概念与分期:世界历史教学中的方法论问题

Concept and Periodization:Methodological Issues in World History Teaching

按照“现代史”的概念划分世界历史的传统方法已经过时。比照中世纪史的划分,我们可以将近代史按时代特征划分为近代早期、近代、近代晚期三个阶段。20世纪属于近代晚期,而非之前认为的“现代史”。苏联的“社会主义试验”是属于近代晚期的现象,它在20世纪80年代末90年代初走向终结,标志着近代晚期的结束,随后历史转为“当代史”。“当代史”则是全新的历史时代,它的内容包括:信息社会、全球化、通信革命、数字经济、加密货币、国际恐怖主义、网络战争等。我们应该放弃“现代史”的概念。

The traditional way of periodizing world history according to the concept of“Modern history”is outdated.Comparing with the periodization of medieval history,we can divide Modern history into three stages:Early modern period,Modern period,and Late modern period according to the characteristics of the times.The 20th century belongs to the Late modern period,rather than“Modern history”as previously thought.The Soviet“socialist experiment”is a phenomenon of the Late modern period,and when it came to an end in the late 1980s and early 1990s,human society turned into“Contemporary history.”“Contemporary history”is a new historical era,and its contents include:information society,globalization,communications revolution,digital economy,encrypted currency,international terrorism,cyber war,etc.We should abandon the concept of“Modern history”.