雷蒙德.威廉斯是英国著名的文化学者、马克思主义文论家、“新左派”的核心人物和“文化研究”的理论奠基人之一。其所著的《马克思主义与文学》是后期代表作,也对文化唯物论作了“最清楚的表述”。该书反映出威廉斯对马克思主义关键要素文化、意识形态、文艺理论等的理解,给我们提出了中国的马克思主义文论和文化研究学者应该何为的思考。 Raymond Williams is one of the founders of the famous British cultural scholar, Marxist literary theorist, the central figure of “New Left” and the founder of “Cultural Studies.” His book “Marxism and Literature” is the later masterpiece, but also made “the clearest expression” of cultural materialism. The book reflects Williams’ understanding of the key elements of Marxism, ideology, literary theory and so on, and gives us some thoughts on what China’s Marxist literary theory and cultural studies scholars should do.