外交学研究中的一个新领域——关于文化外交的几点思考

伴随着经济全球化和政治多极化的步伐,世界正朝着文化多样化的方向发展,国际文化交往达到了空前的规模和水平,文化外交日益走向各国外交舞台的重要位置。文化外交即是以文化传播、交流与沟通为内容所展开的外交,是主权国家利用文化手段达到特定政治目的或对外战略意图的一种外交活动。它最大的特点就是具有高度的“和平性”,或称之为柔性。文化外交具有从“人为物而外交”到“物为人而外交”、从低层次走向高层次的三个层次。文化外交是总体外交的重要组成,总体外交指导并制约着文化外交。

On Cultural Diplomacy

Accompanying economic globalization and political polarization,the whole world is moving in the direction of cultural diversification,and cultural diplomacy is becoming increasingly important.Cultural diplomacy is the diplomatic activities of a sovereign state aiming at securing the cultural interests and achieving foreign cultural strategies under the direction of certain cultural policies.Its main feature is "peace" or "flexibility".Cultural diplomacy has three different forms.In modern times,culture used to be the background of diplomacy;in contemporary times,culture is the means of diplomacy;while in the future globalization era,culture will be the target of diplomacy.Cultural diplomacy is the majority consisting to an important part of diplomacy.At the same time,the monolithic diplomacy is guiding and restricting cultural diplomacy.