The word “Durkheimism” in this paper refers to the set of proposals put forward by Emile Durkheim concerning the ways out of the economic, social and spiritual crises he saw in his time. Those proposals were not just arguments on paper,but, in fact, an important component of social reforms in western developed countries of the 20 th century. The aim of this article is to show that those proposals of Durkheimism had indeed brought some positive contributions to the alleviation of those crises faced by the liberal modernity institution in the end of the 19 th century, but they also had produced some unexpected harmful side effects which we must give serious consideration when we apply them to our own situation.

和日常社会生活过程一样,社会的变迁过程也是一个具有高度复杂性的过程.吉登斯、莫兰等人对此都做过一定的论述,但他们的论述都有局限性.该文以美国学者皮奥雷和撒贝尔有关现代工业生产技术变迁的一项研究成果为例,具体分析和说明了应该怎样全面准确地描述和理解社会变迁过程的复杂性.

所谓"英格尔斯现代化指标体系"是一个在我国流传甚广的现代化评估指标体系.但人们对这个所谓"英格尔斯现代化指标体系"的理解和运用从名称到内容实际上都包含着不少讹误和不当之处.实际上,"英格尔斯现代化指标体系"不是由英格尔斯提出来的;"英格尔斯指标体系"不是一个用来评估"工业时代现代化"的指标体系;"英格尔斯指标体系"未形成一个综合评估指数并非一定是个缺陷.

功能论和冲突论是宏观社会学理论中长期对立的两种不同理论取向.怎样来实现这两大学派之间的理论综合至今仍是一个困扰着西方社会学家的难题.该文回顾了马克思、恩格斯在这方面的有关论述,从马克思、恩格斯的相关著作中抽取出一个综合性的社会理论模式,并通过将其与功能论和冲突论相比较的方式来说明它对于我们解决这两个学派之间的对立所具有的启发意义.