The Construction Of Socialist Culture With China's Characteristics In The Age Of Globalization

The globalization exerts a profound effect on worldwide economy, politics and culture, and it aggravates the existing conflicts between national cultures and inside the national culture itself, meanwhile it also brings about new opportunity for the development and originality of national cultures. This thesis presents the argument: The construction of socialist culture with China's characteristics in the age of globalization. On the basis of generally recognizing the role of culture in the age of globalization and the effect of it on Chinese culture, it probes the strategic role, essential policy, main content and fundamental task in the background of globalization, and it also probes the problems about Chinese cultural security, creativity, development of culture cause and its industry to form the new recognition and practice about the cultural construction in the new age. China, struggling for the realization of socialist modernization and facing the new situation of economical, political and cultural development in today's world, must adopt new countermeasures in the cultural construction and form the new thinking of development so as to adapt to the requirements of globalization and reach the goal of building the socialist and harmonious society.The thesis probes the argument from the following six aspects:Chapter one: the role of culture in the age of globalization. The globalization shattered the separation of culture with economy and politics, made them merge together, and made the role of culture stand out. The process didn't begin from now. The capital created the great social productivity, provided the possibility of personal comprehensive development, promoted the alternation of the forms of civilization, and open up the new field of cultural development But the capital civilization also had its great limits, mainly seen as: Under the morphology of commodity economy, the capital aggravated the rise and fall of material in value and the private ownership of it caused the dissimilation of labor power and the polarization of poverty and richness, thus the development of human being was one-sided in the condition of commodity economy. In the end of the 21^st century, based on the global problems of resources, environment, polarization pf poverty and richness, and over-density of city's population, people put forward the concept of balanced and sustainable development, turned into new concept of development from traditional one, and made the globalization in a new breakthrough enter into people's vision. But the globalization involves all-sided problems and the knowledge of role of culture in the times of globalization is only at its infancy. Culture has its own characteristics and inherent law, and the national features Of culture in this age is the bond to communicate the hearts of the whole nation, and its core is to the patriotism of the national independence and dignity and enforce the sovereignty and interest of the country; its opening further pushes forward the communication of cultures and arts between all the nations and countries, strengthens the international exchange and cooperation of science and technology, accelerates the international talent circulation, and expands the pattern of talent cultivation; the diversity of cultures pushes forward the common development of cultures. But it must also be seen that the diversity brings about the collision between different cultures. The culture in the times becomes the important ingredients of the comprehensive national power. Science and technology plays a guiding role among them, education plays the basic role and the national spirits upholds the national independence and cultural security in the competition of the national comprehensive power.Chapter two: the effect of globalization on modern Chinese culture. In studying the effect of globalization on Chinese culture, the transformation of modern Chinese culture must be analyzed, for it's not only the cause of history, but also the starting point of theory. The Opium War broke the gap of the sealed traditional culture, and it, in a sense, was epoch-making turning point of Chinese culture. The deep shock of reformism and modern bourgeoisie revolution on Chinese traditional culture made western and Chinese cultures merge together in the conflicts and collision. The May.-4th New Cultural Movement uplifted the flag of democracy and science, and thoroughly criticized the Chinese feudalism culture with the history of thousands of years. The spread of Marxism pointed out the direction of the development of Chinese culture: It was the right choice for the Chinese culture to respond to the development of the situation abroad and at home from the new democratic cultural theory, socialist cultural theory, theory of socialist spiritual civilization construction, socialist cultural theory with China's characteristics to the theory of advanced cultural construction. From the total structure of world's culture, the developing direction of Chinese culture is to build the socialist culture with China's characteristics with the advanced culture as its gist. The effect of globalization on contemporary Chinese culture has two sides. On one hand, the globalization extends the communicative space of foreign and Chinese cultures, which makes science and technology and education easier to get close to the frontier of the world. On the other hand, the globalization shocks the traditional culture and the mainstream culture, which to some degree makes people doubt the concept of traditional morality and the ethnic principles, and challenges the position of the main aspect of the socialist culture.Chapter three: essential reflection on the construction of socialist culture with China's characteristics in the background of globalization. The effect of globalization offers the opportunity of development and also forms the great challenge for China's changing society. The construction of Chinese culture with China's characteristics will lay the foundation for China to take the opportunity and react to the challenge. It is the important ingredient of socialism, and it is also the mark of distinguishing it from the capitalism, and it has the significance of embodying the essential of socialism. The socialist culture provides the socialist modernization with the spiritual force and great intelligent support and it is the important premise of the construction of socialist political civilization, and it is also the important ingredient of the national comprehensive power. It is the main content to build ideological theory, ambition and morality, the development of education, science and technology, cultural cause and industry. The construction of socialist culture must take the Marxism, Maozedong's thoughts, Dengxiaoping's theory and "three-represents" as its guide, uphold "Two Serves" (serve the socialism and serve the people) and "Two Hundreds" (let a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend) policies, carry forward the excellent tradition of national culture and deal correctly with foreign culture, and uphold the policies of "Emphasis on construction" and "Pay attention to two aspects, both firmly". The fundamental task of the construction of the socialist culture is to carry forward and cultivate the national spirits, and foster the newcomers with "Four Haves" (have knowledge, culture, ambition and morality), and thus promote the development of human being.Chapter four: the globalization and the security of contemporary Chinese culture. In the times of globalization, the blending and collision of western cultures and Chinese culture makes the security of Chinese culture faced with serious test.It is a great strategic problem for the construction to take the active countermeasures, enforce the consciousness of cultural security, and protect the cultural security of the country. In the process of globalization the western economical powers adopt an unfair attitude, and according to their own standards, carry out universally their own cultural value, seriously challenge China's socialist cultural and conscious morphology and weaken the means to protect China's cultural security. It can be remarkably seen in the following aspects: the pluralism of politics challenges the monism of conscious morphology, western powerful cultures erode the mainstream culture, the development of modern information technology diminishes the control over conscious morphology, and the attack of western social trend of thoughts weakens the mainstream conscious morphology. Facing the complex situations abroad and at home, we must establish scientific cultural security concept, and the goal to protect the security of our country's culture against the cultural hegemony: to formulate and carry out the correct strategy of cultural security, lessen the pressure of western cultural supremacy; bravely absorb the essence of western culture, enforce the cohesive force of Chinese culture; strengthen the law of cultural security, establish the early-warning system of the country's cultural security; enforce the management of western cultural products import; make the work of protecting cultural security systematized and legalized; actively participate in the construction of diverse cultures in the world, emphasize the establishment of the safe relationship with each other, and do well the safety of network.Chapter five: in the background of globalization the originality of the socialist culture with China's characteristics. The originality of Marxism continuously pushes forward the creativity of culture; the originality of theory is the guide and core of cultural creativity. The important thought of "three represents" motivates the creativity and the leap of cultural construction theory. In the background, of globalization the originality of the socialist culture with China's characteristics must continuously perfect the originality system, clarify the practical centerpiece of cultural originality, set up the scientific evaluation system, abide by the law of cultural originality, improve the vigor of socialist cultural system from reforming the traditional cultural system, and continually improve the originality of workers engaged in culture from cultivating the cultural talents and exert the special role of hi-technology in the cultural originality. In the background of globalization, the cultural originality requires the development to conform to the developing law of human society, having the advanced features; requires the development of culture to face the world, learn from the excellent cultures, having the international features; requires the development of culture to inherit and carry forward the excellent tradition of national culture, having the national features. This is not only the important content, but the inherent requirement of the development of culture.Chapter six: the socialist cultural cause and industry with China's characteristics in the background of globalization. With the acceleration of globalization and the rise in the role of culture in the social life and the national economy, the cultural industry is the new practical tendency put forward in front of the construction of culture. It is the necessary requirement to develop cultural cause and industry for the socialism with China's characteristics. The development of cultural cause must take the needs of the masses of people as its starting point and standpoint, deal well with the relation between the development of culture and the development of economy, deal well with the relation of the development of minority culture and general culture, uphold the principle of harmonious development between the countryside and cities, and further improve the recognition of the reform of cultural system. The development of cultural industry can provide the material basis for the cultural construction, largely meet the increasing spiritual demand of the masses of people, strengthen the competition of Chinese culture in the field of conscious morphology, and promote "three civilizations" to develop harmoniously. The cultural industry will become the new increase point of China's economy, and from the change of consumer demand, it is very urgent for the cultural industry to increase the effective supply; from the strategic adjustment of economic structure and industry, the cultural industry will become the new increase point of China's economy; from the practical need of constructing a harmonious society, the development of cultural industry is the effective method to liberate and develop the cultural productivity; from the need of expanding the market, the development of cultural industry is the practical necessity of improving the international competition of our country. At present there are problems in the development of cultural industry, and many reasons for limiting it. Thus, we must establish the concept of cultural industry, push forward the originality of the cultural industry system; optimize the system of investment and the collection of fund in cultural industry, set up and perfect the system of policies and laws in the field of cultural industry; gradually improve the scientific contents if it, constantly pushes forward the adjustment of it; establish the stimulating system and develop the talents with high quality and rich originality in the cultural industry.The socialist practice with China's characteristics continuously motivates the creativity of Marxism, and the development of socialist culture. It is the call of the age and the need of practice to further exert the role of cultural construction in constructing a harmonious society and building the new socialist countryside.