社会学界喜欢用“底层知识青年”这个词。笔者觉得这个词有点专制的色彩,好像十几亿人与这个群体过不去似的,把他们压在五指山下。这样容易产生冲突,甚至是对抗。所以,笔者还是想换个称谓,一时想不出好的名词,就叫“边缘知识青年”吧。说到“边缘”也分两种,一种是被边缘化,一种是自我边缘化。前者说的是际遇问题,即外部环境造成的影响和结果;而后者说的是这个群体本身的心态和思维方式的问题。我们都知道,内因是决定外因的,外因要通过内因起作用。中国自改革开放以来,随着教育规模的扩大,受教育的群体不断增加,知识人已经不再稀罕,而是每个人最为基本的要件。既然是每个人都可能拥有的最基本的要件,也就不再成为区别群体的标志了。中国在改革开放过程中有一个矛盾是突出的,那 Sociologists like to use the word “junior knowledge youth.” I think the word is a bit autocratic color, as if more than a billion people and this group did not like, put them under the Five Fingers. This is prone to conflict, or even confrontation. So, I still want to change a title, sometimes can not think of a good noun, called “edge knowledge youth ”. Speaking of “edge ” is also divided into two kinds, one is marginalized, one is self-marginalized. The former refers to the problem of chance, that is, the influence and result of the external environment. The latter refers to the problem of the mentality and way of thinking of the group itself. We all know that the internal cause is the external cause, and the external cause is to work through the internal cause. Since the reform and opening up in China, with the expansion of education, the number of educated people has been increasing. Intellectuals are no longer rare, but the most basic requirement for everyone. Since it is the most basic element that everybody may have, it no longer becomes a sign of difference. There is a contradiction in the process of China’s reform and opening up that is outstanding