论地方性知识的贫困文化

Culture of Poverty as Local Knowledge

长期以来,人们普遍从贫困文化的消极面去解读其意义,倾向于认为贫困文化是阻碍贫困群体发展的主要内在因素。格尔茨的"地方性知识"为我们理解贫困文化提供了一个新的视角。从格尔茨的地方性知识视角来看,贫困文化是贫困群体在特定的生存情境下形成的生存方式和意识形态,只有客观全面地解读贫困文化对贫困群体的意义,才有利于我们改造贫困文化,消除贫困。

Long - term culture of poverty is generally inclined to think that it is the major internal fact to hinder the development of poverty groups, but the Geertz＇ s ＂local knowledge＂ provides us with a new perspective of understanding the culture of poverty. The Geertz＇ s local knowledge is analyzed with the idea that the culture of poverty is the poverty group＇ s survival formation and ideology that in a particular survival circumstance. Only an objective and comprehensive understanding of the culture of poverty can help us transform poverty.