比如,涂尔干将社会结构视为一种客观的实在,认为它超越于个人之上,并影响和制约着每个人的行为。涂尔干有一句名言:\"社会先于个人\"(society is prior to individual)(转引自叶启政,1992:18)。在这一点上,他与马克思的观点是一致的,马克思也认为,社会结构是一种不依人们意志为转移的客观实在。本文的立场是属于后一派的。本文认为\",结构紧张\"或\"社会结构紧张\"是一种超于个人之上的社会实在,它的产生是因为社会阶级结构出现严重的不协调,它一旦产生以后,则制约着全体社会成员的行为。所以,结构紧张是造成众多社会问题、社会矛盾的基础原因。
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