现代性是社会由传统向现代转型的过程中呈现出来的状态和特征,涉及经济、政治和文化各个领域。市场经济、民主政治、个人主义是“现代性”的三个基本元素。现代性扩张就是个人主义的蔓延与同化功能的发展。现代性扩张一定程度上产生了与公共精神的背离。公共精神培育与复归是当代中国社会治理的时代要求。 Modernity is the state and characteristic of society as it transitions from the traditional to the modern and involves all fields of economy, politics and culture. Market economy, democratic politics and individualism are the three basic elements of “modernity ”. Modernity expansion is the spread of individualism and the development of assimilation function. To a certain extent, the expansion of modernity has created a departure from the public spirit. The Cultivation and Reversion of Public Spirit are the Requirements of the Times of Social Governance in Contemporary China.