关于中国民族思想的学科定位问题

On the Disciplinary Determination of Chinese Ethnic Ideology

民族思想是各个时期各个民族的各类人物对中国民族及民族问题的认识,是处理民族问题、制定民族政策的理论基础;它既有政治家、思想家、军事家、史学家及普通民众对历史上民族及民族关系的反思,也有他们对当时民族及民族关系现状的理性思考和客观认识,还有他们对民族及民族关系未来发展趋势的预见。由于“民族思想”具有深邃的内涵、丰富的研究对象及比较丰硕的研究成果,所以有必要进一步提升民族思想的学科地位,将其明确为一门学科,即“民族思想”学科。作为一门独立的学科,“民族思想”是民族学、历史学、人类学、宗教学和思想史等学科交叉、融合的一个新兴学科,可以暂时将其作为民族学的分支学科,划入民族学一级学科下面的二级学科。

Ethnic ideology is various people＇ s understanding of Chinese ethnic groups and related issues in different periods. It has profound meanings, a wide range of research objects and plenty of research results, so it is necessary that its academic position be raised as a separate discipline, an inter - disciplinary study of ethnology, history, anthropology, religious studies and ideological history. It can be temporarily regarded as a second- level discipline, a branch of the first - level ethnology.