从美国史学史看美国史研究的"跨国转向"

A Review upon American Studies’ Transnational Turn in the Genealogy of Historiography

本文试图从史学史的学术谱系中观察美国史研究中的"跨国转向"。力图说明:要在美国史学自身的流变中去看待这一转向。这一转向并未真正突破民族国家史的既有写作框架,它更多是针对美国史家的某种封闭心态而做出的回应,需从美国史学史的脉络中去把握其出现的原因。

This brief review tries to gauge "the transnational turn" in American Studies in terms of the evolution of American Historiography in the long run.This turning approach as one kind of historical writing strategy did not make a breakthrough essentially in the national states narrative paradigm.This approach can be viewed as a sort of self-reflection among local American historians in response to their previous parochial attitude when they are writing their national histories.If we want to figure out this trend’s potential driving force,we need to trace back to the genealogy of American Historiography in the past century.