一编辑工作的地位可以从三个层次研究。从宏观层次研究编辑工作在社会生活中的地位。从中观层次研究编辑工作在文化活动中的地位。从微观层次研究编辑工作在出版活动中的地位。 80年代初期以来,宏观和中观层次的研究工作颇有成效,提出了不少有价值的观点,如编辑工作是社会文化活动之一,是文化创造、文化传播、文化交流与积累不可缺少的环节。这些观点出版界的同志都是同意的,在出版界以外,也有越来越多的人承认编辑工作存在的价值,不是可有可无。比较来说,微观层次的研究工作进展要慢一些。编辑工作在出版活动中的地位如何,大家的看法分歧颇多。不妨作一简要的 The status of an editorial work can be studied from three levels. Study the status of editorial work in social life from a macro level. Study the position of editorial work in cultural activities from the metaphysical level. To study the status of editorial work in the publishing activities from the micro level. Since the early 1980s, the research work at the macro and meso-level has been quite fruitful and many valuable opinions have been put forward. For example, editorial work is one of social and cultural activities and indispensable for cultural creation, cultural communication and cultural exchanges and accumulation Links. All these views and comrades in the publishing industry agree on the fact that more and more people outside the publishing industry have recognized the value of the editorial work as being dispensable. In comparison, research at the micro level has progressed more slowly. The position of editorial work in the publishing activities, we have a lot of differences of opinion. May wish to make a brief