中国社会阶层结构的变迁与阶层分析方法的价值

On the Structural Transformation of Chinese Social Stratums and the Value of the Method of Social Stratum Analysis

社会阶层结构的变迁是时代的产物,是伴随着社会政治经济发展而来的。从中国社会阶层结构的变化中可以清晰地了解社会主体结构的演变历史。从古代社会的"士农官商"阶层划分,到近代资产阶级的出现和士绅阶层的分化,再到现代社会随着中产阶级的壮大而形成的金字塔型的社会阶层结构,可见社会发展之迅猛。阶层分析方法在认识社会和解决社会矛盾方面有着重要的价值和意义。应该通过对中国社会阶层结构变迁过程的研究,发掘阶层分析方法的价值,与阶级分析法相结合来洞悉当今社会结构发展的趋势,并作出相应指导。

The transformation of social stratums is the product of times and comes with the development of social politics and economy.The evolutional history of social subjects’stratums can be clearly seen from the structural transformation of social stratums in China.We find rapid social development beginning with the division of stratums including scholars,farmers,officials,and merchants in ancient times,followed by capitalists coming into being as well as the division of scholar and gentleman stratums in modern times,and then the pyramid-shaped structure of social stratums forming with the growth of middle-class in current times.The method of social stratum analysis is of important value and significance in understanding the society and solving social contradictions.We should,by researching the transformation process of Chinese social stratums,explore the value of the method of social stratum analysis,and combine the method with the method of social class analysis,so as to understand and guide the developing trend of current social structures.