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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: Culture<br />

Industry and Multiple Modernities<br />

By Chen Hong<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2003—10—24<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=72150277<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, Oct. 24th, 2003: Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Guo Shaotang from the<br />

Chinese <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hong Kong talked about culture industry and multiple<br />

modernities, in the international conference named ―East Asia‘s View on World<br />

Culture‖.<br />

The concept <strong>of</strong> multiple modernities was advanced by the famous sociologist<br />

S.N.Eisenstadt. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Guo regarded culture as process and mobility, and in his<br />

opinion, culture essentialization and stereotyping are being replaced by hybridization<br />

and interpretation. Instead <strong>of</strong> focusing on the abstract issue like culture philosophy,<br />

he made a comparative study on culture industries between Hong Kong and<br />

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. Guo stressed<br />

It‘s necessary to use these two concepts in combination.<br />

As for 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<br />

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

the new interaction has been developed since the implementation <strong>of</strong> the reform and<br />

opening policy. Multiple modernities is just manifested through the culture industries<br />

<strong>of</strong> the two regions among a country. What pr<strong>of</strong>essor wanted to point out is, culture is<br />

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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