What is the concept of multiculturalism? What does multiculturalism contain?

Multiculturalism means that under the condition that human society is becoming more and more complex and information circulation is becoming more and more developed, the renewal and change of culture are also accelerating day by day. The development of various cultures faces different opportunities and challenges, and new cultures will emerge one after another. Under the modern complex social structure, we inevitably need different cultures to serve the development of society, and these cultures serve the development of society, which produces cultural pluralism, that is, multiculturalism under the complex social background.

Second, the origin of the name multiculturalism:

The emergence of the word multiculturalism began in the United States in the 1980s. 1988 In the spring, a curriculum reform on the campus of Stanford University became the beginning of what later scholars called the "Cultural Revolution". This reform quickly spread to the whole field of education and caused different effects in other social fields. This phenomenon has been discussed and debated in academic circles. In the 1990s, due to the fierce debate, some people even called multiculturalism and related debates "cultural wars".

Third, the research object of multiculturalism:

To study a problem, we must first have a clear understanding of the object of study, that is, what the problem is, and then study the significance, characteristics and limitations of the subject and other related issues. Although the word multiculturalism has been frequently used in recent years, just as "culture" and "globalization" are highly used without a recognized definition, the connotation of multiculturalism has not been clearly defined so far. In the article Origin, Practice and Limitation of Multiculturalism, Wang Xi analyzed the connotation of multiculturalism. Multiculturalism has different connotations because of its different uses in different fields. It is "not only a kind of educational thought, historical view and literary criticism theory, but also a mixture of political attitude and ideology". Although this kind of induction is comprehensive, it still fails to give a precise definition of multiculturalism and make people have a concise grasp of its connotation.

4. Reviewing the immigration history of the United States and the relationship between mainstream culture and subculture under this background, in order to explore the emergence of multiculturalism, the following conclusions are drawn:

1. judging from the immigration history of the United States, there have been differences between pluralism and pluralism since the beginning of the formation of the nation. At the beginning, the mainstream culture (Anglo-Saxon culture) was dominant, and the relationship between other non-mainstream meta-cultures and mainstream culture was mainly peaceful. With the change of the times, the differences between meta-cultures appear, and the voice of ethnic groups demanding rights is gradually rising, which is finally reflected in the form of multiculturalism.

2. Multiculturalism is the product of a specific era, which is closely related to the great social changes in a specific era, including new changes in the fields of family, marriage, religion, education and ethnic relations, and even closely related to the international background. Multiculturalism is a theoretical response to these changes, and it also represents the current trend of cultural research in international academic circles.

There is a core American culture, but the connotation of this culture is constantly changing and rich. The development process of this immigrant culture is a dynamic balance, which is also the relationship between pluralism and monism. The arrival of new immigrants will often have an impact on the existing society, leading to a series of changes in society, the original balance being broken, and a new round being formed after a long period of conflict and integration, and so on.

4. The proposal of multiculturalism is undoubtedly of positive and progressive significance. The debate on multiculturalism also shows the progress of society itself and reflects the success of racial integration.