云南德宏傣族宗教研究的人类学反思

Anthropological Reflection on Religions Research of Dai in Dehong in Yunnan Province

在德宏傣族宗教的人类学研究中,自上世纪四十年代以来涌现出较多优秀的研究成果。其大致研究脉络是从人类学经典的功能主义研究入手,再逐步扩展到宗教文化的象征以及宗教与社会结构的关系探讨等。在梳理和提炼前人研究成果的基础上,将德宏地区的傣族宗教置于更广泛的学科背景中,可对其所涉及的主要研究主题进行分类,探寻德宏地区傣族宗教研究呈现的发展趋势,总结德宏地区傣族宗教研究在理论和方法上的特色,反思未来德宏地区傣族宗教的人类学研究需要拓展的学术空间。

There have been many remarkable achievements in the anthropological research of religions of Dai in Dehong area since the 1940s.The study starts from the classic functionalism research of anthropology,and gradually expands to the religious symbol and the discussion of relations between religions and the social structure.After sorting out and refining the previous research results,this paper tries to put religions of Dai in Dehong area into a broader academic background and classify the main research topics involved.Thus we can find the development trend of religious study of Dai in Dehong area,summarize its theoretical and methodological characteristics and reflect on the development of the future anthropological studies about religions of Dai in Dehong area.