The differences between Chinese and Western ideas on the conflict of civilizations determine the different historical trends of Chinese and Western civilizations.In the history of Western civilization,although there was once the prosperity of ancient Greek civilization and the short-term unification of the Roman Empire,the historical norm of political division,ethnic division,religious and secular confrontation,geographical expansion is accompanied by the interruption of civilization,ethnic conflicts cannot be bridged,political communities are limited to local areas,and religion and secularity are mutually exclusive,reflects the logic of"division"of Western civilization.As the only civilization form that has been inherited for thousands of years and has never stopped flowing,Chinese civilization embodies the logic of"integration"because of its natural internal unity.Adhering to the common belief that"the land cannot be divided,the country cannot be chaotic,the nation cannot be dispersed,and the civilization cannot be broken",Chinese civilization has not only shaped the national community of"one family under the world",but also formed the national community of"Hua Yi Wu Wai",the political community of"great unification",and the cultural community of"pluralistic integration".Because of its inherent unity,Chinese civilization,while maintaining the sense of geographical belonging and national identity of the Chinese nation,has accumulated the concept of national community of"Hua Yi unification"and the value criterion of"harmony is precious";the great unification tradition of"Kyushu Coherence,Pluralistic Integration"and the eclectic spiritual temperament have cultivated the collectivism ethics of"home,country and world"of Chinese civilization.
Cultural memory,as a dynamic construction that is intricately intertwined with media,society,and cultural situations,indicates the social dimension of human memory.The ways in which cultural memory are generated and constructed has been endowed with new contents and forms in the era of the creative economy.The Greimas matrix is skillfully applied in this field to analyze not only the mechanism of cultural memory construction but also the central role of media as the most active factor in constructing cultural memory.As cultural products transition from physical forms to digital dissemination,traditional cultural memory media represented by"rituals"and museums undergo digital transformation,while various forms of old media continue to provide a stable and authoritative foundation for cultural memory.New forms of media lead to the innovation of cultural communication.Creative industries,which express symbolic meaning and are commercial simultaneously,offer diverse storage methods for the reproduction of cultural resources.These approaches have renewed the paradigm of building cultural memory through the implications created by a more ubiquitous dissemination practice.The new media,which narrate official memory and popular memory in parallel,have a revolutionary influence on the storytelling approaches of cultural memory.Additionally,they constantly enrich the construction modes of cultural memory,providing a more popular and diverse space for expression,thereby promoting and enhancing highly interactive practices between official and social memory,as well as facilitating the formation of diverse interpretive perspectives.However,potential threats such as fake memory,information overload,digital divide,and digital ethics have emerged in the realm of cultural memory media,giving rise to new issues for further discussion.
The digital economy,with its characteristics of sharing and positive externalities,has shown a driving effect on the urbanization of rural migrants.Digital literacy has endogeneity,which helps to strengthen the path of deep urbanization with endogeneity.At the same time,there may be a"Matthew effect"in the development of the digital economy,leading to the problem of urbanization inequality within the rural migrants.Based on the CSS2019 data,from the perspective of social integration,multiple regression,Blinder—Oaxaca decomposition,and RIF regression were comprehensively used to explore the impact of digital economy and digital literacy on the deep urbanization of rural migrants and their unequal effects.The results showed that:(1)compared with urban residents,rural migrants scored significantly lower in the dimensions of economic integration and behavioral integration,while there was no significant difference in the dimensions of fair perception integration between the two.(2)The development of the digital economy and the improvement of digital literacy can help improve the level of deep urbanization of rural migrants,and the development of the digital economy can narrow the gap in social living standards between rural migrants and urban residents.(3)Digital literacy has played a weak positive regulatory role in the process of deep urbanization of rural migrants under the influence of digital economy.The development of digital economy has the risk of increasing the inequality of deep urbanization within rural migrants.(4)There are regional and intergenerational differences in the impact of digital economy and digital literacy on the deep urbanization of rural migrants.The development of digital economy in the central region has a relatively significant promoting effect on deep urbanization,while the impact of digital literacy in the western region is even greater;Digital economy has a greater promoting effect on the deep urbanization of the older generation,while digital literacy has a stronger impact on the new generation.
The form of wage labor created by capital is the material force that opens the core and foundation of modernity.Adhering to the principle of finding the new world in criticizing the old world,Marx found that wage labor leads to the detachment of subjectivity in the anatomy of capital modernity,and demonstrated the existence ontology,production practice theory and historical dialectics of the reconstruction of labor modernity.Marx's understanding of labor as a way of being for human beings transcends Hegel's abstract understanding of labor,criticizes Feuerbach's understanding of labor as a theoretical activity,takes perceptual activity as the core,breaks through the concepts of labor,practice and production,and expounds the existence ontology of the reconstruction of labor modernity.Aiming at the realization of the subject status of workers,Marx regarded the relationship between capital and labor as the key to opening modernity.Based on the revolutionary change of production practice,Marx found the way to subvert capital modernity and rebuild labor modernity in the history of labor development.The historical dialectics of Marx's reconstruction of labor modernity include the historical materialism method which combines macro narrative and micro narrative,the political economy method which combines human anatomy and monkey anatomy,and the scientific socialism method which combines ideal category and reality category.In the new era,adhering to Marx's thought of rebuilding labor modernity is conducive to promoting the Chinese-style modernization construction in which labor creates a better life.
Edo Japan(also Tokugawa Japan,1603-1868)was significantly influenced by Confucianism.During this time,the funeral and sacrificial rites outlined in ZHU Xi's Family Rituals garnered intellectuals'attention,and formed the basis for extensive research and practices.However,under the temple registration system,Buddhist temples monopolized funeral and sacrificial matters tied to Japanese people's lives.To break free from this control,Shintō groups absorbed and adapted Confucian knowledge,constructing systematic Shintō funerals and sacrificial rituals.Early Yoshida school rituals retained some Buddhist influence,but pioneers like Yoshida Koretari and Yamazaki Ansai shifted focus to Confucian knowledge.They practiced funeral and sacrificial rituals based on Confucian rites,indicating a synthesis of Confucianism and rejection of Buddhism.To emphasize the purity and historical continuity of Shintō rituals,successors adapted Confucian-style spirit tablets to Shintō styles;or explained Confucian rituals by referring to Japanese classics,aiming to eliminate Confucian elements and revitalize ancient Japanese way of funerals or Shintō funerals—leading to the"Shintōization"of Confucian rites.Ultimately,the autonomy of the Shintō groups gave rise to the Shintō funeral movement in the late Edo period,becoming a source of movement of"abolishing Buddhism and destroying temples"in the early Meiji period.Confucian knowledge played a crucial role as a tool in constructing Shintō funerals.
