“War” or “Peace”, a Study on the Mapping of Eastern and Western Cultures from the Perspective of Cultural Criticism: Taking The Lives of Tao as an Example

Abstract

“The politics of differences” is the most dazzling theme word in Hall’s theory of “cultural representation”, which refers to the “many” in “one” and refuses to rigidly divide diverse ethnic groups into completely separate binary opposites. Hall’s cultural theory has significant influence in understanding and analyzing cultural phenomena from both the East and the West. Different social and religious backgrounds have created significant cultural differences between the East and the West, and the differences in ideological and cultural values between the East and the West are reflected and reflected in the science fiction novel The Lives of Tao. This novel describes the impact of two factions formed by aliens in helping Earth evolve - the “peace faction” and the “war faction” - on the development process of human society in different eras, reflecting the author’s social ideal thinking under the collision of Eastern philosophy and contemporary Western social values. It is also a cultural and ethical reflection of Chinese American writers to explore equal dialogue between different civilizations and construct a community with a shared future for mankind.