Radcliffe-Brown in China , 1935 -1936

本文以1935年拉德克利夫-布朗在燕京大学讲学为线索,重构了以吴文藻为代表的中国功能学派对布朗理论的引进与变异过程。中国功能学派出于实用主义立场,以及对“社会”概念的不同阐释,而对布朗的整体社会观加以变异。这种变异影响了中国功能学派对社区研究法的理解。中国经验也影响了布朗本人的人类学理论及方法论,本文同时关注布朗将中国社会思想结合入人类学理论的尝试。

In the autumn of 1935, the British social anthropologist A.R.Radcliffe-Brown arrived in Beiping (Beijing).He was invited by Professor Wu Wen-zao of Yanching University to deliver a series of lectures on “ comparative sociology” .Radcliffe-Brown' s lectures exerted heavy influences upon the group of distinguished young Chinese sociologists and anthropologists surrounding Wu Wenzao (e.g., Fei Xiaotong and Lin Yaohua), nonetheless, the latter selected from his lectures on the practical aspects.For Brown, the ancient Chinese concept of “Li” (ritual)was inspiring for his own sociology of religion.For Chinese sociologists and anthropologists, Radcliffe-Brown's 

“comparative sociology” was useful and interesting simply because it was relevant to their own micro-sociological studies of rural communities perceived as closer to “ Chinese reality” at the time.

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