摘要
“超人”是美国现代社会的一种流行文化现象，“超人”系列的文化产品俨然形成了一种有系统甚至有文化根源的科幻世界观。在此作者暂谓之“超人文化”。 从这种现代社会中产生的流行文化之中探究其与西方世界历史文化“流”与“源”的关系，可以了解美国人民一脉相承的民族历史文化在现代社会中的表现形式，对我们认识美国社会、理解现代美国具有重要意义。
美国是当今世界的超级大国，可谓是国际社会中的“超人”。“超人”是美国现代社会文化的产物，反映了美国及其人民的历史文化特点及其面对世界的心态。本文意图通过研究“超人文化”探究其现代社会与历史文化的内在联系，认识和理解美国及其社会。
本文将从“超人文化”的概念入手，首先介绍超人文化的内容以及发展过程，让读者了解到超人文化其实是伴随着美国的强大而发展繁荣的。接着将联系美国以及西方哲学历史对超人文化的文化和历史延续性进行列举分析，让读者认识到其在哲学历史上的根源性。最后通过超人文化对美国社会的几个方面进行浅析，展开讨论，最终得出超人文化能反映出美国及其社会的典型特征。
关键词：超人文化，美国社会，流行文化
Abstract
"Superman" is a popular culture phenomenon of modern society in the United States, and series of "superheroes" have formed a systematic science fiction worldview. The author called it the "Superman Culture" temporarily. The Superman culture can provide us a new view to study and understand the US society.
The United States is the superpower of the world today, and it can be described as "Superman" in the international community. Superman is a product of modern American social culture, reflecting the historical and cultural characteristics of the United States and its people when they face the world. This article attempts to study "Superman culture, to explore the inner link of modern society and the history and culture, Recognizing and understanding the United States and its society.
The article starts with the concept of "Superman culture", and introduced Superman cultural content as well as the development process firstly, in order to let readers understand that superman culture is in fact accompanied by U.S. being strong and its development and prosperity. It then considers the United States and the history of western philosophy, citing analysis of the cultural and historical continuity of the superman culture. Finally, the author analyzes several aspects of the American society through the superman culture, getting an understanding about the typical traits of American society.
Key words: Superman Culture, American society, popular culture

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Abstract 4

1 Introduction 1

2  Origin and Overview of Superman culture 2

2.1The concept of Superman culture 2

2.1.1 Popularity of Superman Culture 2

2.1.2Features of Superman Culture 3

2.1.3 System of Superman Culture 4

2.2 Development of Superman Culture 8

3 Analysis from the view of philosophy 10

3.1Analysis through Greek myth 10

3.2Analysis through Fraud’s theory 10

4 Analysis from the view of history 13

4.1Relationship between Superman Culture and western development and movies 13

4.2Development of Superman Culture as a history of media development 14

5 Traits of American society reflected in Superman Culture 15

5.1Consciousness of Common People 15

5.2 Democratic system 15

6 Conclusion 17

Works Cited 18