文化现象的逼视与衡量——论李安宅对中国文化人类学的开拓

在中国近世人类学发展史上，前辈学者李安宅引入了英国马林诺夫斯基的文化人类学功能学派的理论。其著述涉及社会学、意义学、美学、民俗学、宗教学、民族学等广阔的领域，但他是借助各学科知识去透视、分析和衡量人类文化现象，构成一个文化人类学系统。他译介和阐发的文化人类学理论和以人类学的观点对中国传统文化的批评，以及他在人类学的实地研究成就，均对文化人类学在中国的传播与发展具有开拓性意义。他的理论和方法，对我们现在研究文化人类学尚有启发和指导的作用。  

Inspection and Evaluation of Cultural Phenomena: Li Anzhai,A Pioneering Figure in China's Cultural Anthropology

Malinowski was a representative of the functional school of British cultural anthropology. His theories were introduced by the forerunner scholar Li Anzhai into Chinese contemporary anthropology. Mr Li's works covered various fields like sociology, semantics, aesthetics, folklore, religious study, ethnology. He used knowledge of these subjects to perceive, analyze and evaluate human cultural phenomena, forming a system of cultural anthropology.His translation and explication of theories of cultural anthropology, his criticism of Chinese traditional culture from the perspective of anthropology and his field research are all pioneering efforts to the spreading and development cultural anthropology in China. His theories and methods are still instructive and insightful for today's cultural anthropological study.