论韦伯的文化理论

On Max Weber's Cultural Theory

德国社会思想家马克斯·韦伯实际上也是一位重要的文化理论家。在对资本主义精神起源的研究中,韦伯深度展开探讨了文化与经济之间的关系,其所论可以与马克思主义对话;在对西方世界观"除魅"的阐释中,韦伯揭示了现代价值观的竞争和冲突,呈现了现代文化"秩序过度"与"冲突过度"的复杂纠缠;在对西方理性化命运的探究中,韦伯分析了西方自律艺术的形成及技术与艺术进步的关系。这些重要观念,不但对现代文化生产提出了新的解释,而且对当代文化理论产生了重要影响。文章从三个方面概括韦伯的文化观点,为当前正在讨论的一些文化议题提供一些新的资源。

Max Weber,a German social thinker,was also an important cultural theorist.In the research of the origin of the capitalist spirit,Max Weber broadened the relationship between culture and economy deeply;as a result,his theory is parallel to Marxism to some degree.In the interpretation of the western world outlook about＂disenchantment,＂Weber revealed the competition and conflicts in the modern value outlook,and presented a complex entanglement about the＂excessive order＂and＂excessive conflict＂in modern culture.In the research of the western rational fate,Weber analyzed the relationships between formation and technology in western self-discipline art and progress in art.All of his important theories and views not only givea new interpretation of modern cultural production but also have an important influence on the contemporary cultural theory.So this paper generalizes Weber＇s cultural viewsfrom three aspects,providing some new resources for the cultural issues being discussed.