The Research On Theory Of Raymond Williams' Cultural Materialism

Raymond Williams is an English modern literary theorist and cultural critic, he has made an important contribution in the literary research and cultural studies fields. As the founder of Cultural Studies, Williams'the status is irreplaceable, but the domestic academia does not give enough attention to him, on the extent concern him far below the Eagleton, the Frankfurt School, Jameson ,who belongs to the West Marxist theoretician.The rise of cultural studies and boom since the ascendant in the 1980s and 1990s at 20th century, the founder of Williams is out ofthe people's vision, retreated from the brink. Overview domestic academic research on Williams, mostly focused on the popular culture in his thinking, theory of popular culture, dramatic theory and the literary theory, rarely study his cultural materialism in depth.In fact,Williams'materialist cultural materialism is based on the materialism , the context of social, cultural and literary production characteristics within historical materialism , stresses that the social and material culture and its dynamic process of development. From the beginning of Williams'redefine culture, concerns social culture with cultural materialism, the patterns social culture made of, reveals the hidden cultural leadership, will be of great significance. Analyse the social and cultural selectivity with cultural materialism , is a challenge to the traditional literary canon, and is matched with the development of contemporary literary styles, various cultural phenomenon endless. Williams'cultural materialism to our culture studies, analyse and research on the literary tradition will has a cultural experience learn.This papers uses Marx historical materialism in the process of analysing Williams'cultural materialism, regards the theory of materialist dialectics as guidance and methodology, studies the object with some cultural cases or cultural phenomenon historically and concretely. Several chapters componented of the article as follows:Foreword, profiles Williams, particularly his working class and cultural identity, brief this paper outlines the reasons for the choice, objectives, as well as the results of previous research and this paper is general Way, also discusse his Thinking of cultural materialism briefly,intended to explore discuss the Williams'cultural materialism is necessary and meaningful.In the first part, each theory has its breeding soil, that is no exception.This part talls the Williams'cultural materialism on the ideological and theoretical origins, including the social and historical background, the tradition of English cultural philosophy, Williams'cultural identity and experiences, and absorption of the criticism of the West Marxist thinking, and briefly outlines his thinking of Cultural Materialism,do the preparedness for discussing on the text of his theory detailly after.Part II, launched on the Williams'cultural materialism on the theories specificly. His cultural materialism, opposes the Leavis'idea of elitist culture for first, and the second is dissatisfied with Marxism on the relations between economic basis and the superstructure for understanding simply and vulgarly. Methods criticized for a historical, retrospectives the understanding of this relationship model for the founders of Marxism and the vulgar United Kingdom Marxist, reflects Williams. From the re-definition of culture, the Williams'cultural materialism inspects the material and cultural transcendence of the overall concept as a way of life. Williams analyses the cultural experience by structure of feeling,expresses to his lifestyle and socio-cultural communication efforts. Social culture is not the existence simply, there are struggle and the struggle against, suppression and repression of the anti-confrontational relations among the dominant culture , the remnant culture and the emergent culture. Economic base is not a simple determines to the superstructure, and the cultural leadership for the realization of the right to play an important role in ruling class.Culture becomes the "Arena" of the cultural leadership for the class rule, and the practice of cultural material is manifest vivid during the process.Part III, on the basis of the text of the former, assesses Williams'and cultural Materialism. To the Marxist materialist dialectics as a guide, will be divided into two for specific analysis. Affirms fully the Williams'theoretical spirit of exploration, in macroeconomic research cultural materialism is on the original spirit in the field of culture, cultural Re-definition of the transformation of literary studies, research literary vision, popular culture, the revolutionary pioneering research significance, it riches and develops the Marxist theory of the culture. At the same time, points out the limitations of Williams'cultural materialism, attention and consideration. We have the use of conversion in China.In the epilogue,concludes remarks, outlines the main points of this paper, look to the future. Academic research is a process that is endless.In the current context of globalization, cultural studies is an area of can being done.Williams'cultural materialism thinking still gives us a positive significance.