The approach to this paper is to apply the theory of modernity to the "Root-seeking" literature. Through absorbing the previous research results of it. I incorporate them as an organic component with the framework of modernity. This paper penetrates the "Root-seeking" literature in different stratifications, not only adhering to the inherent evolution of theoretical logic, but also deeply exploring and interpreting the latent current of thought of the "Root-seeking" literature with the development of modernity since modern China's history. Based on Hegel's dialectical spirit of rationality, I have integrated the previous opposite research results into a new one. Thus in this paper I have produced a synthesis of the three through combining the thesis of modernity and antitheses of cultural conservatism and cultural nationalism. |