自六十年代,美国人玛格丽特·米德撰写了一本专门分析和论述上一代人与下一代人之间产生的差别与隔阂的名叫《代沟》的书以后,“代沟”一词作为特指两代人在价值观念、行为取向、生活方式以及兴趣爱好等方面差异的一个社会学术语,就在西方流行开来。我国社会学界有个提法叫“代差”,其含义与“代沟”是一致的。从根本上讲,“代沟”是由于生产力的发展引起社会生活的急剧变化而产生的。从社会学的角度看,是由于两代人社会化内容与速度的差异,两代人参预社会活动的背景与条件不同所造成的。所以,“代沟”是伴随着社会发展同步而来的一种必然现象。如果社会是一团平静的死水,人 Since the 1960s, when American American writer Margaret Meade wrote a book titled “Generation Ditch”, a book devoted to analyzing and discussing the differences and estrangements between the previous generation and the next generation, the “generation gap” As a sociological term that refers to the differences between two generations in terms of values, behavior orientation, life style and hobbies, it is popular in the West. In our sociology there is a reference to “generational substitution”, whose meaning is consistent with “generation gap”. Fundamentally speaking, “generation gap” arises from the drastic changes in social life caused by the development of productive forces. From a sociological point of view, it is due to the differences in the content and speed of socialization between the two generations and the differences in the background and conditions that the two generations took part in social activities. Therefore, “generation gap” is a kind of inevitable phenomenon that comes with the social development. If society is a group of calm backwaters, people