社会中的国家:迈向国家与社会的综合性范式——评乔尔·S.米格代尔《社会中的国家:国家与社会如何相互改变与相互构成》

State in Society:Towards a Comprehensive Paradigm of State and Society:A Review of State in Society:Studying How States and Societies Transform and Constitute One Another

国家与社会的关系问题是社会科学界的基本命题,也是一个充满争议和歧见的话题领域。乔尔·S.米格代尔以国家与社会关系为自己的学术关切,在反思和对话的基础上,看到了韦伯式国家观的"简化论"倾向,进而以经验研究为基础,建构了一个全新的国家定义,提出了独特的"国家观",同时结合过程性的视角,从方法论的角度建构了"社会中的国家"分析路径,从动态的、过程的和建构的角度对国家与社会的关系做出了全新解读,避免了以往"国家中心论"或是"社会中心说"中所存在的单向度解释,深化了对复杂社会现实的认识和理解,开启了国家与社会关系研究的新时代,具有重要的方法论意蕴。

The relationship between the state and which is also a controversial topic area. On the basis society is the basic proposition of social science, of reflection and dialogue to the relation between state and society, Joel S. Migdal is aware of the ＂reductionism＂ tendency in Weber＇s view of State, and then he constructs a new state definition and puts forward the unique ＂view of State＂ on the basis of empirieal research. Meanwhile, combining with the perspective of procedural, he constructs the path ＂state in society＂ from the perspective of methodology and makes a new dynamic, procedural and constructive interpretation of the relation between state and society, which avoids the limitations of one way understanding from the old ＂state-centered＂ and ＂society-centered＂ theory, deepens the understanding of reality, and opens up a new era of study on the relationship between the state and society, complex social which also has the vital significance in methodology.