Marxism Culture Methodology And Application Value

Culture is a nation’s blood vessel and the people’s spiritual home. Construction ofpowerful socialist culture country can’t do without scientific cultural methodology.Cultural methodology is the fundamental method for the people to recognize and to reformcultural world. Marxism cultural methodology is the only scientific cultural methodology.Research of Marxism cultural methodology contributes to developing cultural study,cultural reform, and cultural construction and promoting great development and prosperityof socialist culture. Marxism cultural methodology is the fundamental method for theproletariat and the people to recognize and to reform cultural world, which keeps pace withthe times. Marx and Engels have created Marxism cultural methodology on the basis ofdialectical materialism and historical materialism; Lenin inherited and developed Marxismcultural methodology in the process of leading Russian revolution and construction; partymembers of China, with representatives of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, andHu Jintao etc., further inherited and developed Marxism cultural methodology in theprocess of leading Chinese revolution, reform, and construction.Contents of Marxism cultural methodology are very rich, mainly including: themepractice analysis, cultural dialectical analysis, cultural historical analysis, and culturalsystem analysis. With organic combination of these four aspects, Marxism methodologysystem is formed. Thereinto, theme practice analysis is the foundation, cultural dialecticalanalysis and cultural historical analysis are core and soul, and cultural system analysis isthe integration. Marxism cultural methodology is fundamentally opposite to culturalmethodology of old materialism and idealism, with such fundamental features aspracticalness, scientificalness, humanism, and revolutionary character, thereinto,practicalness is the most basic feature. Marxism cultural methodology has significantapplication value in contemporary China. Firstly, Marxism cultural methodology is afundamental method for developing cultural study; secondly, Marxism culturalmethodology is a thought weapon for deepening reform of cultural system; thirdly,Marxism cultural methodology is a guide to action for conducting cultural construction.At present, there have been few research achievements towards Marxism culturalmethodology in academic circles at home and abroad. In addition, the thesis has certain innovations in the visu alangle of research,research contents,and research methods.