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两种不同的文化相遇后会发生什么? 虽然在社会学文献里,“同化”(assimilation)仍然是重要论述,但本文探讨的却是除了“同化”之外的其它几种可能性,如交替、混成 (hybridity)和创新。作者在文中通过三个文化混成和创新的实例,深入探讨了“世界主义”这概念。这三个实例分别为:佛教从印度传入中国,中国社会史上因大规模移民和人口流动而引发的文化碰撞,当代泰国华人的婚葬仪式。在这三个实例中,作者着眼于日常生活里所具有的文化融合和混成性,这种融合可以说是几个文化不同的群体在长期风雨同舟、休戚与共的生活实践中所拥有的共同的历史和记忆,是远远超越于所谓群体忠诚这一层面的。
What will happen when two different cultures meet? Although assimilation is still an important argument in sociological literature, this article explores several possibilities besides “assimilation,” such as alternating Hybridity and innovation. In this paper, the author explores the concept of “cosmopolitanism” through three examples of cultural blending and innovation. The three examples are: the cultural collision of Buddhism introduced from India to China, the mass immigration and population movements in the history of Chinese society, and the wedding ceremony of contemporary Thai Chinese. In these three examples, the author looks at the cultural integration and mixture in everyday life. This integration can be described as the common history shared by several culturally diverse groups in the long-term practice of living together in solidarity And memory, far beyond the so-called group loyalty this level.