文化在德意志历史和现实语境中具有重要意义。本文从联合国教科文组织提出的文化概念出发，考察新世纪以来德国文化的政治框架、文化政策、公民参与、文化消费以及文化生活具体领域(文学、音乐和戏剧、电影、电视)的现状和发展变化，并着墨于突出的文化现象(如报业危机)和文化议题(如主导文化)及其对于德国文化未来发展的挑战。
The item of culture is of unique importance in historical and present context of Germany.Based on the UNESCO-definition of culture, this paper introduces the status quo and development of the political framework, the cultural policy, citizen engagement, cultural consumption and different cultural fields (such as literature, music and theatre, movie and television) in Germany since the new century.Remarkable cultural phenomena (e.g., newspaper crisis) and issues [e.g., the so-called Leitkultur(leading culture) debate], and their challenge to the future of German culture are also presented in this paper.
