Profoundly Grasping the Outstanding Characteristics of Chinese Civilization from the Perspective of Cultural Memory Theory
Following the fundamental requirements of cultural thought,especially the"Second Combination"(integra-tion of the basic tenets of Marxism with traditional Chinese culture),and the building of historical context,the approach from the perspective of cultural memory theory is helpful for us to accurately grasp the cultural concept innovation and civili-zation value orientation of the combination of Marxism as the soul and the excellent traditional Chinese culture as the root.Amidst the Chinese and foreign debates in ancient and modem times between traditional culture and modem development,cultural canonism and revolutionary ethics,western civilization and self-innovation,civilization diversity and civilization subjectivity,we can deeply analyze how a nation understands and perceives its own cultural context,how to re-understand itself in the continuation of tradition,and establishes a development path in the process of ideological value innovation and modernization exploration,so as to grasp the internal logic and generation mechanism of the evolution from traditional civili-zation to modem civilization.Interpreting the outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization from the perspective of cul-tural memory theory is conducive to creating cultural conditions for solving the"ancient and modern Sino-Western dis-putes",providing new perspectives and directional enlightenment for the development of the modem civilization of the Chi-nese nation,and promoting the Chinese nation to move from firm cultural self-confidence to stronger self-confidence in its civilization.
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