Raymond Williams' Common Cultural Thought And Its Enlightenment To China

Raymond Williams is a core figure in the study of British cultural Marxism and one of the main founders of British cultural studies.As a famous cultural research scholar,cultural critic,and ideological and cultural historian,his academic research has received different degrees of attention in different periods.After the Second World War,the new changes in the history of British society and the rise of the "New Left",together with the personal experience of Raymond Williams,began with the opposition to the elitist cultural tradition to the depreciation of the mass culture,and the common culture came into being.The common culture is proposed on the basis of equality of life,a free and active participation,a long process of creative and value-based participation by different social groups.Regrettably,domestic scholars' research on Williams pays too much attention to the interpretation of texts in their own fields,and it is even rarer to combine their ideological research with their own realities.Therefore,the academic circle should not be satisfied with the case study of Williams in a single field,but incorporate it into the historical background of the United Kingdom,and combine it with the specific national conditions of China in the new era for interdisciplinary,multi-angle and all-round.Examine.This paper focuses on extracting common cultural thoughts from Williams' s cultural theory as a research object,trying to re-interpret Williams' s thought and combining it with the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era,trying to explore its contribution to Chinese society.The enlightenment of the construction of culturalism.In today's China,from the background of the transformation of agricultural society to industrial society,there are many cultures in the process of cultural development,the mass media is booming,and the mainstream culture is floating on the surface.In the face of the diverse values of the people's thoughts,the cultural content,the practice of the people and the separation from the mainstream culture,through the reinterpretation of Raymond Williams' common cultural thoughts,it can be known that culture is a dynamic development process.The mass media is a double-edged sword that needs proper guidance;the development of mainstream culture cannot be achieved overnight.Therefore,in dealing with the dilemma of the development of Chinese culture,we must establish cultural self-confidence,promote cultural prosperity and development;use cultural support to guide the development of mass media;and coordinate the mainstream culture through value coordination.