近年來國內學者多以"傳統的發明"概念來分析各地此起彼伏的"傳統熱"現象,而較少注意到美國社會學家愛德華·希爾斯對于傳統的論述。前者雖在后現代的語境下從建構主義的進路對有關傳統的本質主義認識所存在的偏見進行了糾正,然而卻也忽視了關于傳統的一些基本議題,而這些議題在后者的論述中有較多的體現。因此,對于當下而言,我們需要思考的是如何超越"傳統的發明"而達致對傳統的基本議題的深化,并進而以敬畏的心態將傳統的多樣性和豐富性呈現出來。

In recent years,scholars usually use such terms as "the invention of tradition "or "making tradition" to analyze the phenomenon of "tradition fever",while paying less attention to American sociologist Edward Shils’comments on tradition.The former,though in post-modern context,from the perspective of constructivism,correct the bias of the essentialist cognition on tradition,yet they have been ignoring some essential issues that are discussed in the latter’s writings.Therefore,we need to think about how to transcend "the invention of tradition" to deepen the essential issues of tradition,and then to show the diversity and richness of tradition with an attitude of reverence.