历史/结构与文化转型——读《历史之岛》

History,Structure and Transformation of Culture-A Reading on the Islands of History

萨林斯的《历史之岛》,反思了历史与结构之间的关系,认为结构是一种历史事物。萨林斯以库克船长这一著名历史事件为例,探讨了非西方文化的本土宇宙观及其在既有的观念结构下所产生的能动性。他提供了一个能够含蓄地将历史研究与人类学研究合一的理论模型。

Sahlins has reflected on the relationship between history and structure in his Islands of History,regarding the structure as something historical.Taking the famous historic event Captain Cook as a case for study,Sahlins explored the original inhabitants view of the universe and its dynamic role in the context of their fixed traditional concepts.He provided a model of theory that can be applied in the study of history and anthropology as one unified unit.