摘要
本文是作者在自杀研究中的理论思考。作者在对自杀的田野研究中,发现中国的自杀现象与西方理论所描述的情形有极大的不同,其根源在于,西方的自杀学范式建立在基督教文明中的一套人性观和生命观之上。为了找到能解释中国自杀问题的理论框架,笔者使用了中国的日常语言"过日子"一词。按照"过日子"的概念,人的生活状态是从出生到死亡的一个过程,其中每个重要环节都发生在家庭中。因此,家庭成为人的基本生存处境,而不仅仅是一个社会组织。人生的幸福取决于家庭生活,而家庭的基本构成是人、财产、礼仪。那么,人的基本生活过程,就是如何处理这三方面的关系。自杀往往是家庭生活中的权力平衡导致的不公的结果。
This is a theoretical reflection of the author's field study of suicide, during which the author found that suicide in China is significantly different from those described by Western suicidologists. The reason for this difference is that the western suicidological paradigms are based on the ideas about human nature and life of the Western culture. In order to find a theoretical framework to interpret suicide in China, the author applies an idiom in spoken Chinese: 'living a life of fortune'(guo rizi). According to this idea, life is a process from birth to death, and each step of it happens in the family. Hence the family is not merely a social organization, but constitutes one's existential living condition. One's happiness depends on the balance of family life, and the fundamental elements of family life are persons, property, and rituals. Suicide usually happens when an imbalance of power in family life leads to injustice.
出处
《社会学研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2007年第6期66-85,共20页
Sociological Studies
