萨满教是世界性的研究课题

萨满教作为历史文化现象，为人们所重视。研究它的目的，并非仅仅是要剖析和批判其迷信的宗教信仰，更重要的是研究它所反映的人类原始初民时期的世界现、意识形态、思维模式以及给各个民族在历史上所造成的巨大影响。我们认为，不研究萨满教，就无法完整地理解原始社会。基于这种认识，我们视萨满教为文化人类学的一个重要的组成部分。为此，本文概括陈述了近二百年来，世界各国对萨满教研究的历程和取得的成就。特别是近几十年来，中国学者成绩斐然，令人瞩目，他们埋头苦干，踏踏实实做了许多工作，挖掘整理了大量口碑资料，出版了一系列著作，为创建世界萨满学做出了重大贡献。

It's well known that Saman Religion is a ffistory-Culturephenomenon. The aims to study not orily dissect or critic its supersitition, butmore important to disclose Saman's reflecting out originals' world outlook、ideology,thinking mode and great influcence on national history. It's hardly tocomprehense prindtive society without Sarnan Religion. Based on the fact, weconsider Saman Religion taking an important role on the culture-anthorpology. Hence,the thesis make a concise statement on the achievement of SamanReligion research all over the world for 200 years. Espceially in the recentdecades, chinese Scholars are outstanding in diging and rnanaging a great number of public praise materials, publishing a seriese of masterworks,devoting tothe constition of World Saman Religion.