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Journal of Beijing Normal University(Social Sciences) ›› 2025, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (6): 117-126.

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Stuart Hall's Later Interpretation of Multicultural Issues in Cultural Politics

WANG Fengcai, LIU Shicheng   

  1. School of Philosophy, School of Marxism, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • Online:2025-11-25 Published:2026-02-06

Abstract: In his later works,Stuart Hall adopts a Marxist cultural politics approach to address the multicultural issue in the West.He begins by critiquing the essentialist mindset embedded in previous cultural strategies,revealing the underlying dynamics of exclusive power.Hall then analyzes the right-wing's discourse of cultural segmentation through the lens of neoliberal hegemony,noting that left-wing parties in Britain have inadequately addressed the multicultural question due to their accommodation of neoliberalism.Lastly,Hall endeavors to seek the cultural politics that transcends liberalism and communitarianism,envisioning a new paradigm that embraces difference,equality,and unity based on the mutual construction of cultural identities.By doing so,Hall aims to challenge the constraints of capitalism and strive for socialist hegemony with a revitalized imaginative space.While Hall's cultural politics interpretation of the multicultural issues is profound,it ultimately faces challenges in transcending the limitations of material interests and power structures through cultural politics alone.This underscores the necessity of safeguarding socialist hegemony within the interplay of politics,economy and culture.

Key words: Stuart Hall, multicultural issues, cultural politics, cultural Marxism

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