Volume 47, 2018
Philosophy of Culture
Li Houyi
Pages 69-82
The Traditional Western Philosophy’s Turn to the “Life-World” and the Revival of the Cultural Philosophy of Eastern Nationalities
On the Theoretical Basis and Operational Method of Field Study on Ethnic Zhuang in Wenshan Prefecture of Yunnan Province in China
This paper intends to explore and criticize the traditional Western philosophy which has been considered as a Eurocentric, closed, self-governed great study, and has its own theory and discourse grand system towards the ideology of the “Life-World”. On this base, the author tries to define and clear a refreshing ideological form----cultural philosophy, also tries to consider this form as the idiographic interpretations of a certain kind of cultural patterns or cultural spirits. These cultural styles and spirits are based on the Life-World (mainly refers to Everyday-Life World). And by this way, the revival of the Oriental culture philosophy has become an inexorable trend which underlines the status and values of various Eastern ethnic cultural philosophies. In the new era, the cultural status will be given even more attention in the world. This paper also intends to provide a theoretical and methodological guidance and instructions in the process of preparation and verification of philosophical field study so as to protect the local cultural resources and make a positive contribution to the development of cultural industries.