魏斐德与上海史研究

Wakeman and Study on History of Shanghai

魏斐德自幼随父母周游各国 ,一直处在与多种文化的交流对话中 ,无疑是一个世界主义者。同时他又是一个真正的美国人 ,是全球化背景中的地方主义者。地方主义与世界主义在他身上和谐共存 ,所以他是地方世界主义者。在史学思想方面 ,他反对历史学过于社会科学化 ,提倡叙事史学。其上海史研究通过叙述警察和特工这两种国家暴力工具在上海的活动 ,揭示了国民党政府在国家建设与市民社会发展两方面失败的过程和原因。

As a child, Wakeman had toured in the world with his parents, and finally became a people with cosmopolitism. Meanwhile, as a real American, he was a regionalist under the background of globalization. As for Shanghai Studies, by describing the activities of policemen and spies in Shanghai, he disclosed the reason that led to the failure of KMT government in the area of national construction and development of civil society.