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Analysis Of Culture Self-consciousness For Development Of Advanced Culture In China

Posted on:2005-01-18Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:R T ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1115360122991395Subject:Scientific Socialism and the international communist movement
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The introducing Part: on Marxism and Self-Consciousness of National Culture.According to Conception of Culture Consciousness by Fei Xiaotong, a famous sociologist of Peking University, the author discusses Marxist Culture Theory and advanced Culture of China in this essay. Conception of Culture Self-Consciousness is described as "Knowing history of its own culture and Tendency of its development in future "in his speech. So it is regard as a key word to be focused on in Socialist Culture with Chinese characteristics and it former Revolutionary Culture Studies. How to deal with another national Culture in the same world and what to do with other sub-culture in the same society? It is With Culture Consciousness. How to attain Culture Consciousness? It is By the Ideological Rout of Marxism.The First Part: The Self-consciousness of National Culture And the Chinese Adaptation of Marxism.The Chinese Culture Consciousness played a special role in the history of China from 1840 to now. During the Taiping Rebellion for Heavenly Kingdom, the Western Affairs Movements for Self Maintenance, the 1898 Reforms for Constitutionalism and 1911 Revolutionary tor Republic of China expressed their Ideals of Culture in National Liberation including positive factors of advanced culture. It so happened that in 1917 and 1919, two major events took place in Russia and China, which is, the October Revolution of Russia and the May 4th Movement of China. The salvoes of the October Revolution brought the advanced theory of Marxism-Leninism to China. Starting from the May 4th Movement, the Chinese working class began to cut a striking figure as an advanced social force in the country. At the same time, a number of advanced intellectuals held high the banner of democracy and science and opened up a path for disseminating new ideas and new theories in China. In 1921, the Communist Party of China emerged just as the times required in the process of applying Marxism-Leninism in the Chinese workers' movement.Accepting of Marxism gave a new start in Recent History of China with culture consciousness. The CPC members headed by Mao Zedong kept putting Marxism to practice based on Chinese situations and Traditional culture and created Mao Zedong Thoughts and Revolutionary Culture respectively. Mao Zedong Thoughts is a spiritual support to Chinese People and the Revolutionaiy Culture is the most one of all cultural plural because it represented basic benefit of the most people. Mao Zedong Thoughts and Revolutionary Culture ensure a success of Chinese People against aggressors and feudalism.The Second Part: On Transition of Leading Culture and Culture-Building in linewith Marxism.Socialist Society has been put into building after the Chinese Republic of China had been founded and required Socialist Culture suit to it. But "the Great Culture Revolutionary" from 1966 to 1976, an anti-culture disorder in fact, damaged our culture cause, not only to Revolutionary Culture but also Socialist Culture. Deng Xiaoping devoted himself to create anew theory based on the former Mao Zedong Thoughts, according to World Situation and National Situation. From 1978 till 1992, Deng Xiaoping kept on thinking of what is socialism and how to build it. He held on emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts and created a new situation in building socialism with Chinese characteristics. Deng Xiaoping first mentioned the socialist spiritual civilization in December 1980. From then on, it has been brought about by raising the people's political consciousness and morality, and by fostering revolutionary ideals, morality and discipline, all with communist ideology at its core. Jiang Zemin made explicit explanation of "Deng Xiaoping's Theory on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" at the 14the National Congress of CPC In 1992. In 1997, he, at the 15the National Congress of CPC, pointed out that All correct views by Deng Xiaoping on Socialism Building come into being as a theoretical system and renamed it in "Deng Xiaoping Theory". Jiang Zenmin stressed China must...
Keywords/Search Tags:Marxist culture theory, Culture Self-consciousness, Advanced culture, Revolutionary culture, Socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, Sub-culture, Globalization, Anti-culture
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