人本主义扎根理论(ET)简论

An Introduction of Humanistic Earth-Bounded Theory(ET)

原生于文化人类学的扎根理论目前已基本得到社科领域的普遍认可。然而扎根理论却与其本身所具有的人文关怀渐行渐远。结合“以人民为中心”的时代理念,在对传统扎根理论进行深度思考的基础上,阐述了人本主义取向的扎根理论的立场与主张,包括扎根理论(ET)的内涵、基本假设、构建框架等。扎根理论(ET)的本质是以人为本,是人性化的世界观,而不似传统扎根理论(GT)强调的工具性方法论;扎根理论(ET)强调研究者在理论生成过程中的自身理性与感性;强调对历时性与共时性资料的并重。人本主义扎根理论希望实现扎根理论的人文价值回归,为实现人民的美好生活做出方法论贡献。

Grounded theory(GT)from cultural anthropology has been generally accepted in the social sciences.However,the Grounded Theory has gradually drifted away from its value of humanistic care.Based on the deep reflections on the various processes of Grounded Theory in combination with the people-centered idea,this paper explicates the concept of humanism oriented Earth-Bounded Theory(ET)including the connotation,basic hypothesis and framework of it.Earth-Bounded Theory serves its worldview,namely,the value of humanistic care,and all grounded research cannot be separated from this value requirement.Earth-Bounded Theory emphasizes researchers′own rationality in the process of theory generation;and the importance of diachronic and synchronic data.On this basis,this article hopes to achieve a return to the humanistic value of grounded theory through critical cognition,with a view of Earth-Bounded theory,to make a methodological contribution to the realization of people′s longing for a better life.