时代在不断的变迁,随之而来是社会背景的变迁,族群认同的理论在不同的时代应该呈现出不同的特点。因为.族群认同的过程始终是在时代性的场景中进行的。今日的族群认同,涉及到的不仅仅是族群成员这一个主体,它还会涉及到与它们相关的一些群体,这些群体之间和群体内部在族群认同的过程中都会产生互动。在它们互动的过程中,族群认同最终得以确立,并且,传统文化在这个过程中不但不会消逝,而且还会经历一个重塑和发展的新过程。
With time goes by, the theories of ethnic group identity should present different characteristics due to the transition of social background. The process of ethnic group identity must be moved forward in the context of temporal spirit all the time. The meaning of it at present time is concerned in not only the member of ethnic groups,but other groups which have close relationships with the research subject, because the interaction among groups and internal of themselves used to appear in the course of ethnic group identity. When they are interacting, ethnic group identity will come in to being, and traditional culture will be remolded and developed.