玛格丽特·阿切尔是当今国际社会学界最为重要的理论家之一 ,本文介绍了她的文化能动性理论。她认为文化系统和文化互动两个层面在分析上是可以独立的 ,要解释社会文化变迁 ,必须把文化系统和文化互动两个层面结合起来 ,缺一不可。阿切尔的文化理论逻辑缜密 ,在社会学中独树一帜。 Margaret Archer is one of the most important theorists in international sociology today, and this article introduces her theory of cultural initiative. She believes that the two levels of cultural system and cultural interaction can be analyzed independently. To explain the social and cultural changes, we must combine the two aspects of the cultural system and the cultural interaction, both indispensable. Archer’s cultural theory is rigorous and unique in sociology.