思想与历史——茅家琦先生学术访谈录

Thought and History:An Academic Interview of Professor Mao Jiaqi

历史学家茅家琦先生研究领域广泛,学术思想深刻,具有高尚的人文关怀品格和理性精神。茅先生在传统太平天国史研究领域中不断推陈出新;开辟了区域城市近代化研究等新领域;敏锐地把当代台湾研究作为一门学科,从而开创了当代大陆的台湾研究学。在60余载的治史过程中,他始终在思考推动历史发展的动力问题,探讨思想与政治、经济、军事等方面的复杂关系,提出"思想合力构铸历史"等重要观点,并认为思想由人生论与方法论两部分构成,从而积极倡导创造历史与研究历史均需要弘扬人文精神和理性精神。

Professor Mao Jiaqi, who is a well-known historian with a profound academic insight his research covers wide range of fields, has noble character of humanity and spirit of science. Mr Mao has constantly renewed products in the traditional field of＂Taiping Tianguo＇, opens new research fields like the modernization of regional city, constructs the research of Taiwan as a field of learning, so initiate the field of Taiwan research in China's Mainland. In his nearly 60 years historical research, he thinks deeply about motive power of historical development, exploring the complicated relationships between ideology, politics, economics and military. He puts forward the theory of ＂thoughts mold history＂. In his opinion, thought is consisted of two parts, i. e. the theory of life and methodology. Therefore, Professor Mao contends that promoting the spirit of humanity and rationalism is essential to make and study history.