Abstract: The criticism from the scholars over cultural studies actually points at a nuclear topic concerning the position of culture in society.All the ideas about the position of culture are confronted with the challenges caused by the contextual transformations.Therefore,we should bring in the reflection system of neoliberalist politics and economy,and reevaluate the position of culture in a new global historical context.In some sense,appadurai’s grassroots globalization provides a new possibility to construct an organic culture;In other sense,returning to British cultural studies especially the pro-period of Birmingham school,and discovering the structural positions of culture,politics and economy,will surely offer us ideal reflections to reevaluate the position of culture in the present context.

Key words: cultural studies, predicaments, neoliberalism, the position of culture