论民族文化的发展规律——兼说"民族文化保护"的认识论问题

马克思主义的唯物辩证法思想是我们研究民族文化发展规律的指导原则。同世界上的其他客观事物一样,任何一种民族文化事项都有自身发生、发展和消亡的历史。一种民族文化事项产生之后到底能够存在多长时间,取决于它能够在多大程度上满足民族文化事项传承者的物质需要和精神需要。任何一种民族文化保护活动,如果不符合文化发展规律,不符合民族文化传承者自身的愿望,就不能达到预期目的。

On the Evolution Principles of Ethnic Cultures——Epistemological Issues about "Conserving Ethnic Cultures"

The materialist dialectics of Marxism is a guideline on our research on the evolution principles of ethnic cultures.Each item of an ethnic culture,like anything else in the world,has its own history of formation,development and disappearance.How long could an item of an ethnic culture exist depends on what extent can it meet the material and spiritual needs of its carriers.Any act to conserve the ethnic cultures,if it is not in accord with the evolution principles of ethnic cultures and the expectations of the culture carriers,can not achieve its expected goal.