西方大众文化辩护理论的辨析

An analysis of the defence theory of mass culture in the west

西方大众文化辩护理论是大众文化批评史上的一种重要的理论范式。它执持民粹主义的价值立场,对确立大众文化的合理性及合法性地位功不可没。中国大众文化批评文本大多刻写着擦抹不去的西方文化理论的痕迹。英国文化研究学派以及本雅明、费斯克等在大众文化的辩护上不谋而合。大众文化辩护理论与大众文化批判理论之间存在着互补性,在关于大众文化的价值判断上避免了或肯定或否定的单极化评价模式。

The defence theory of mass culture in the west is an important theory in the history of mass culture criticism. It upholds the values of populism and has made great contribution to the rationalization and legalization of mass culture. The chinese teat of mass culture criticism has been influenced deeply by the theories of mass culture in the west. The British school of culture studies and the theory of postmodernism happen to coincide with Walter Benjamin and John Fiske about the defence of mass culture. The defend theory of mass culture and criticism theory of mass culture are complementary, therefore it heips to avoid unitary evaluation model when judging the value of mass culture.