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Frontiers of Philosophy in China

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Front Phil Chin    2011, Vol. 6 Issue (1) : 134-144    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11466-011-0129-3
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The Autonomy of Cultural Practice: Basis, Limit and Significance of the Possibility of Developing “Cultural Automatism”
YUAN Zushe()
Department of Philosophy, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, China
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Culture has always led a “problematic existence.” As a result, the diagnosis and treatment of various cultural diseases continue to depend on the embarrassing double identity of culture as both patient and doctor, hence making it difficult for culture to explore its own obscure recesses. The question of whether culture is autonomous and can be itself in its own way should therefore be considered theoretically. Since culture is closely associated with civilization, real culture must be generated from the florescence of a civilization based on a logic of human integrity within a certain historical period of time. In order to illuminate and adhere to this cultural attribute, some “cultural truths” must be made clear by establishing and maintaining public order and good customs from a properly lofty spiritual view. We must prudently and critically inquire after the ideological promise of culture regarding reasonable existence and the evolution of humans, and present an ideal prophecy in line with the human demand for a good life so as to assure culture’s healthy, benign, and sustainable advancement and stable performance of its function of molding graceful, noble, and tasteful means of life.

Keywords civilization      human integrity      cultural practice      automatism     
Corresponding Author(s): YUAN Zushe,Email:zushe@163.com   
Issue Date: 05 March 2011
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YUAN Zushe. The Autonomy of Cultural Practice: Basis, Limit and Significance of the Possibility of Developing “Cultural Automatism”[J]. Front Phil Chin, 2011, 6(1): 134-144.
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