后现代思潮与中国社会史研究的转向

Postmodernism and Turning to the Chinese Social History Study

20世纪80年代,中国社会史研究复兴,后现代思潮开始影响西方史学研究,并在同一时期传入中国,在经历一段时期的沉寂后,至90年代逐渐为学界所瞩目。中国社会史学界在自己的学术演进脉络中,在后现代思潮的影响下,中国社会史研究出现了一些新变化,主要表现在区域社会史研究的勃兴、社会文化史研究的转向与"新社会史"的出现等几个方面。这几个方面各自取得了重要成就,也面临着一些问题。中国社会史研究正处在分化与整合之际,后现代思潮的影响提供了一种使中国社会史走向独立和成熟的契机。

In the 1980s, Chinese social history research Renaissance, postmodernism started to influence the western historiogra- phy, and at the same time, postmodernism was introduced into China, until the 1990s gradually receiving attention. Chinese social historiography circle in their own academic evolution context , under the influence of postmodernism , Chinese social research shew some new changes, mainly displays in consideration of regional social history , turning to social and cultural history, the emergence of New Social History, etc. These a few respects their important achievements have been made in, facing with some problems. Chinese social history research is in consideration of differentiation and integration. The influence of postmodernism provides a way of making Chinese social histoy towards independence and mature opportunity.