费尔南·布罗代尔的资本主义新论述评

A Review of Fernand Braudel's New Theory of Capitalism

布罗代尔把人类社会经济活动的运行概括为物质生活、市场经济、资本主义三种层次分立的模式 ,并从此基础出发 ,界定市场经济和资本主义是不同的概念。他将资本主义视为一种历史现象 ,置于广阔的时空范围中加以考察 ,论述了资本主义的历史和结构 ,对资本主义作出新的解释。他对资本主义的研究和结论 ,显示出科学理论对现实的解释和预见能力 ,有助于我们从新的角度审视资本主义。他采用跨学科的研究方法是对社会科学研究学科化。

Braudel classifies economic activities of the human society into three separated levels: material life, market economy, and capitalism. On the basis of such a theory, he defines “market economy' and “capitalism' as different concepts, regarding capitalism as a historical phenomenon to be studied in a wider tempora-spatial scope. He re-theorizes on the history and structure of capitalism and offers new interpretations of capitalism. His new theory and conclusions indicate the power of explanation and prediction of scientific theory. They provide a new perspective from which we can re-examine capitalism. Braudel's interdisciplinary methodology itself is a criticism of the trends of disciplinization, specialization and institutionalization in social science studies.