On The Transformation Of Political Culture In Chinese Modern History

The period from the end of Ming Dynasty to the May Fourth Movement in 1919 is regarded as the transformation of political culture in Chinese modern history. This phase of history is especially concerned by compatriots. We think that the reason mainly comes from two aspects. On the one hand, Chinese modern society saw a hardship during the process of moving from the tradition to modern; on the other, it is political culture that has been a negative factor with overall influence in modernized movement all the time. Because of this, our country has not still finished the task of transformation from traditional society to modern one up till now. So we think that the research on this issue has great meaning both in theory and reality.This thesis can be divided into five parts besides the introduction. In the first part, we firstly give the definition on one of the keywords of the paper, namely, political culture; then analyze its inherent structure and function, sum up the characteristics of Chinese traditional political culture .In the second part, we explain three other keywords of the article: transformation of political culture, social transformation and political transformation; expound the relationship among the three; the purpose of doing it is to prove that the transformation of political culture in Chinese modern history is a system project, only the three forms the inter-dynamic situation, could the task of transformation of political culture in Chinese modern history be finished smoothly. In the third part, we make an analysis the characteristics of each period on the basis of phased division to the whole process of transformation of political culture in modern Chinese history. In the fourth part, we point out the particularities of the transformation of political culture in Chinese modern history firstly; then sum up the restrictive factors during the process of the transformation. The last part is a conclusion.We want to have a new try in the field. Maybe our effort is very limited, but we'll do our best.