Academic Colonialism,Intellectual Hegemony and Building China's Independent Knowledge System
Manufacturing,controlling and disseminating academic knowledge is an important weapon of Western ruling elites to control people's minds and achieve intellectual and cultural conquests.Through academic colonialism,the West disseminates academic discourses and realize strategic intentions globally.Specifically,it includes manipulation of theories,education,public opinion,discourses,organizations,etc.All these have led to the formation of a systematic and Western-centric intellectual hegemony,which not only controls global academic system but also significantly influences government actions and public perceptions.Understanding,clearing,resisting,preventing and disintegrating Western academic colonialism and intellectual hegemony is the foundation and key to building China's independent knowledge system.