Abstract:

Xi Jinping Thought on Culture provides a fundamental guideline for China’s foreign language disciplines to break through the predicament of instrumental rationality and reconstruct their disciplinary values. Taking Xi Jinping Thought on Culture as the theoretical coordinate, this paper draws on the methodological enlightenment of Country and Region Studies to explore the possible paths for the transformation and development of foreign language disciplines. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture offers value guidance to foreign language disciplines from three dimensions: cultural confidence and the reconstruction of subjectivity, the construction of an independent knowledge system, and cultural exchanges and mutual learning along with dialogical rationality. The interdisciplinary nature, problem-oriented research paradigm, and emphasis on “cognitive sovereignty” of Country and Region Studies provide a methodological reference for foreign language disciplines to break through the predicament of instrumental rationality. On this basis, this paper proposes a three-dimensional integrated framework of “Language-Region-Civilization”, and explores the transformation paths for foreign language disciplines to upgrade from language skill training to regional knowledge production, and from knowledge consumption to cultural exchanges and mutual learning.

Key words: Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, Foreign Language Disciplines, Country and Region Studies, Independent Knowledge System, Cultural Exchanges and Mutual Learning