当代资本主义社会的三大文化思潮

Three Cultural Ideological Trends in Contemporary Capitalist Societies

在当代资本主义社会的众多文化潮流中,最具代表性的是大众文化、网络文化和后现代文化三大思潮。大众文化是同传统的精英文化相区别的,其娱乐、消闲、商业性的功能大大强化,而认识教育和审美的功能相对弱化。网络文化是随着网络化时代而出现的新型的文化活动方式,它使文化的载体和传播方式发生根本性的变化。后现代文化是后工业社会文化,具有反抗性、多元性和相对性的显著特征,反对统一性、普遍性、本质性的现代社会的文化霸权。

Of the myriad of cultural trends in contemporary capitalist societies, the most representative one includes the follows: mass culture, network culture, and post-modernism culture. The culture of masses is different from that of traditional elite, and its function of entertainment, pastime and commerce is greatly strengthened. However, its function of cognition, education, and aesthetics is relatively weakened. The culture of network, following the era of network is a new type of culture activity mode, which makes the carriers of culture and the ways of communication change radically. The culture of post-modernism is that of post-industrialized society with remarkable characteristics of antagonism, pluralism and relativity, and it opposes the cultural hegemony of modern society of the unity, universality and essentialism.