On The Theoretical Study Of Western Cultural Hegemony

Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937),before and after the twenties of last century, the founder of the Italian Communist Party, a Marxist theorist in the West. In the 1920s the proletariats of western capitalist countries follow the Russian October Revolution to seize political and the revolution has failed, which caused Gramsci's to consider about the mode to seize political by armed. He believed that the capitalist is in a leading position on politics,economic,culture in the western capitalist society, the class consciousness,revolution consciousness of working class is reality weak, intend to get the victory of revolution, have to cultural ideology of the revolution, seize cultural hegemony, to get the cultural hegemony. It is the first time the theory of cultural hegemony been proposed, then to cultural hegemony theory research was pulled open preclusive.Today the exchange of culture is more frequently, in order to lead the development direction of globalization, western economy developed country occupies the culture hegemony theories continue to emerge, cultural imperialism, soft power, theory of civilization conflict is one of the main representatives, the theory of cultural hegemony by spreading their culture, so as to assimilate other countries culture development. For other developing countries how to ensure that the national culture security, also become the main component of national security strategy.This article from the Western cultural hegemony theory origin of Western cultural hegemony, traces the development process of the theory, clarify Western cultural hegemony theory's development, to the contemporary representative of Western cultural hegemony theory for the study of the system, it is pointed out that it has the characteristics of the times. And in order to reflect the cultural security of our country current situation, pointed out that China's cultural security problem, and from macroscopically on China's construction of cultural safety recommendations.This article is divided to six chapters.The first chapter, introduce that the sense and the background of this article topic selected, and the status of cultural hegemony research.The second chapter, the origin of Western cultural hegemony theory. Analyses the age background and the thought source of, and have detail research on the main content of cultural hegemony, also point out the meaning of the idea cultural hegemony of Gramsci's.The third chapter, the main form of contemporary Western cultural hegemony theory. Put stress on the expound the typical theory of the western cultural hegemony in the present age: cultural imperialism,soft power,the clash of civilizations, and research on both thought source and main content of these theories individual.The forth chapter, the main features of contemporary Western cultural hegemony theory. Summarize the two kinds of tendency of western cultural hegemony, One is taking western culture as the center outward pushing culture colonization, and the other is respect for the diversity of world culture to seek the development together.The fifth chapter, to think of contemporary theory of Western cultural hegemony. Summarize that the affect globalization to western cultural hegemony in the present age, and the affect the western cultural hegemony to the cultural security. Generalize that the present situation of cultural security in China, and also give some advise to solve these problems.The sixth chapter, the conclusion, through the study of Western cultural hegemony theory in globalization, culture is more important to country. We should study and absorb its achievement actively, and also cannot abandoning our own traditional culture, when we deal with the foreign culture. In order to be recognized and valued by other countries, we only to keep and develop our won culture.