psychological problems, but also the entire community.

most of the previous generation of migrant workers are working out stage, is to make money home to build a house, marry a wife for the children to study outside a miserable tired also put up. They are closely related to the land, many people busy when they go back to farming, land is their protection. The new generation of migrant workers are mostly engaged in agriculture did not experience the feelings of the rural and land is very short, their high level of education than their parents, and more desire city life. But social reality is both mentally and institutional arrangements, the city is still discrimination against migrant workers groups, they can not really integrate into urban society, and it came out great contradictions.

China Youth Daily: Why are not parents of this generation of migrant workers as able to "tolerate" it?

Guo in China: Here is an important reason, is the new generation of migrant workers in the "social loss." People in society must have a normal social relationships and social support network. The previous generation of migrant workers are usually relatives, neighbors, acquaintances with the migrant workers, they can take care and talk to each other, in a foreign land can also have "home" feeling. New generation of migrant workers are often out of school to enter the factory, in some companies, even if they live in the same dormitory and no contact with each other, worried other people in trouble do not know. Can be said that they did not normal social life, in "rootless" state.

China Youth Daily: Recently, a number of provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) promulgated to guide and encourage migrant workers settled policy.

Guo in China: This is a positive step. But the simple opening household, still can not let the majority of the new generation of migrant workers in the city to settle down. Many migrant workers earning less than 1,000 yuan, how falling in the city? Housing, marriage and family, children education, medical care and old age, how to solve the problem? They see no future in the city, they do not want to do as parents return to rural areas, many people will feel neither the future was not any way to retreat. If they had a longer record the details of a small blow is likely to be the last straw breaks the camel.

China Youth Daily: What do you think should work from what young people to solve these problems?

Guo in China: the city's development and prosperity is built on migrant workers and to pay on. By the end of 2008, Shenzhen City, the actual population more than 12 million, of which only 2.28 million registered population. We should effectively solve the migrant workers out of housing, education and health and other aspects of specific programs, such as low-rent housing open to migrant workers, urban village should not be totally eliminated, it is necessary for the integration of migrant workers, rooted in the city to create conditions so that they In a "corporate citizen", but also can become a true "community citizens." Of course this is not a single day.

we have to allow them to have normal social relationships and social life, such as real as the workers themselves to union organization. To achieve the legitimate rights of workers is conducive to social stability. 30 years of reform and opening up, our economic development so fast, so have to keep up with society, can not delay any longer.

each individual's suffering is the suffering of the community

China Youth Daily: Not long ago, your first "Tsinghua social development forum" speech, highlighted the "Banality of evil" What does this mean?

Guo Yu-hua: "Banality of evil" is a concept put forward thinker Hannah Arendt, we should think about China is the concept of public questions.

cite examples of everyday life, I live in the district there are some property owners in public green circle for the private, melons, vegetables. Have to require property owners in the community and relevant line management, appealed to owners to resist the temptation, inevitably some intense individual words. But the bizarre is that the owners not only did not receive majority support, but many users were more intense response. Finally, the owners are moderator of "vicious words, extreme" as an excuse closed the ID. You see, in this case, the occupation of the public sphere is not "evil", but criticized the occupation of behavior is "evil" of.

behavior in daily life is not such extreme evil, ordinary people are more non-self and evil person. Hannah Arendt's "Banality of evil" can be aptly summed up this type of behavior, that is because "no thought" lost the ability to judge right and wrong. A lack of reasonable and effective system of society, ordinary people will gradually become "banal evil" and do not harm the interests of others who may feel suffer bad luck. Such a social environment will make the "good guys" could not stand it heavy, physically and mentally fatigued. The end result may be, the social and ecological deterioration, and even "social defeat."

China Youth Daily: In some cases, some people are more willing to be "spectators", which is not a "banal evil"?

Guo Yu-hua: Onlookers the mentality of "banal evil" of the social environment results. Many people feel the suffering of others and their own does not matter, but a lot of things have knock-on effect, such as "melamine milk powder incident," the next victim may be your child. Therefore, each individual's suffering is the suffering of the community. We must think about how to satisfy their own interests and do not harm others, to think the result is the creation of fair rules of the game.

China Youth Daily: You once said, trust is the basic premise of the normal operation of society, a society if the lack of trust will result in intensified social contradictions, conflicts frequently. Us how to build that trust?

Guo in Chinese: the social construction and the rule of law should be adopted to reconstruct the building of social trust.

"renewal" includes at least three aspects: first, the information transparent, smooth information channel to achieve the citizens right to know - right to the truth, because there is only trust the truth; followed by the expression of interest citizens need to achieve through social participation and the protection of individual rights. A sound system should accommodate the various legitimate expression, respect and Guli 人们 expression of Li Yi within the legal framework demands, and then balance the interests of Guanxi, Jiejue contradictions Chongtu; then yes Zhiyuequanli, this is the most effective confidence-building mechanism 重建.

China Youth Daily: if ordinary people can do?

Guo in China: to be a good citizen, need people to have independent thinking, clear right and wrong, good and evil. To know what is right as a citizen, if rights have been violated, should know that a reasonable and legitimate means of Rights. Also need to know what their responsibilities and obligations, know how to treat others, not because of mediocrity and evil.

In fact, if the reality-based people with common sense to think, you can see a lot of things, make the right choice. Towards civil society is not beyond our reach, if we can start from small things around us, everyone can work towards building a civil society. I contacted the owners of some activists, who according to the law, relying on the power of organization to achieve the aspirations of their own interests. In the course of Rights, people will slowly realize that the social activists and public nature, which may be a growing point of civil society, which is doing the community building.