China Social Science Review

No.3, 2023

The Triple Logic of Modern Chinese Civilization: Transformation, Remodeling and Transcendence

(Abstract)

Guo Lishuang

Civilization determines the path of a state and the path gives birth to a new type of civilization while determining the fate of a nation. The arrival of a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics means shouldering new cultural missions at a new historical starting point, i.e., the building of modern Chinese civilization. This path highlights the triple logical characteristics of the modern Chinese civilization: the developmental logic of the Chinese civilization that embodies national characteristics; the logic of the civilization of scientific socialism with a worldwide view; the developmental logic of modern civilization that commands modernity. The exploration and practice of civilization in socialism with Chinese characteristics, on the one hand, focus on fundamentally solving the difficulties in the development and social progress of our own nation; On the other hand, as the exploration and creation of civilizational forms, it carries the great mission of leading the historical transformation of new forms of human civilization. Thus, discourse system of modern Chinese civilization can be constructed through integrity and innovation.