Study. Linyaohua Academic Thought

Lin yaohua, a world-renowned Anthropologist, Sociologist, etc, made great contribution to such subjects as Anthropology, Sociology,etc, for China and the world as a whole, the dissertation is chiefly based on a combination of lots of precious research data from the periodicals and the interviews conducted to his families and fellow students still alive, with a view to making an in-depth study of his academic works..The main contents are as follows:the introduction part is to illustrate the significance of why this title has been chosen, what is more, the general picture of the relevant researches and the research methodologies adopted to analyze this dissertation, the second section is to demonstrate Lin's research on the Han society, specifically, in this section,the first is to analyze the academic background behind Lin'research on Han society, and to find out the relations between Lin's research on Han people and the idea on how to localize the sociology at that time during the 1930s-1940s, the second is to introduce the social background, say, to prove the relation between his research and the activity on the construction of the village then, the last is to summarize the above-mentioned ones, and to give the general and logic conclusion. The third section is to be making an analysis of his minorities research, the first is to give a profound proof of the academic background in this field, as we can know, Lin's study in this field involves many aspects, ranging from the research on the Yi people in Liangshan region before the founding of New China, to the large-scale minorities recognition initiative and the follow-up study of Liangshan people after the establishment of New China. From this point of view, just from one angle, Lin's study in this field is closely linked with some arguments on how the Liangshan people was originated,the second part is about the social background, if taking his masterpiece Liangshan yijia as an example, completed before the founding of PRC, we can deduce that it is interlinked with times on how to reinforce the national frontiers, and how to build the vast southwest region, a support area, in order to fight against the Japanese invaders, the last part is concerning what impacts Lin's relevant research exerted on the society, the forth section is about Lin's research on the society development, specifically, great contribution was made in the study of primitive society and economy and culture geography. The first section is about the academic background, at that time, the thinking from the former Soviet-union had big impacts on China. the second one is on the social background, say, to some large extent, Lin's study at that time was largely connected with how the then society should be developed, the last part is talking about the influences of his works. The fifth section is about the huge contribution made by Lin to such areas as Anthropology, Sociology, etc, the last section is the summarizing one, which is to generalize his academic thinking, it is hope that the author shall give some comments. Appendix are the interviews.