20世纪80年代以来的中国族群研究

Ethnic-Group Studies in China since the 1980s

族群概念自20世纪80年代引入中国后,中国人类学、民族学界对其概念和理论的探讨一直持续至今。通过文献梳理发现,中国的族群研究大致经历了从最初的“族群”概念以及族群与民族关系的辨析,到对西方族群理论的持续反思与探索,再到中国族群研究的“本土化”实践的发展历程。总的来看,中国族群研究基于中国国情和时代背景,在不同历史阶段主要探讨了三个理论问题:一是如何将西方理论“引进来”的问题;二是如何将西方理论“本土化”的问题;三是如何结合“本土化”研究经验并“走出去”的问题。

Since its introduction to China in the 1980s,the concept of ethnic group and its concerning theories have been under discussion.Literature shows that studies on ethnic groups in China have gone through three stages:the stage of clarifying the concept“ethnic group”and discussing the similarities and differences between“ethnic group”and its Chinese counterpart minzu,the stage of examining western theories,and the stage of localization.Studies of ethnic groups in China were based on China's reality and historical background.Generally they could be divided into three historical periods,each of which was distinctly marked by its special concern.The major concern of the first period is about introducing western theories,the second about localization,and the third about introducing Chinese lessons to the world.