On the Development of Chinese Discourse since 1949(PDF)
《南京师大学报》（社会科学版）[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2019年02期
- Page:
- 81-89
- Research Field:
- 政治学研究
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- On the Development of Chinese Discourse since 1949
- Author(s):
- HUANG Lizhi is Professor at School of Marxism; Party School of the CPC ShanghaiMunicipal Committee ( Shanghai 200233 ).
- HUANG Lizhi
- Keywords:
- Chinese discourse; China and the world; value judgment of discourse
- PACS:
- -
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
- In modern times, the purpose of constructing Chinese discourse is to restore and strengthen theconsciousness of Chinese cultural identity in the interaction between China and the West. After the founding ofthe People’s Republic of China in 1949, China’s relations with other countries and in particular with Westerncountries entered a process of reorganization and reconstruction, which can be roughly divided into four stages:( 1 ) the period of special Westernization in the form of modeling itself on Soviet Union ( 1949—1963 ),featuring a low-level operation of Chinese discourse; ( 2 ) the closed and semi-closed state ( 1963—1978 ),featuring a high-level operation of Chinese discourse; ( 3 ) the complete operation of Chinese discourse duringthe period of reform and opening-up (1978—2012), in which Chinese discourse operated at two levels despiteshowing a low-key profile; ( 4 ) the new era of returning to the center of the world stage ( since 2012 ), in whichChinese discourse operates at a high level. The issue of Chinese discourse is so complex in that any simplevalue judgement will miss the point: in particular, it is not a matter of“ the more and purer, the better”. Inorder to construct a Chinese discourse, we should continue to open our eyes to the outside world and recognizewhat else needs to be reformed and improved in Chinese traditional culture. The Chinese discourse underconstruction is not the revival of the Chinese discourse in history, but the creative and innovative transformationof both the traditional Chinese discourse and Western discourse.
Last Update: 2019-03-30