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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Guo Shaotang Talking about<br />

Multiple Modernities<br />

By Chen Hong<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=72160052<br />

On the afternoon <strong>of</strong> Oct. 24, pr<strong>of</strong>essor Guo Shaotang from the Chinese <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

Hong Kong talked about multiple modernities, in the international conference named<br />

―East Asia‘s View on World Culture‖.<br />

The idea <strong>of</strong> multiple modernities was raised by S.N.Eisenstadt. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Guo<br />

regarded culture as process and mobility, and in his opinion, culture essentialization<br />

and stereotyping are being replaced by hybridization and interpretation. Instead <strong>of</strong><br />

focusing on the abstract issues such as culture philosophy, he made a comparative<br />

study on culture industries between Hong Kong and mainland.<br />

Different from the custom in mainland, culture industry is more frequently called<br />

creative industry in Hong Kong. Due to the different social institutions, the contents <strong>of</strong><br />

culture industries are also different between Hong Kong and mainland. It‘s necessary<br />

to use these two concepts in combination.<br />

As to the culture industry history <strong>of</strong> the two regions, pr<strong>of</strong>essor Guo said, the culture<br />

industries in Hong Kong and in mainland were closely related before 1949, then had<br />

been developed independently for a long time because <strong>of</strong> political reasons.<br />

However, the new interactions have been developed since the implement <strong>of</strong> the<br />

opening and reformation policy in mainland China. Multiple modernities are just<br />

manifested through the culture industries <strong>of</strong> the two regions in a country. What<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essor wanted to point out is, culture is a process more than a result.<br />

Edited By : Hu Xiaoling<br />

Related Topic :<br />

International Conference: East Asian‘s View on World<br />

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