On Cultural Progressiveness and Diversity: Address at the First World Cultural Forum

ABSTRACT

This is an address to the first World Cultural Forum on October 18, 2015, in which the following ideas are proposed with regard to the development of world culture: pursuing harmonious coexistence and promoting the mode of harmonious development; maintaining cultural diversity of complementarity and co-prosperity while resisting cultural hegemony; displaying the unique charm of Chinese culture on the basis of seeking common ground while respecting differences; advocating advanced culture and promoting the unity of cultural progressiveness and diversity; encouraging a balance of cultural ecology and building a new international cultural order.

KEYWORDS:

• Cultural hegemony
• cultural imperialism
• cultural colonialism
• advanced culture
• new international cultural order

Notes on contributor

Wang Weiguang is President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and President of the Presidium of the CASS Academic Divisions. His research focuses on Marxist philosophy and theories, sinicization of Marxism, theoretical innovation of party theory, and theories and practices of socialism with Chinese characteristics. He has published more than thirty books, including On Social Conflict (in Chinese, China Social Sciences Press, 2011), On Interest Theory (in Chinese, China Social Sciences Press, 2010), and The Basic Problems of the Scientific Concept of Development (in Chinese, People's Publishing House, 2009), and over 400 articles in major academic journals in China.