Symbolic Anthropology Studies in China

Journal: Arts Studies and Criticism DOI: 10.32629/asc.v6i6.4736

Yanlin Zhou

Xinjiang Normal University, Wulumuqi 830017, China

Abstract

As a crucial branch of cultural anthropology, symbolic anthropology holds significant importance for the discipline of anthropology. Symbols have long been analyzed at the philosophical level in the West, and later matured within the field of anthropology under the theoretical paradigms of Victor Turner and Clifford Geertz. In Chinese anthropological circles, symbolic anthropology has achieved considerable development while also facing numerous limitations. This paper aims to briefly review the development of symbolic anthropology and discuss the predicaments it confronts.

Keywords

symbol, China, theoretical schools, predicament, ritual

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