中国革命史研究的取向与趋向——从“新革命史”研究谈起

Orientations and Trends of Chinese Revolutionary History Research:Rethinking“New Revolutionary History”

近年来对“新革命史”的讨论,成为史学理论研究领域的一个“热点”。就“新革命史”研究的意旨来看,主要表现出两种明显的学术取向:一是化域外理论为本土方法;二是由具体而归纳,以“小”求“大”。值得注意的是,在系列的讨论和“辨析”中,“新革命史”初期的“取向”与实际产生的“趋向”最终发生背离。这似乎说明,“新革命史”着重强调的社会史的视角与方法并不能涵盖或囊括一般意义上的中国革命史研究。推动中国革命史研究的进展,可能需要更多的研究取向,多取向、多层面、多纬度的中国革命史研究,才可能会趋向于呈现中国革命内在的系统和外在的全貌,并揭示未曾注意的而又足以警示后世的面相,为探寻中国革命规律性认识创造条件。

In recent years,the“New Revolutionary History”has become a hot topic in the field of historical theory.There are mainly two obivious academic orientations:one is to transform foreign theory into local practice;the other is to generalize from the specific,and to draw“big”arguments from“small”content.Yet it is worth noting that,through a series of discussion and“clarification”,the“orientation”in the early stage of the“New Revolutionary History”and the actual“trend”eventually diverged.It seems that the perspectives and methods of social history emphasized cannot cover all the aspects of Chinese revolutionary history.More approaches are perhaps in need to promote studies of Chinese revolutionary history.Only by studying the history of Chinese revolution in a multi-orientated,multi-leveled,and multi-dimensional way,we can understand the internal logic and external outlook of Chinese revolution.Only by doing so,we can reveal the aspects that has not been noticed but significant to restore the true face of the revolution for future generations,and create conditions for further exploring the general principles of Chinese revolution.