论编辑工作在社会文化体系建构中的作用

Functions of Editing in the Building—up of Social Cultural System

编辑是一种社会职业，也是一种社会文化现象，它对人类文明史的发展和社会文化体系的建构，所起到的作用举足轻重。书籍体例是编辑创造性劳动的主要标识；文化发展的历史是编辑思想和方法不断完善的历史；编辑缔构和传播社会文化具有服务社会政治需要的特征。

Book system is one of the main characteristics of the creative work in editing. And the history of cultural development is also the very process in which the concepts and methods in editing has been improving. The function of editing in building and spreading culture also contributes to social and political development.