鄒平是中國山東省的一個縣,1930年代思想家梁漱溟等人在此開啟其鄉村建設實驗,半世紀之後,人類學者任柯安(Andrew B. Kipnis)以此地作為田野調查的場域,展開長達25年的社會轉型研究。自1988至2013年,任柯安定期造訪鄒平,從人類學的視角、理論、方法與實踐出發,見證了鄒平從一個3萬人口的農業縣城,蛻變成30多萬人口的繁榮城市。他提出了「重組」的概念,來闡釋鄒平這些年來的變化與轉型,並與既有的各種現代化理論相互參照,進而對話。在任柯安的觀察和論述中,重組意味著在社會變化的過程中,舊元素的循環和新元素的吸收同時發生,變是帶著過去的延續,而非邀進的斷裂。本書對於理解當代中國社會變遷,城鄉差距、移民機制、以及城鎮發展過程所面臨的挑戰,提供了啟發性的觀點;同時也對現代化理論的檢視與修正,做出了貢獻。※清華大學人類所方怡潔副教授專文導讀
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