跨越物质层面:经济含义的扩展

Beyond the Material Level:The Extension of the Meaning of Economy

财富,最初被认为是一个可以与"物质资料"等同的概念,但仅仅在物质层面上理解财富,是有其局限的。财富既有物质层面的含义,也有非物质层面的含义;它既是一种对象,也是一种社会关系,并以权力、制度的形式确定下来,在一定的文化体系中获得意义。与此相对应,经济概念也跨越了原来的物质资料层面,人的社会地位、知识、符号、意义等,都被赋予了经济的意义。这预示着经济学领域发生重大转变的可能性,也意味着经济学领域中多学科的联盟在所难免。

Wealth was initially taken as a concept equivalent to ＂ material goods＂ , but understanding wealth at the material level has its limitations. Wealth has its meaning both at the material level and at the non - material level ; it is both an object and a kind of social relations, well established in the form of power and institution and gaining significance in a certain cultural system. Accordingly, the concept of economy has also gone beyond the original level of material goods and an economic meaning has been rendered to social status, knowledge, symbols and significance of human beings. This indicates the possibility of major changes in economics and to unavoidable muhidisciplinary alliance in the field.