家族企业的人类学研究:视角和方法

Anthropologic Research on Family Businesses in China :Point of Viewand Method

家族企业在中国的复兴是一种重要的社会文化现象,对于重新认识中国家族传统的功能具有重要价值。本文在总结和反思目前对家族企业研究方法局限的基础上,提出利用人类学田野调查方法,从家族传统和乡村社会变迁关联的角度,可以较好地回答家族企业可作为解决文化断层危机和建立新的文化认同的途径这一学术命题。

The renaissance of family businessesin Chinais ani mportant social cultural phenomenon,whichisof great value for re-recognizingthe function of the tradition of Chinese families.Based onthe summa-ry and reflection of the li mitations in present methods regarding the research of family businesses,thispaper proposes to the way of anthropology fieldwork.It believes the subject,adopting family busines-ses as the methodto resolve the crisis of a breakin cultural consistency and build a newcultural identifi-cation,can be better answered,fromthe point of viewof the relationship between family tradition andrural social transition,with the method of anthropology fieldwork.