As a well-known sociologist, anthropologist and social activist in China, Fei Xiaotong advanced the study of sociology and anthropology in China by 50 years.
The issues he was concerned about are still being paid attention to today, and related academic research cannot bypass him
Why is it that today's China has risen while the countryside seems to be sinking?Why is it still difficult for rural people to settle in cities?
Why is agriculture not developing well in countries where farmers make up more than half of the population?
He visited Wenzhou three times, Guizhou four times, Yaoshan Mountain five times, Henan six times, Shandong seven times, Gansu eight times, and his hometown Jiangcun 27 times.
People are young and strong to the southeast, and I am the old horse to the northwest. Where you are poor, you will go to **, and the poorer you are, the more you have to go. ”
His life choices, his way of studying, and his societyThe impact is worth looking for in his books today
gave up studying medicine, just for the treatment of the societyYes
Fei Xiaotong is the founder of Chinese sociology and anthropology. In 1928, like Lu Xun, who gave up medicine and became a scholar, he gave up the medical major of Soochow University and transferred to Yenching University to study Xi sociology, and a few years later, he was admitted to the School of Economics and Political Science of the University of London to study Xi social anthropology.
He did not give up for a moment his ambition to heal society through education. After getting married, he went to Dayao Mountain in Guangxi to investigate, unfortunately fell into a trap by mistake, and his new wife died to save him. He unsuccessfully committed suicide and was determined to live well to repay his wife's kindness.
The strong will and unique way of learning created by suffering have advanced China's sociological and anthropological research by several decades, and have become classics in the international anthropological community.
"Cultural consciousness", the heart of the survival of civilization
After the reform and opening up, under the wave of globalization, different cultures are facing the problem of how to survive. Fei Xiaotong put forward the concept of "cultural consciousness" with great insight.
He believes that since the collision and change between cultures is an unavoidable trend. It is very important that people are "self-aware" about their own culture. What factors in Chinese culture are the causes of the "localization" of Western systems and ideas that have taken place after they were introduced into China?
As Chinese, if we do not understand these things and understand the characteristics, essence and dross of our own culture, we will not be able to successfully complete the cultural transformation.
Thinking ahead of time, highly respected by later learners
Fei Xiaotong's ideas were far ahead of his time, and although most of his best-known works were created in the first half of the twentieth century, the questions he raised still influence Chinese intellectuals today.
In his later years, he also planned to take "self-care in the constituency" as a topic, hoping to contribute an intellectual resource to China's grassroots democracy and self-government, but unfortunately passed away in 2005, leaving a meaningful blank for junior scholars.
In memory of his predecessor, financial writer Wu Xiaobo wrote: Fei Xiaotong's observation surpassed all his contemporaries, not only in China, but also in the global academic community.
Zhou Qiren, a well-known economist, said frankly that his "Urban and Rural China" is a tribute to Mr. Fei Xiaotong's "Rural China".
Aim to enrich the people, think in the countryside
Fei Xiaotong is the "chief designer" of Chinese sociology. Finding a way out for Chinese peasants is the theme of Fei Lao's life, and some of his works are his deep concern and reflection on Chinese society, which is a rich legacy left for China by his advanced consciousness and pioneering research. Many of the issues he researched and focused on are still of great value today.
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This set of books has a total of 12 volumes in 8 categories, with 1.53 million words, including his reflections on the homeland, the nation and the world, academic methods and cultural consciousness, and other perspectives and levels.
Among them, there are not only classic expositions on the characteristics of China's rural economy, social and cultural structure, such as "Jiangcun Economy", "Rural China", "Rural Reconstruction" and "Fertility System", but also "Revisiting England" and "America and Americans", which observe and analyze the Western nation and the world from the perspective of cross-cultural and comparative anthropologyThere are not only "Confessions of Social Investigation" that condenses a lifelong approach and innovative methods, but also the free writing of "Miscellaneous Writings" in his later years, which is full of Chinese literati characteristics and integrates life and career.
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