On The Theory Of Deng Xiaoping's Cultural Thoughts

Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughts are an important part of Deng Xiaoping's theory. During the practice of constructing Chinese characteristic socialism, Deng Xiaoping combines together the widespread principle of Marxism with concrete reality of our country, follows the regulation of cultural development, puts forward the strategy of cultural development, which matches the current of time. This system of thought comes to a decision on the development of Chinese culture that be placed in the present condition of the stage in entry-level in socialism, having the important leading meaning to contemporary cultural construction. This article will study Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughts from the following three parts. Part one: The content of Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughtsThe meaning of the cultural concept The concept of culture has caused extensive attention of Chinese and foreign scholar because of it's much meaning. Like this, if we want to study Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughts, we must make clear the meaning of Deng Xiaoping' cultural concept, going forward a research from the certain meaning. There is different meaning of the cultural concept in Deng Xiaoping's works: the culture of the ideal appearance that opposite to the politics,economic; the culture of the knowledgeable appearance that opposite to the idea﹑moral﹑discipline; the culture that lays emphasis on humanities meaning opposite to the science﹑education; the culture melting with the spiritual civilization. What we study Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughts is a series of basic standpoint of his "regarding as the culture of the ideal appearance." (二) The basic content of Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughts The content of Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughts is very extensive and plentiful. It inherits and develops Marxism-Leninism-Mao zedong Thought, concludes both positive and negative experience since the foundation of nation in cultural development, draws lessons from the essence in the culture of China and Foreign country. First, regarding economic developments as center, service in modern developments of socialism is the departure of Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughts. For making the economy goes up quickly, it needs not only the strategy of economic development but also the conviction of regarding economic developments as the center. Second, socialist spiritual civilization is the corpus of Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughts. What Deng Xiaoping talks culture is more from the spiritual civilization angle. It expresses Deng Xiaoping's expectation to the development of culture, and "develop is important in spiritual civilization" makes his cultural thought even have realistic direction and manoeuvrability. Finally, high patriotism thought and growing "four have" new appointee is the soul and stop of Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughts. Part two: The characteristics of Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughts (一) The feature of the inheritable ages Along with the variety of the ages, putting forward to new outline constantly, is the method of Deng Xiaoping's thought. Facing the peace and development have been become two great topics of the world, the politics and economy of the world have been reflected the level of the cultural thought severely, the international situation that various culture surges mutually, Deng Xiaoping inherits the basic standpoint and method of Marxism, on considering and answering the basic problem "what is socialism, how to develop socialism", he pushing the Chinese society and cultural modernization to a new historical period. The feather of inheritable ages is a guarantee for prosperous our cultural business, is also an important feature in Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughts. (二) The feature of practice Deng Xiaoping's cultural thoughts are a system of unifying theory with practice. Therefore, the feature of practice is also an important characteristic in his cultural thoughts. Deng Xiaoping considers problem both having g...