芒福德的城市功能理论及其当代启示

城市社会是人类社会的发展趋势,在经历了政治型城市与经济型城市两个阶段之后,文化城市正在成为中国城市实现可持续发展的重要选择。文化城市本质上是一种不同于"政治城市"、"经济城市"的新的城市发展模式。文化城市在更高层次上阐释了城市文明与社会的本质,使之超越了城市原始的防卫与商业等实用功能,突破了古代以"政治"为中心及现代以"经济"为中心的城市发展模式,其核心是一种以文化资源为客观生产对象,以审美机能为主体劳动条件,以文化创意、艺术设计、景观创造等为中介与过程,以适合人的审美生存与全面发展的社会空间为目标的城市理念与形态。文化城市建设对于发展文化产业,增强城市社会的和谐,提高人民生活质量,促进城市社会的科学与可持续发展是一条历史必由之路。这是我们推出本组笔谈的初衷,希望有更多的学者一起参与进来,共同为中国当下的城市化建设提供理性参照与智力支持。

Urban society is the developing direction of human society.After the two stages of the political and economic city,the cultural city is coming near.In essence,a cultural city embodies the urban civilization and social nature in a higher level,superior to the practical functions of defense and business,and breaking through the developing modes of putting politics or economy as the center,whose core is to put cultural resources as objective production and aesthetics as the subjective labor,cultural originality,artistic design and sightseeing as its process so as to gear to the aesthetics and whole development.The construction of cultural city is an inevitable approach to developing culture,enhancing harmony,raising people's living standards and promoting scientific and sustainable development of society.