社会学研究的“复杂性转向”

The “Complexity Turn”of Sociological Research

"社会学危机"是伴随社会学发展及其逻辑演化的一个核心循环问题,在不同的历史阶段表现不同,但不论是缺少应有的学科地位、缺乏统一的研究范式还是学科边界的模糊化,都与其方法论取向上的内在分裂直接相关。文章试图从两个方面消解实证主义方法论与反实证主义方法论之间的传统二元对立,在此基础上揭示出"社会学危机"的本质和复杂性方法的潜在适用性。同时,通过深入挖掘社会系统论思想的演变过程,阐明复杂性方法与传统社会学研究的内在联系。最后,在详细考察社会学研究现状和系统剖析SACS具体内涵及发展方向的基础上,提出社会学研究的"复杂性转向"及其应该注意的问题。

＂The crisis of sociology＂is a central and cyclical problem accompanying the development and logical evolution of sociology. It appears different in different historical stages,such as the underestimation of the disciplinary position of socology,its lack of unified research paradigm and the obscuration of its disciplinary boundary,which are directly related to the internal division of methodology in sociology. This paper attempts to deconstruct the binary oppositions between the positivist methodology and the anti-positivist methodology from two aspects,and then reveals the essence of the ＂crisis＂and the potential applicability of complexity methods. Then the inner links between complexity methods and traditional sociological research is illustrated through investigation of the evolutionary process of the social system theory. Finally,the authors put forward the＂complexity turn＂of sociological research and the potential problems in its future research through analyzing the connotation and the developmental direction of SACS.