人类学和技术视野中的传统与现代

Tradition and Modernity in Vision of Anthropology and Technology

首先回顾了人类学对传统与现代的研究理论,指出了传统与现代之分的潜在不合理性,并由此造成了传统与现代之争;而如果从人类社会的技术发展角度去分析,传统与现代的争论则会成为无谓的争论,因为就整个人类社会发展历程看,随着技术的进步,人类社会-文化一直都是处于不断地变迁过程中,传统与现代是人类社会同一个发展进程的两个阶段,两者都是在历史过程中不断创造发生的,是在不断发展中获得它们的鲜活的生命力。因此,在技术(要求)进步面前,我们关注的应该是发展,如何更好地发展。

The article first reviewed anthropological research theories on tradition and modernity,and then pointed out impropriety for the division of the two concepts,which has led to different opinions.However,from the perspective of human society's technological development,it will be found that the argument on tradition and modernity doesn't make any sense,because looking back on the entire human social development course,along with the technical progress,we would see that the human society and culture is in the unceasingly vicissitude process.The tradition and the modern age should be looked as two stages of the identical advancement process of the human society,both of which are created continuously with the historical development,with which the two obtain their bright vitality.Therefore,confronted with the progress of technology,we should focus on development,and especially how to develop well.