论阿米蒂奇与思想史研究的“国际转向”

David Armitage and the International Turn of Intellectual History

哈佛大学的阿米蒂奇教授近来提出思想史研究的"国际转向"一说,他是思想史学者中较早开始呼应"全球转向"并开展理论反思的人士。所谓思想史研究的"国际转向",主要意图是揭示当下思想史研究中国族主义叙述模式所带来的"固化"危险和碎片化景况,并回应近些年来思想史研究中的"语境"取向和"空间转向"。阿米蒂奇主张一种更宽广、更灵活的"语境"理解,并以此同化各地域、各民族的思想史叙事;他更强调对思想的流动性和对话性的重视。尽管真正意义上的"全球思想史"出现尚需时日,但"国际转向"能为它提供可能的理论方向。

David Armitage is one of the leading scholars in the field of intellectual history who answers the call of studying Global History. The 'international turn'is to reveal the danger of 'reification'and fragmentation caused by the nationalist mode of historical narratives,while responding to the 'contextual'orientation and 'spatial turn'in the past few years. Armitage promotes a broader and more flexible understanding of 'context',in which the narratives of the intellectual histories of different nations and places could be generalized. He emphasizes more on the significance of the mobility and interactivity of ideas.