区域国别研究的关系路径:以东南亚研究为例

Relational Approach in Area Studies:A Case Study of Southeast Asia

区域国别研究已然成了一门“显学”。然而,在区域国别研究的“迅猛”发展中也涌现不少问题。其中,追求区域国别本土化知识与普遍性知识之间的分野,促使区域国别研究呈现出两种难以兼容的研究路径:强调区域国别内部因素的内因路径和注重外部因素的外因路径。这两种路径之所以难以兼容,根本原因在于两种路径未能跳出实体主义的窠臼。对此,文章以东南亚研究为案例,从关系主义提出区域国别研究的一种关系路径。这种路径不仅“平视”区域国别内外因素,而且将区域国别的内外互动“关系”作为研究对象。

Area studies has been developing fast in recent years.However,many problems have also emerged in the rapid development of area studies.Among them,the division between the pursuit of localized knowledge and universal knowledge has prompted two incompatible research approaches in area studies:an internal causal approach that emphasizes internal factors in a region,and an external causal approach that focuses on external factors.The fundamental reason why these two approaches are incompatible is that both approaches fail to break out the stereotype of substantivalism.In this regard,the article proposes a relational approach to area studies from relationalism,taking Southeast Asian studies as a case study.This approach not only equalizes the internal and external factors,but also takes the relationship of internal and external interactions as the research object.