A Brief Discussion on the Marxist Theory of the Essence of Culture  

作　　者：Han Meiqun Huang Deyuan 

机构地区：[1]School of Marxism, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

出　　处：《Contemporary Social Sciences》2019年第6期82-90,共9页当代社会科学（英文）

基　　金：a phased achievement of the “Study on the Practice Path of Core Socialist Values in the Rural Areas from the Perspective of Cultural Tradition”(15BKS116),a project supported by the National Social Science Fund of China

摘　　要：Marxism holds that the internal essence of culture lies in the inherent identity of culture and man,and in the spiritual essence of man and that there would be no culture without man and man’s spirit.From the perspective of the source of culture,it is man’s transcendence over nature.From the point of view of the process of its evolution,it is the sum of all human social relationships.Culture has the characteristics of man’s sociality and is shared by an entire cultural community.The essential complexity of culture is the logical expression of human thinking,and the logic reflection of cultural practice.Cultural practice,i.e.,human practice,is influenced and constrained not only by external practice,but also by the consciousness of man himself.Such two-way internal and external effects determine the particular law and logic of culture itself in its development,i.e.,the dialectical unity between decisiveness and selectivity,and between nationality and cosmopolitanness,in the development of culture;the dialectical unity between the consistency of basic trends in terms of the law of cultural development and the diversity of choices of paths;and the dialectical unity between diversity and unity concerning paths for the development of culture.Marxism holds that the internal essence of culture lies in the inherent identity of culture and man, and in the spiritual essence of man and that there would be no culture without man and man’s spirit. From the perspective of the source of culture, it is man’s transcendence over nature. From the point of view of the process of its evolution, it is the sum of all human social relationships. Culture has the characteristics of man’s sociality and is shared by an entire cultural community. The essential complexity of culture is the logical expression of human thinking, and the logic reflection of cultural practice. Cultural practice, i.e., human practice, is influenced and constrained not only by external practice, but also by the consciousness of man himself. Such two-way internal and external effects determine the particular law and logic of culture itself in its development, i.e., the dialectical unity between decisiveness and selectivity, and between nationality and cosmopolitanness, in the development of culture; the dialectical unity between the consistency of basic trends in terms of the law of cultural development and the diversity of choices of paths; and the dialectical unity between diversity and unity concerning paths for the development of culture.

关 键 词：PHILOSOPHY of CULTURE internal ESSENCE value system SUBJECTIVITY CREATIVITY 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]