Cultural adaptation and change

Author: Xu Ping
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: The Qiang people, a once-powerful ethnic group that established the formidable Western Xia Dynasty, now face what situation and what future should they take? Open this book, and perhaps you will find the answers you seek. Based on a three-year field investigation of the Qiang Village, a typical community, Professor Xu Ping employs research methods from cultural anthropology, sociology, archaeology, and history to describe and analyze the economic life patterns, social construction and operation, the relationship between individuals and society, and the construction of the spiritual world of the Qiang people. Furthermore, connecting the historical transition of the Qiang ethnic group from nomadism to agriculture and the changes in the current life of Qiang Village, the author proposes the theoretical hypothesis that "the essence of culture lies in adaptation, and adaptation brings social progress." In today's world, where cultural adaptation and cultural integration are even more intense, how can people better adapt to rapid changes? The story of the Qiang people may offer us some inspiration.