在我国的文化研究领域,目前正在讨论的一个问题是文化产业能否成为一个学科。这一问题的困难在于对文化产业的价值基础作出说明,没有这种说明,不仅不能合理地构建文化产业的理论体系,而且还影响我国文化产业的健康发展。正是由于这样的动机,本文将从文化的概念、人的本质与人的精神需要、文化产业与精神需要的关系等几个方面探讨文化产业的价值基础所在。一欲理解文化产业,必须首先理解文化的概念。一般说,人们会很容易地回答出什么是文化:艺术家的艺术表演是文化,作家出版的书是文化。不过,对于“文化是什么”这一问题就没有那么容易了。法国人路易·多洛在《个体文化与大众文化》一书中指出:“如果要求用电子计算机对这些当今处于首要显 One of the issues currently under discussion in the field of cultural studies in our country is whether the cultural industry can become a subject. The difficulty of this problem lies in the explanation of the value foundation of the cultural industry. Without such explanation, not only the theoretical system of the cultural industry can not be rationally constructed, but also the healthy development of the cultural industry in our country. It is because of this motivation that this article will explore the value foundation of cultural industries from several aspects: the concept of culture, the essence of human beings and the spiritual needs of the people, the relationship between cultural industries and spiritual needs. To understand cultural industries, we must first understand the concept of culture. In general, one can easily answer what is culture: the artist’s performance is culture and the writer’s book is culture. However, the question of what ”culture is“ is not that easy. Louis Doole, a Frenchman, points out in his book ”Individual Culture and Popular Culture:" If computer science is required, these primaries