Research On The Social Function Of "Grass-roots Culture"

As a primitive modality of culture,"grass-roots culture"in China which can be found existing in a particular form in Chinese society has its certain colony. That class, acts as a key role of society, is called the"grass-roots estate". Based on not only the fundamental theorem of'historical-materialism', synthesized-sociology and culturology but also studies of several cases, this essay declares a deep discussion in the origin, the configuration & the function of the"grass-roots culture".There are 4 divisions of the essay. In the first part, the concepts of"grass-roots", the culture and"grass-roots estate"are introduced. Discussions then go to the formation, characters as well as Objects and subjectivities of"grass-roots culture". The comparison between"grass-roots culture"and"popular culture"together with"elite culture"induced to the definition of the culture in essay. That is,"grass-roots culture"which takes roots on folks contains distinctive and earthy philosophy ideas and what's more generally reflects the wills and culture- consciousness system of"grass-roots estate". Also according to the situation in China,"grass-roots culture"is divided into two parts---the city"culture"and the country"culture". Details of both"grass-roots culture"are discussed in the second part. The case of"grass-roots culture"in Jiao Zhou, Shandong is studied for the country"grass-roots culture"while analysis based on citizen society and citizen estate is used for the city"grass-roots"culture. They contribute separately to the study on the formation as well as behaviors of"grass-roots culture"in city or country. Interactions between folks and local society are also included in the second part. In the third part, analysis in methods of historical- materialism on both passive and negative social functions of"grass-roots culture"is included while in the fourth part; countermeasures of optimizing"grass-roots culture"and its social function are brought forward ground on studies in the third part.The idea is to study"grass-roots culture"with an eye of philosophy. The study on both city and country"grass-roots culture"is generally successful based on case studies associated with deep analysis. On not only broadening the historical-materialism research aspects but also contributing to optimizing"grass-roots culture"and it's social function the essay gets its means.