柏拉图与涂尔干“社会分工论”比较探析

A Comparative Analysis of Social Division of Theory Labor of Plato and Durkheim

社会分工论常被视为解决社会冲突问题的有效途径之一。西方社会分工论的源起离不开柏拉图和涂尔干两位思想家。前者是西方最早提出社会分工问题的思想家,而后者则是社会分工论研究的集大成者。本文立足于两位思想家的代表作《理想国》和《社会分工论》,从分工原因、分工结果以及非正常状态的分工三个层面,比较分析两位思想家的思想分歧及其理论意义。

The theory of social division of labor is often regarded as one of the effective ways to solve the problem of social conflict. The two thinkers of Plato and Durkheim are played important role in the origin of the theory of division of labor in western society. The former is the western thinker who first proposed the issue of social division of labor,while the latter is a master of the study of social division of labor theory. Based on the representative works of the two thinkers： ＂The Republic＂and ＂Theory of Social Division,＂ this article compares and analyzes the ideological differences and theoretical significance of the two thinkers from three aspects of reasons of division of labor,results of division of labor,and abnormal division of labor.