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体验本真性：北漂青年的社会交往与双重生活

young migrants，on the one hand，are “striving individuals” in order to adapt；on the
other hand，they are deeply suspicious and despondent，struggling between institutional
dependency and the need for autonomy. Constructing social interaction in youth space
becomes their way of exploring their “authentic selves”. In Youth Space A，migrant
youths build transient “pure relationships” between strangers and participate in public
life through noncompetitive relations and highly spiritual conversations over topics on
daily life reflections，intellectual engagement，and public concerns. In so doing，they
constitute an “authentic self” that enables them to reveal their true inner selves and
resist social constrains. However，the sociability in the youth space is set upon the
premise of “anti鄄daily鄄life” that precludes its integration into everyday action，and is
thus incapable of changing the established structure of daily life. In fact，to certain
degree，it is confined by the logic of institutionalized life such as utility and
instrumentality，thus reducing the self authenticity to a tangled，fragile，and place鄄
specific experience for migrant youth. This study reflects on the utilitarian鄄oriented
paradigm of “striving individual” in the discussion of the individualization of the Chinese
society，and of the Chinese youth in particular. It helps to the understanding of the dual
connotation of institutionalized individualization. In addition，by analyzing the
relationship between public life and the authentic self，it sheds light on the issue of the
publicity dilemma and its Chinese specificity in the process of individualization.
Keywords：individualization，authenticity，migrant youth，sociability

一、 引言

2019 年的最后一夜， 北京各处的餐厅、 咖啡馆和酒吧几乎座无虚
席， 青年们聚在一起迎接新的一年。 江姗却来到了位于居民楼里的 A
青年空间（以下简称“A 空间”）。 晚上八点多，推开 A 空间的门，一派热
闹景象扑面而来：几十名青年聚集在这里，分成三组，每组十余名青年，
坐着站着或躺着，激烈地讨论着一个话题。过一阵子，话题变换，讨论者
也换了面孔，一晚上小小的空间里竟有近两百名青年来来往往。 江姗兴
奋地挤过人群，加入了一场关于“生活与爱的哲学”的讨论，后来又参与
到对贫富差距问题的探讨。 接近零点时，他们围聚一团，边唱国际歌边
倒计时，群情鼎沸。
后来，回忆起跨年夜的感受，江姗仍然很激动，她特别喜欢这种“和

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