现代化意义上的文化自觉——改革开放30年文化现代化的过程与经验

Self-Consciousness of Culture in the Sense of Modernization——Culture Modernization during the 30 Years of Reform of Opening up and Experience Acquired

改革开放30年,中国现代化建设的一个重要经验是,大力发展文化现代化事业,以文化的现代化促进经济和政治现代化的建设。在过去30年中,由于受到各种力量的影响,中国的文化逐步演变为主流文化、精英文化和大众文化的多元格局。文化现代化主要走的是一条世俗化的道路,也就是上述三种文化的世俗化过程,但是这个过程必须在中国共产党的领导下,以主流文化引导和规范精英文化和大众文化的世俗化,否则,文化世俗化将会把文化的现代化功能引向反面。

Through the 30 years of reform and opening to the outside world, China has gained an important experience for the construction of its modernization, i.e. it is crucial that China endeavor to modernize its culture, relying on cultural modernization to facilitate the construction of its economic and political modernization. In the past 30 years, under all kinds of influences, Chinese culture gradualiy became more diversified to include mainstream culture, elite culture and popular culture. Cultural modernization entails the secularization of the above three forms of culture under the guidance of the CCP. The secularization of elite culture and popular culture must be guided and regulated by the mainstream culture. Otherwise, cultural modernization might end up being counterproductive.