Socialist modernization and cultural innovation

Author: Yu Siwen
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: Modern civilization is not born out of thin air; it is the result of the fusion of accumulated past civilizations and the re-creation of the present. Traditional culture inherits the objective geographical and historical environment, embraces the long-standing humanistic influence, and the creations of people in material and spiritual activities, while at the same time moving towards modernization under the influence of objective laws and subjective actions. This is a natural and social process with profound connotations in both time and space, flowing, extending, and evolving. Unveiling the laws and characteristics of this process is the task of philosophy as a tool for human understanding, and it is also a common issue in the global trend of modernization on how to face the transition of traditional culture towards modern civilization. The significant theoretical and practical implications are not fully understood by those living in times of great change; moreover, the unprecedented social transformations occurring in the contemporary world and contemporary China have elevated our understanding to a new level. Therefore, as a profound issue of cognition and practice, the research fields provided by socialist modernization and cultural innovation are extremely broad. This book provides a thoughtful review and analysis of the relationship between socialist modernization and cultural innovation, combining thoughtfulness and theoretical depth, and is believed to be beneficial to the practice of regional cultural construction, urban cultural construction, and rural cultural construction on the Chinese mainland. The book includes chapters such as: Introduction, Modernization and Socialism, Traditional Culture and the Emergence of Chinese Socialism, The Driving Forces Behind the Modernization of Traditional Culture, and Cultural Construction in the Process of Socialist Modernization.