You H
Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
Cult Med Psychiatry. 1994 Sep;18(3):361-84. doi: 10.1007/BF01379231.
This paper outlines the relevance of the idea of rhythm to cultural anthropology, with specific suggestions for a medical anthropology of rhythm. By reconsidering the fluid nature of the concept of rhythm in ordinary language, the paper defines rhythm functionally in terms of a temporal order that anticipates, suspends and fulfills on the level of the visceral, physical, ecological, institutional as well as the moral. Although the paper identifies most explicitly the link between the bodily and social rhythm, it tries to suggest a cosmic background in the interaction of the social and bodily rhythms. The paper is divided into three parts: 1) the general problem of defining rhythm, 2) the concept of rhythm from its origin, and 3) the concept of rhythm in cultural theory since Durkheim. Further readings in particular reference to medical anthropology are often indicated in the notes.
本文概述了节奏概念与文化人类学的相关性，并对节奏医学人类学提出了具体建议。通过重新审视日常语言中节奏概念的流动性，本文从功能上把节奏定义为一种时间秩序，这种秩序在内脏、身体、生态、制度以及道德层面上具有预期、暂停和实现的作用。尽管本文最明确地指出了身体节奏与社会节奏之间的联系，但它试图在社会节奏与身体节奏的相互作用中暗示一种宇宙背景。本文分为三个部分：1）定义节奏的一般问题；2）节奏概念的起源；3）自涂尔干以来文化理论中的节奏概念。注释中经常会指明特别涉及医学人类学的进一步阅读材料。
