杜赞奇《文化、权力与国家》再探——对乡村组织、文化网络与传统权力运作的思考

摘要

The book, Culture, Power, and the State written by Prasenjit Duara researches the society of north China＇s county from the perspective of culture. This research presents a new sense. But the viewpoint about the accomplishment of cultural network relayed on county organizations is still short of explanations. The analysis of cultural network＇s decisive effect to authority counts ineffectively. The network＇s force of constraint directed at country member is unable to stand the test of masses of historical phenomena. The power of the cultural network can only describe one side, it＇s difficult to present the true scene of the rural North China.%杜赞奇的《文化、权力与国家》一书，从文化的角度上对华北农村社会进行研究，研究方法颇具新意。但对于文化网络的建立借助乡村组织的观点缺乏足够的阐述，关于文化网络对权威产生的决定作用的分析则更显单薄，文化网络对乡村成员的约束力也难以经受纷繁芜杂历史现实的检验。“权力的文化网络”只能描述其一，因此难以再现华北乡村社会的真实情景。