Cultural Hegemony: The Challenges Of American Hegemony And Revelation

The research on American Hegemony is a central issue in contemporary International Politics. With the globalization of economy and information explosion, the nature of American Hegemony is changing as well. Different from the power such as economic and military establishment, the "cultural hegemony" means the attractiveness and inspiration of the values, life style and social arrangement, and the capability of the assimilation and rule-making based on them. The fast expansion of the "cultural hegemony" changed the way and the subject of the power competitions, and put challenges to all of the major countries, especially to China.The article is composed of four parts as a whole. In part one, the author defines the concept of the "cultural hegemony" and expounds the changing of American Hegemony. Part two, explains the theories which the "cultural hegemony" is based on, and also interprets the establishment of the cultural hegemony strategy by American government. Part three, points out the acts and the effects which American government strengthen the cultural hegemony as a result. Based on the analysis given above, part four discusses two aspects to cope with American cultural hegemony. One is the interests of culture itself; The other is establishing and founding the cultural security strategy of China.