文明互动是一个多学科涉及的问题。社会学家本杰明·纳尔逊提出了“文明际相遇”理论,从文明际相遇对文明综合体意识结构的影响来理解文明变迁。这一理论后来由伯卡特·霍尔兹纳、唐纳德·尼尔森、约翰·阿纳森等人作了进一步阐释,使“文明际相遇”的内涵更为丰富,尤其是阿纳森提出了一个包括经济、政治和文化在内的多维文明互动框架,使这一理论得到发展。“文明际相遇”理论对于世界历史上的文明互动研究具有重要借鉴意义。 Civilization interaction is a multidisciplinary issue involved. Sociologist Benjamin Nelson proposed the theory of “civilized encounter”, and understood the change of civilization from the influence of the intercultural encounter on the awareness structure of civilized complex. This theory was further elaborated by Burkhard Holzner, Donald Nelson, and John Arnasen in order to enrich the connotation of “civilized encounter ”, and in particular, Arnasen proposed A multidimensional framework of civilizations, including economic, political and cultural interaction, has developed this theory. The theory of “civilized encounter” has important reference for the study of the interaction of civilizations in the history of the world.