The Contemporary Predicament And Role Anxiety Of Intellectual In The Era Of Popular Culture

As a social community of higher cultural literacy and knowledge levels, the intellectual usually outruns the professional scope, pays attention to the social public affairs and shows doubtful and critical attitude to social present condition. Therefore, they are regarded as conscience of the times and the society. However, since 1950's, the popular culture has rapidly infiltrated people's everyday life and captured cultural sphere which was dominated by the intellectual before, pushing the elite culture out to the edge of cultural stage. The intellectual's words expressing was held back. The roles of intellectual as " the conscience of the society" and "the legislator" were dispelled. The intellectual has gradually divided into various groups.This thesis takes the intellectual under the background of popular culture, elaborates many challenges and tests that the intellectual faces, puts forward the history mission that the contemporary intellectual should carry out. Firstly, the intellectual must undertake the critical job, persist in criticizing the popular culture, the social present condition and the intellectual himself, and expose the crisis in the back of culture with sharp words. Next, the intellectual should work hard to set up "wall-less museum", change the self-pride elite position, promote the humanistic value of the popular culture continuously, communicate with various...