Civil society过去很少能够进入中国人类学家的视野,因为这个概念常常被看作太过于西方化,而难以在田野中捕捉到它的身影。但是进入20世纪,civil society这个概念在社会科学界日益引起广泛的关注,因为在这20年间,中国社会转型的一个突出的现象就是大量的志愿者和民间公益组织的 Civil society used to seldom enter the Chinese anthropologist’s perspective because it was often viewed as too Western and difficult to capture in the field. However, in the 20th century, the concept of civil society has drawn increasing public concern in the social sciences. In the past 20 years, one of the prominent phenomena in China’s social transformation has been the large number of volunteers and non-governmental non-profit organizations