The Application of Sinicized Marxism on Chinese Cultural Selection and Development in the Context of Modern Society

Abstract

China has over a thousand years of culture and civilization. The culture was first adapted to the pattern of feudal society, and then evolved to reach a stable form. After the opium war, China was faced with frustrations and changes. During a period of dramatic change in international politics in the early 20th century, China (in the condition of a semi-feudal and semi-colonial political system) was finally pushed to walk along the road of Marxism. Moving into the 21st century, as the level of freedom and openness of China’s society increases, various kinds of thoughts and ideologies are entering China. Moreover, in these conditions in which society’s productivity is greatly improved and the people’s living standard has been developed into a certain level, their needs in terms of spirituality and culture are also increasing. To rely solely on Chinese traditional culture, the product of a feudal society, is not the best way to lead China to a solution. There is no doubt that “the modernization of Chinese traditional culture” is a rational choice. The objective of this article is to explain: what is Sinicized Marxism; how the Sinicized Marxism helps China on cultural selection and modernization.