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Inheritance and Development of Ethnic Culture under the Context of Modernity

AI Juhong   

  1. (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,Beijng 100081,China)
  • Online:2019-01-01 Published:2019-01-26

Abstract: The globalization brought about by modernity connects the world and the place in a complicated way.In the process of modernity,along withcultural industrialization,the minority areas of our country not only have the trend of cultural homogenization,but also emphasize the heterogeneity and uniqueness of culture.Paradoxically,this emphasis on heterogeneity adopts a unified model,thus creating homogenization in cultural differences.At the same time,in the face of modernity,the reconstruction of self-culture and the re-examination and identification of self-identity are bound to strengthen the local identity and ethnic identity.Modernity is a pluralistic system.When ethnic culture is confronted with modernity,it not only needs to welcome the global culture and avoid tribalism,but also to adopt different coping modes according to the local uniqueness,so as to make the local discourse gain global significance.Thinking from the perspective of globalization and taking locality as the foundation of action,this is a feasible way for ethnic regions to inherit and develop their culture in the context of modernity.

Key words: modernity, ethnic culture, globalization, localization

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