论《原始思维》的主要特征

On the Main Characteristics of Primitive Mentality

18世纪,随着人类学的迅猛发展,其研究对象追溯至早期新大陆的原始社会,西方知识分子对原始人的态度发生了激烈转变。列维-布留尔从司马迁的《史记》中看到天人感应的历史叙述,将中国古代人的思维视作“原始”的最佳例证。他在收集五大洲材料的基础上写成了《原始思维》一书。他指出:集体表象、互渗律和原逻辑是原始思维神秘性的三个显著特征,且集体表象和原逻辑因受神秘互渗律的影响而紧密联系。此书的价值在于窥见了原始人的生存价值及原始文化对现代文明的启迪。

In the 18th century,with the rapid development of anthropology,its research object dates back to the primitive society in the early new world,and the attitude of western intellectuals towards primitive people changed sharply.Levy-Bruhl saw the historical narration of the interaction between heaven and mankind from Sima Qian’s Records of the Grand Historian,and regarded the thinking of ancient Chinese people as the best example of“primitive”.On the basis of collecting materials from five continents,he wrote the book Primitive Mentality,pointing out that collective representation,mutual infiltration law and original logic are the three remarkable characteristics of the mystery of primitive mentality,and collective representation and original logic are closely related by the influence of mysterious mutual infiltration law.The value of this book is to see the survival value of primitive people and the enlightenment of primitive culture to modern civilization.