The Thought Of Mao Zedong's New Democratic Culture And Its Contemporary Value

This paper studies the formation background and the basic contents of Mao Zedong's new democratic cultural thoughts, inquiries its magnificent meaning to our current construction of the advancing socialism culture with Chinese characteristics. The paper is divided into three parts.The first part introduces the formation of Mao Zedong's new democratic cultural thoughts.Firstly, it analyzes the economic and political background of the formation of Mao Zedong's new democratic cultural thoughts. In the middle of 19th century, China had become a semi-colony and semi-feudal country, the joint oppression of imperialism and feudalism obstructed Chinese social development at that time. How to oppose the invasion of foreign great powers, get rid of the governance of feudal autocracy system and change the poor and backward national features became the urgent issue for Chinese people at that time. Advanced Chinese had conducted many trials but all failed. The failure urges the Chinese advanced people realize that they must find a new way to save the country and the people.Secondly, it analyzes the cultural background of the formation of Mao Zedong's new democratic cultural thoughts. The new culture movement began in 1915 and "Youth Magazine " established by Mr. Chen Doxiu in Shanghai as the starting point. The new culture movement highly advocated new morals and against old morals, promoted new literature and against old literature. It highly raised two flags of democracy and science, heavily attacked feudalism in cultural and spiritual areas, making Chinese people especially the youth acquired the liberation on the thoughts and setting foundation for Chinese advanced talents to accept Marxism. The huge ideal change of youth Mao Zedong was in the new cultural movement;he became a radical democratism from a common one. After the October revolution, Chinese advanced talents found the new hope of Chinese revolution;they began Marxism's ad vacation and research, made the early spread of Marxism and a large sum of Chinese advanced talents joined Marxism. Under the guidance of Mr. Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao, Mao Zedong finally set up his Marxism belief. The earlier Chinese Marxists considered Chinese new culture construction and acquired the basic and right conclusion in how todeal with Chinese and western cultures.Finally, it elaborated the basic process of the formation of Mao Zedong's new democratic cultural thoughts. This process generally included three phrases: the first is the discussion period and the symbol is the establishment of "New People's Academic Association", the second is the creation period and the symbol is "Investigation Report on Hunan Farmers'Movement", the third is the mature period from Second Civil Revolution War to Anti-Japanese War and the symbol is "Speech on Yan-an Literature-Arts Symposium".The second part clarifies the basic contents of Mao Zedong's new democratic cultural thoughts, it includes four aspects:First, it clarifies the characteristics of New Democratic Culture. Cultural life is an important realm in social life and cultural phenomenon develops with the society. The New Culture is the reflection of new politics and new economy in idea form and serves for the new politics and new economy. The characteristics of New Democratic Culture are different from New Democratic Revolution. It belongs to the people and is led by Proletariat, it is against imperialistic and feudalistic, and it is national, scientific and people's culture.Second, it investigates the roles of New Democratic Culture. The first role is to serve times'topics and is the necessary weapon to realize national independence and prosperity. The second is new democratic and its dual functions to save the country and enlighten the people, promote the change of Chinese society.Third, it clarified the outline of the New Democratic Culture Revolution. The revolutionary objects of the New Democratic Culture are the old politics of semi-colony and semi-feudal, old culture of old economy. Its revolutionary power is over 100 millions Chinese people, its leading power is Chinese Communist Party;its development prospect is the socialism culture.Finally, it analyzes the construction policies of the new democratic culture. To construct new culture suited and served for the economy and politics of that time;the new culture should serve for the people of all nation and highly emphasis the important position and roles of people in the construction of new culture;it should study the historical culture inheritance of Chinese nation, learn and absorb all excellent cultures of the human, and fully value the important function of intelligent in the construction of new culture.The third part exposed the current value of Mao Zedong's new democratic culturethoughts.Our socialism culture construction faces many challenges in the globalization circumstance;the relevant current advanced culture construction also faces many new topics that need solve urgently. It includes three points: the first is the economic globalization challenges the national characteristics of culture, and how to ensure our national characteristics in the economic globalization circumstance;the second is the "global questions" given by technological development challenges the scientific characteristics of culture, and the relevant topics on how to realize the unity of science and humanity, the third is the diversification of the economic composition, benefit topics, social organizations and social living styles appeared in the economy transform process of our country challenges the popularity of culture, and the relevant topics are how to guide the healthy development of the public culture.How to guarantee the right direction of the advanced culture construction is the important responsibility given by the contemporary era. This paper studies the significance of Mao Zedong's new democratic culture thoughts in current advanced culture construction. It discusses the magnificent meaning and huge value of Mao Zedong's new democratic culture thoughts in current culture construction from the following nine aspects: its cultural guiding thoughts, cultural leadership power, periodic thought about culture construction, etc. The first is cultural guiding thought set by Mao Zedong's culture thought;it provides the theory supports that advanced culture construction must constantly stick to the guiding position of Marxism thoughts. The second is the culture leadership power set by new democratic culture;it provides theory supports that the advanced culture construction must constantly adhere to and enhance the leading of Chinese Communist Party. The third is periodic thought about culture construction set by Mao Zedong's new democratic thought, it provides theory support that we should construct the advanced socialism culture with Chinese characteristics in the early stage of socialism. The fourth is the elaboration on the nature of culture given by Mao Zedong's new democratic culture thought, it provides theory support that the advanced culture construction must cooperate with socialism politics and economy. The fifth is the national culture view set by Mao Zedong's new democratic culture thought, it provides lessons that advanced culture construction must insist on its own nationalism. The sixth is the scientific culture standpoint set by Mao Zedong's new democratic culture thought, it provides theory support that the advanced culture construction must correctly handle the relationship between traditional and foreign culture, persist in theunity of science and humanity. The seventh is the people's culture standpoint set by Mao Zedong's new democratic culture thought, it provides lessons that the advanced culture construction must adhere to the common people direction. The eighth is intellectual standpoint set by Mao Zedong's new democratic culture thought, it provides theory support that the advanced culture construction must rely on many intellectuals and serve for them. The ninth is the culture innovation standpoint set by Mao Zedong's new democratic culture thought;it provides lessons that the advanced culture construction must create and develop continuously.