艾伦·麦克法兰

艾伦·麦克法兰（Alan Donald James Macfarlane, 1941年12月20日）是一位英国人类学家和历史学家。皇家历史学会、人类学会会士。

## 生平

1941年出生于英属印度的一个英国茶种植园的家庭，毕业于龙学校，1963年毕业于牛津大学伍斯特学院，1967年凭借论文' Witchcraft prosecutions in Essex, 1560–1680: A Sociological Analysis '获得哲学博士，1968年凭借论文'The regulation of marital and sexual relationships in 17th century England'获得伦敦政治经济学院人类学硕士学位，1972年凭借论文'Population and resources in central Nepal'获得伦敦大学亚非学院博士学位。之后任职于剑桥大学国王学院，1991年升任为正教授，2009年成为终身荣誉教授。

## 著作

- Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England: A Regional and Comparative Study, Routledge & Kegan Paul, Abingdon-on-Thames, 1970, 334 p. (second edition, Routledge, 1999, 380 p.)
- The Family Life of Ralph Josselin: A Seventeenth Century Clergyman - An Essay in Historical Anthropology, Cambridge University Press, 1970, 241 p.
- Resources and Population: A Study of the Gurungs of Nepal, Cambridge University Press, 1976, 382 p.
- Reconstructing Historical Communities in collaboration with Sarah Harrison and Charles Jardine, Cambridge University Press, 1977, 222 p.
- The Origins of English Individualism: The Family, Property and Social Transition, Blackwell, Oxford, 1978, 236 p. (translated in Portuguese, Japanese, Hungarian, and Chinese)
- The Justice and the Mare's Ale: Law and Disorder in Seventeenth-century England with Sarah Harrison, Blackwell, Oxford 1981, 238 p.
- A Guide to English Historical Records, Cambridge University Press, 1983, 134 p.
- Marriage and Love in England: Modes of Reproduction 1300-1840, Blackwell, Oxford, 1986, 320 p.
- The Culture of Capitalism, Blackwell, Oxford, 1987, 272 p. (translated in Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, and Turkish)
- The Diary of Ralph Josselin: 1616-1683, Oxford University Press, 1991, 752 p.
- Gurungs of Nepal: A Guide to the Gurungs with Indrabahadur Gurung, Ratna Pustak Bhandar, Kathmandu, 1992, 74 p. B0006EYPPG (the text can found on the author's website )
- The Savage Wars of Peace: England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap, Blackwell, Oxford, 1997, 448 p. (a full version is available on the author's website ) (translated in Japan in 2001)
- The Riddle of the Modern World: Of Liberty, Wealth and Equality, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2000, 344 p.
- The Making of the Modern World: Visions from the West and East, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2002, 336 p.
- The Glass Bathyscaphe: How Glass Changed the World with Gerry Martin, Profile Books, London, 2002, 305 p. (three editions) (published in the USA as Glass : A World History, University of Chicago Press, 2002, 288 p. ) (translated in Italian, Chinese, German, Spanish, and Chinese (complex))
- Green Gold: The Empire of Tea with Iris Macfarlane, Ebury Press, London, 2003, 320 p. (translated in Italian, Spanish, Chinese (complex), and Japanese)
- Letters To Lily: On How the World Works, Profile Books, London, 2006, 320 p. (translated in Korean, Japanese, Finnish, Norwegian (Swedish, Danish), Chinese (complex), Chinese, Slovenian, and Hungarian)
- Japan Through the Looking Glass: Shaman to Shinto, Profile Books, London, 2007, 288 p. (translated in French, Finnish, Italian, and Chinese)
- Reflections on Cambridge, Social Science Press, New Delhi, 2009, 243 p. (translated in Chinese)
- The Invention of the Modern World, Odd Volumes (The Fortnightly Review, New Series), London, 2014, 334 p.
- China, Japan, Europe and the Anglo-sphere, A Comparative Analysis, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, April 2018, 258 p.
- Dragon Days: The Dragon School, Oxford, 1949-1955, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2013, with James Bruce Lockhart

As editor The Gurungs: A Himalayan Population of Nepal by Bernard Pignede with Sarah Harrison, Ratna Pustak Bhandar, Kathmandu, 1993, 523 p. B00B79CVSC As contributor The Nagas: Hill Peoples of Northeast India - Society, Culture and the Colonial Encounter by Julian Jacobs with Sarah Harrison and Anita Herle, Thames and Hudson, London, 1990, 356 p.

### 现代思想家丛书

- Yukichi Fukazawa and the Making of the Modern World, 2002, 97 p. (the text is available on this page )
- F.W. Maitland and the Making of the Modern World, 2002, 102 p. (the text is available on this page )
- Thomas Malthus and the Making of the Modern World, 2002, 138 p. (the text is available on this page )
- Montesquieu and the Making of the Modern World, 2013, 55 p. (the text is available on this page )
- Alexis de Tocqueville and the Making of the Modern World, 2013, 92 p. (the text is available on this page )
- Adam Smith and the Making of the Modern World, 2013, 69 p. (the text is available on this page )
- Four Approaches to the Making of the Modern World, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Silicon Valley 2018, 110 p.

### 我们如何理解世界丛书

- How to Discover the World - Reflections for Rosa, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 96 p. (translated in Chinese)
- How To Understand Each Other - Notes for Nina, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 96 p. (translated in Chinese)
- Intelligent Machines - Conversations with Gerry, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 192 p.
- Learning to be Modern - Jottings for James, Cam Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 88 p.
- A Modern Education - Advice for Ariston, Cam Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 168 p.
- How Do We Know - Advice for April, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 136 p. (translated in Chinese)
- How To Investigate Mysteries - Secrets for Sam, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, Mars 2018, 84 p. (translated in Chinese)
- How to Study the World - Suggestions for Shuo, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, April 2018, 120 p. (translated in Chinese)
- How Can We Survive - Thoughts for Taras, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, April 2018, 124 p. (translated in Chinese)

### 其他论文

- Encounters with Japan and the Japanese, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Silicon Valley, 2013, 256 p.
- King's College Cambridge, a personal view with Patricia McGuire, Cambridge Rivers Publishing, Cambridge, July 2018, 56 p.
- (unpublished) Robert Chambers of Edinburgh as 'assistant' of Iris Macfarlane available on the author's own site

As editor The Education of Iris Macfarlane 1922-1939 by Iris Macfarlane, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Silicon Valley, July 2018, 234 p. (the text is available on this page )

## 精选讲座

- Family, Marriage and Kinship - How They Work (1983)
- Lectures on Great Social Thinkers (2001)

## 外部链接

- Alan Macfarlane's homepage
- Alan Macfarlane's YouTube account

## 基本资料

- 日语原文：艾伦·麦克法兰、Alan Macfarlane
- 出生日期：1941年12月20日
- 出生地：英属印度梅加拉亚邦西隆
- 研究领域：人类学、历史学
- 机构：剑桥大学国王学院
- 母校：牛津大学伍斯特学院、伦敦政治经济学院、伦敦大学亚非学院
- 博士导师：Keith Thomas
- 论文：http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:1ffd2745-1cc7-4058-a781-5161cfd3866c
- 论文：Witchcraft prosecutions in Essex, 1560–1680
- 论文：1967
- 知名于：The Origins of English Individualism