21st Century Map of Chinese Culture. Volume 2

Author: Zhu Dakuo
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The 21st Century Cultural Atlas of China is a continuous publication that focuses on the folk perspective and the concerns of free individuals regarding contemporary Chinese culture. The second volume is a "national-style" showcase of China's cultural achievements on the mainland around 2003, mainly comprising three parts: "Essential Documents of Cultural Criticism," "Popular Keywords and Their Interpretations," and "A Chronology of Cultural Events." The selection stance tends toward the folk and free individuals while also demonstrating a more open and forward-looking attitude, thus becoming a precise map for surveying the current state of Chinese culture. It serves as an intellectual and spiritual archive for cultural learning, research, criticism, and exploration. The 21st Century Cultural Atlas of China is a "national-style" annual exhibition of cultural achievements in mainland China. It is published annually, with each volume including three main parts: essential documents of annual cultural criticism, popular keywords and their interpretations, and a chronology of cultural events. The selection stance of the entire book clearly leans toward the folk and free individuals, striving to break away from traditional annual formats and exhibit a more open and forward-looking approach. It is a major folk cultural collection "memoir." As its name suggests, it will become a precise map for people to survey the current state of Chinese culture, helping readers to trace new cultural development trajectories and achievements. Constructing a bright and independent narrative for critics, as well as autonomous discourse power, is the fundamental philosophy of the book's compilers. They hope to preserve the voices of independent narratives in the rapidly advancing history through a "national-style" text collection effort, making them reference texts for new narrative actions or providing a new discourse choice for scholars. This book is a meticulously crafted cultural atlas of mainland China in 2003, following the of the previous volume. The compilers delve into the scene of cultural spirit, using an independent stance and critical spirit as the basic coordinate system for this "cultural map." The longitude of "cultural events" is divided by annual time zones, showcasing major events in various cultural fields. The latitude of "keywords" identifies key markers at various levels in the public cultural space, while "selected critical writings" record the spiritual benchmark of annual cultural criticism. The holographic image of the annual culture thus drawn can help readers with different cultural identities to view the overall or partial picture of culture and confirm the "self" position of cultural individuals, thereby enabling them to gain a clearer perspective on the spiritual orientation and direction of contemporary Chinese culture.