近30年来中国社会史研究的方法论意义

The methodology significance of last three decades of Chinese social history research

在充分了解和理解已有社会史研究成果的基础上,本文意欲探讨近30年来中国社会史研究业已展示出来的方法论意义。其一,不论其最初是以"历史学中的一个分支学科"还是"范式"意义的面貌出现,社会史在今天已然承载了推进旧史学研究方法向新史学方向转变的历史重任。其二,伴随着新旧"范式"的转换,社会史对传统政治史主题令人耳目一新的研究,揭示了研究视角转换背后蕴含的方法论意义。其三,随着研究视角转换和研究视野扩大,社会史在拓展史料范围的基础上生发出解读不同史料的不同方法,如果把它放在"历史即史料学"的脉络下看,其方法论意义尤为深刻。

Based on the full understanding of social history research achievements,this article desire to explore the methodology significance of last three decades of Chinese social history research. First,regardless of their initial appearance as ＂a branch of history＂ or ＂paradigm＂ ,today,social history already bearing the mission of promoting history research methods from the old to the new direction. Second,along with the old and the new ＂paradigm＂ change,social history is a fresh and new research topics contrast with the conversion of traditional political history,the study revealed the methodology significance behind perspective conversion. Third,with the change of perspective and study area expanded,based on the historical datas expanded social history has different read methods to the different historical datas,if we see it under the ＂history is the historical datas＂ ,its methodological significance especially profound.