托尼·班奈特(TonyBennett)是当代英国文化研究的著名代表人物,对文化研究以及西方马克思主义文学理论和美学理论的发展进行了不懈的探索。他的自选集《文化与社会》即将由广西师范大学出版社出版,该书收集了作者到目前为止的理论思考中的一些非常重要的作品。本文作为《文化与社会》的自序,结合文化研究的发展及作者的学术道路和生活经历,详细叙述了他自己思想的发展过程,并且对全书的主要内容进行了简明扼要的介绍。 Tony Bennett is a famous representative of contemporary British cultural studies. He has made unremitting explorations of cultural studies and the development of Western Marxist literary theories and aesthetic theories. His anthology “Culture and Society” is about to be published by Guangxi Normal University Press, collecting some of the very important works the author has so far considered in his theory. As the preface of “Culture and Society”, this thesis describes the development of his own thoughts in detail with the development of cultural studies and his academic path and life experiences. He also introduces the main contents of the book in brief and concise.