Study Of The Problems About Cultural Identities In The Post-colonialism Context

This thesis consists of foreword, main body and conclusion. Of the three parts, there are four parts in the main body, they are respectively are the summary and general situation about the study of cultural identities, the original theory about cultural identities in the post-colonialism context, the main content about cultural identities study and the inspiration from the cultural identities study.In the foreward, the writer had introduced the origin and the meaning of the selected topic. The selected topic stems from the background with culture criticism turning, the result of the study that from the domestic and foreign scholars’ post-colonialism research, the strategic target about strenghthen China with culture that was put forward in the Chinese Communist Party’s17th conference and so on. The significance of selected topic is the practical significance of this essay, the method of meaning and cultural significance.The first section of the main body is the summary about the general situation of the study of cultural identities, which mainly introduced how to define the culture and identity and the general situation of the study of cultural identities. The writer started with the cultural identity discussion, then systematic introduced the general situation about the post-colonialism cultural identity study, representative figures’ important academic monograph about main ideological point, who had a brief introduction to some result of study about some issues and content of cultural identity study in the academic area through consolidating a lot of academic monograph, journal essay and Doctoral and Master the papers.In the second section, the writer introduced the original theory about the study of cultural identities in the post-colonialism context. It can be found in the second section of the chapter that the writer, from losing pricing power economically, diagnosing aphasia academically, emerging root-seeking tide culturally the three perspectives, tries to demonstrate that the third world countries, China included, are in the post-colonial language context, facing multi-cultural infiltration, cultural aggression from cultural colonialism, cultural imperialism and cultural hegemony, making their cultural identity in a precarious situation. Therefore, it’s necessary to study the cultural identity, which should be made on agenda.Then in the chapter about original theory of cultural identities, the writer will find the basic theory and achieve some reference enlightment respectively from Edward Said, Gayatri C. Spivak, Fanon and other theorists like Derrida.The third section is the basic content about cultural identity study, which is also the central section in the essay. Before entering main discussion, the writer investigates into subjectivity, multiplicity, dynamics and diversity, the four important features of cultural identity. Then the thesis elaborates on the topic of cultural identity from three aspects in three separate sections, which are, anxious crisis, identity issue and construction issue of cultural identity.In the chapter about cultural identity anxious crisis, the writer will continue to question from "Lost of orientation——Continuing questioning of’who I am’","Subversion of notions——Common sense of’Know today is right if yesterday was a complete mistake’","Tear of spirit—’One dimensional man’ change into’multi-dimensional man’", the writer elaborates upon the performance and analysis of cultural identity anxious crisis from the three points stated above.In the section concerning cultural identification, the writer analyzes and utilizes some theories from Hegel’s "Self consciousness of masters and slaves", Lacan’s "Mirror theory", and based on these theories, the writer discussed the main topic from two aspects, subject and object, which are presented in two separate parts,"Self-identity crisis:struggle and awakening of self-awareness" and "Others identity crisis:disparity of "the see and be seen" mode in history and values". Due to a profound divergency, a huge gap and an incompatible conflict between subject and object, subject is motivated to improve and realize itself in a background of challenges and trials.In the chapter related to the cultural identity construction,according to the theoretical analysis, the essay will still be discussed from subject and object the main points of view in the last section of the core of the thesis. It’s divided into two parts,"Self-construction:subject confirmation, interpretation rewrite, character action","others’participation:seeking common ground while existing differences, dialogues but not confrontation, coexistence and co-prosperity’In the forth section, the content is the enlightment about cultural identity study, in which the writer will elaborates on the inspiration that cultural identity has on Chinese cultural identity construction and cultural construction from four aspects in all, and then he will discuss the enlightenment of the cultural identity of the strategic objectives of the CPC Central Committee proposed the construction of socialist culture and power.The thesis ends with the saying "The weapon of criticism can not replace the criticism of weapons". What we need now is to criticize in actions, put words into practice and actions to carry out cultural identity construction, which requires us to transform cultural theories into material power in an invisible and formative way so as to change the world better. There is no single way or single mode can figure out and solve problems, let a hundred flowers blossom, we even do not need to care about the weeds.