实践、权力与文化的多样性阐释--人类学的后现代主义转向反思

Practice,Power and Multifarious Interpretation of Cultures:Rethinking of the Postmodernism Turning in Anthropology

透过对20世纪80年代以来人类学理论研究历程的回顾和反思,厘清后现代主义人类学的理论脉络。认为20世纪80年代以来,人类学的理论研究发生了深刻变革。社会实践理论、权力理论的发展,导致了人类学理论的后结构主义转向;历史人类学、阐释人类学以及实验民族志的出现,为后现代主义人类学的发展铺平了道路。

This paper reviews the development of theoretic research in anthropology and analyzes the skeleton of postmodernism anthropology. Theoretic research in anthropology has changed profoundly since 1980s. The development of social practice theory and power theory resulted in the prosperity of post-structuralism in anthropology,and the emergence of historical anthropology,interpretation anthropology and experimental ethnography facilitated the turning of postmodernism anthropology.