"Folklore" concept analysis in the theoretical vision of Yuan
August 01, 2023 10:17 Source: "China Social Sciences", August 1, 2023, Issue 2703, Issue 2703

"Folklorism" as the concept,The earliest appearance in the field of art and artistic practice in the early 20th century。In the 1960s,Mo Ze, a German folk scientist, introduced it to folklore research,and distinguish the specific manifestations of folklore,Since the continuous promotion and explanation of folk scholars in various countries for decades,Now "folklore" has become one of the classic theories of contemporary folklore。Enter the 21st century,Folklore (Xue )ism is successively by Wang Xiaobing、Yue Yongyi、Yang Lihui、Zhou Xing、Wang Jiewen and other scholars translated to China,Then attract more attention,Corresponding academic works are also coming。but but,This theory is at the beginning of translation,There are two expression forms of "folklore" and "folklore".,Maybe because the two expressions seem to be much different,Therefore, it has not attracted more scholars' attention。Actually,From the perspective of knowledge production,The differences between the two are not insignificant,At least the main identification of the two is completely different。The former points to the public ("" Inside the Bureau "or" Local People "),belong to the main folk cultural practice,It is the inheritance of folk culture、Reconstruction or creation behavior,It does not contain value judgment meaning,and the latter's main body points to scholars and other "outsiders",It is a behavioral judgment on folk cultural things or events。Different Bet365 lotto review subjects,When facing specific social and cultural phenomena,It is bound to produce extremely different understanding and explanations。To some extent,Because "folklore" has become a more common statement and usage,Later, when many scholars used this theory to study social and cultural phenomena,A lot of mistakes、Misuse or even abuse questions。Current,Although this concept is still using in some academic works,But generally just treat it as a cultural phenomenon or social facts,and ignored its theoretical level of interpretation or explanation,Make the theory look out of date and no longer have the potential of knowledge production。So,Is this really the case? Now,We re -examine the concept of "folklore (science )ism" from the perspective of Yuan theory,Perhaps more valuable academic clues。

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Metatheories Analysis of Folk Studies as a knowledge production method,Like other types of academic research,The imagination of social sciences。The main problems of the current folk discipline are derived from the huge tension between the lively research objects and the old problem domain。Folklore Study theory Research,It is not based on the folk phenomenon or folk events in the general sense to summarize the standard discipline theory,Instead of discrimination and analysis of discourse logic of folklore related theories,I set a question about the existing theory itself,For example, do these theories itself have a philosophical basis,Whether there is a clear application of the boundary,Whether it has a unique problem domain,Whether to have the corresponding methodology to support,or even whether there are new problems and the Bet365 app download potential to discover new problems。Now we put the theory of "folklore (science)" in the theoretical research of the theory of folk customs,It just wants to log in from its deep discourse、Basic issues such as key concepts and their unique problems and applicable boundaries.,Re -examine its self -limiting mechanism and excavate the academic value contained in it。From this,It is not difficult to find,Folklore (Xue )ism actually exists: "functionality" and "expressive":。The former refers to the people's practice subject in the new social situation,Consciously use or transform its folk culture,to maximize its interests; the latter refers to a discourse strategy,It is the description and summary of the "outsider" or "third party" to use folk cultural behavior。Obviously,From the perspective of academic research,The second aspect of folklore has more discussion value。

 Deep discourse logic of "folklore (learning )ism" 

Literally,Folklorism revealed that the behavior and phenomenon of "transformation" and "manufacturing" folk culture based on modern landscape society and consumerist ideology,It seems that it cannot be pointed out。But,Through the deep theoretical logic of its deep theoretical logic, you will find it,Civilist itself has a hidden premise,Assuming that there is a "standard" or "original ecological" folklore in the life world we live in,Those who meet the standard belong to the category of folk customs,Converse,can only belong to the category of folklore。

At the same time,This theory is still hanging an important link,That is, "Who is observing" or "Who is criticizing"。At this time,To better examine or reveal the deep discourse logic of bet365 Play online games folklore,We need to put its hidden premise and key links of suspended premises,Bring back to the discussion on the spot。At this time,We will find,Many issues that have been ignored or unintentionally ignored before have gradually emerged.。

For example,Cultural practice considered to be folklore. If it is completely spontaneous of the people,So is this folklore or folk culture itself? If it is folklore,So who is the main body of truly owns and has the right to create primary ecological folk customs? If it is a folk culture itself,So the boundary of the theory that is obviously valuable and judged by folklore is reflected in the theory? What can be determined now is,When people practice these cultural forms,It is very likely that I have not thought of reviewing and reflection on the original ecology and true nature of the folk culture they practiced,Because folk culture itself is the form of daily life,and daily life for the actual practice subject,It is confident and real existence,No need to review and reflect。Even if they understand the "folk customs" practice in the most broad sense, they can realize that they are "people" and their culture is "folklore",and they are intended to use various methods to maximize the practical interests,It can not be considered that the phenomenon of folklore at this time is worth critical。After all, fundamentally speaking,The people are the main body of the culture that naturally naturally has the culture they own。

  "Folkism" or "Folklores" 

When we regard "folklore" as a scholar's discourse strategy,When it is used to mark or summarize a certain cultural practice form,We should focus on avoiding value judgment,Otherwise, we can only see what we see,When facing bet365 best casino games fresh folklore or folk incidents,Folkism theory is left behind when it has not been deeply reflected and criticized,Become a "outdated" theory。In the field of daily life,"folklore" with value judgment orientation naturally lost its theoretical value of explanation or interpretation of people's lives and cultural practice。

Actually,From the social situation when the folk theory is generated,Among them, it inevitably contains a certain value orientation,It is affected by the "Storage Performance Complex"。Researchers at the time generally believed that "folk customs" was "primitive" and "true",is a "backward" cultural state in the sense of civilization,And these cultural states are stored in the daily life of ordinary people。Now changes in the lifestyle and life concepts of these people,This is for researchers who are keen on "visiting ancient" and "looking for ancients",Can't accept it anyway。So,They have invented the "folklore" theory,Criticizing the "beautiful" cultural phenomenon that is destroying the "beautiful" in its mind。This can be seen,The theory of folklore itself implies the meaning of "cultural hegemony" in the sense of Grandi。

In addition,Critical theoretical potential of folklore (science )ism,At least the other two levels can also be manifested: First, the folk custom itself has the national、folk、Land、Multiple social layered attributes of the past and natives,Therefore, the country often re -mini the national spirit and meaning of some excellent folk culture,and the other part of the other part of the folk customs called "bad habits" transform or create again,to adapt to the need to build a better order of life; the second is in the field bet365 live casino games of business society,Logic of cultural resource -based,Some folk forms are re -packaged into a landscape narrative in a sense。These phenomena remind us,The value of folk customs is not only realized and reproduced in the actual practice body,And in "Outsiders" or "Others" (relative to "local people") may also be displayed,As for the effect of the display,Then you need to discuss in the specific case。In this sense,folklore (learning )ism as a theory,Critical value for our understanding of folklore borrowing or even misuse of the current society。

Compared to sociology、Anthropology and other disciplines,Contemporary folklore research has not really started in the field of critical,More descriptive analysis of some folk phenomena or folk events,Or is it used as an academic decoration,to cover up the shortcomings of various discourse powers that have been suspended from social reality and life culture。From this perspective,Folklore (learning) as a critical theory is not out of date,It is precisely the "theoretical mineral" that has not been really used in empirical or case research。

Of course,When facing the cultural phenomenon of modern social transformation and industry (even "post -industry"),The applicable boundary of "folklore (learning )ism" is still unclear,This hinders scholars to better use this theory to guide specific research。So,Folklore scholars still need to be similar to the concept or theory that are similar to "folklore (learning)",Traditionalism、Public Folklore、Folk Cultural Resources、New folklore, etc., conduct more prudent theoretical research,and further clarify the problem consciousness and research Bet365 app download ideas and analysis frameworks contained in folklore (science)。Only this,It is possible to get rid of the fate that has been "outdated" without evidence,so as to show up a new academic vitality。

 (Author is an associate professor in Wuhan University Social College) 

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