SOCIAL SCIENCES AND CULTUROLOGIE IN REGARD OF THE VIETNAMESE CULTURE BUILDING

Abstract

Cultural values have long rooted in many social phenomena. That is why culture has become a sort of multi-facet object of social sciences and culturology, a science whose methodology is to utilize all the methods of different branches of social sciences in order to solve both the general and specific problems in accordance with the cultural evolution as a particular social phenomenon related to other ones. This also means culture takes up a key position among objects of certain branches of social science; and presents serious issues of culturology for those sciences, especially in the present reality. For many reasons, culture and art institutions of all ranks in the whole country (including colleges and universities) are only capable of solving problems of technique, whereas their ability to sovle problems of culturology, theory and history of culture.is limited. It is now high time for universities institutions which offers undergraduate and graduate programs in social sciences (and humanities) set up their departments of culturology and boost the scientific research in culture, including theoretical and applied studies. Many other issues may remain unmentioned, yet it is important to reaffirm that investing in culturology is one of the best ways and means to wake up the self consciousness of cultural activities in our country; to take advantage of all forces of the present times by making full play of all the potentiality of "Vietnam Cultural Strength". That will lead to a soon realization of our mandate:" Wealthy people, a stable state and a fair and civilized society."