论文化的政治性及其对宪政文化研究的启示——以文化内涵之流变为考察视角

The Political Attribute of Culture and Its Inspiration for Constitutional Culture Studies

古汉语和英、法、德等各国语言中,文化作为语词起初皆有"教化"之内涵。在西方自17世纪文化成为复数概念,到马修阿诺德于19世纪中期提出通俗文化概念以来,文化已经不可避免地成为某种政治立场交锋的范畴。而文化作为概念,对其定义结构的解析说明文化的形成本身就是一个利益调和及政治教化的过程。文化研究因而具有政治功能,并对宪政文化研究在目标、功能与范围定位上提供了借鉴。

As the word, culture has the connotation of enlightenment originally in ancient Chinese, English, French and German, among others. Culture has been a complex concept since the 17th Century, and has become a battling area of political position after Matthew Arnold＇ s studies. The concept of culture means that the formation of culture is a process of interest coordination and political enlightenment. And it also means that Cultural Studies has political function and can provide a refer- ence for Constitutional Culture Research in the target, function and range Dositionint.