基于唯物史观的经济思想现代化谜题重探

A Re⁃exploration of the Modernization Puzzle in the History of Economic Thought based on Historical Materialism

“为何在古代取得光辉成就的中国传统经济思想未能先于西方实现现代化而陷于落后”是长期困扰中国学者的重要问题。本文基于唯物史观,通过对客观社会存在与经济思想的解构,探究这一经济思想的现代化问题,为当前我国现代化进程中的中国经济学体系发展提供启示。文章着眼16世纪至19世纪中叶,综合考察以中英学者经济思想结构演进特点为表征的主观因素和以两国国情变迁为表征的客观社会存在因素,在比较中分析社会存在的变化对经济思想演进的影响,构建经济思想演进的系统论框架。研究发现,同时期的经济思想演进与国情因素变迁共同构成经济思想的演进系统,经济思想的现代化演进是国家现代化进程在经济学家主观意识上的投射,这种经济学家主观意识与客观社会存在在经济学上的统一正可对经济思想现代化谜题作以系统回应。

“Why did Chinese traditional economic thought,which made brilliant achievements in ancient times,lag behind Britain in realizing modernization”is an important problem perplexing Chinese scholars for a long time.Based on historical materialism and through the deconstruction of objective social existence and economic thought,this paper explores the modernization of this economic thought so that to provide enlightenment for the development of Chinese economic system in the process of Chinese modernization.Focusing on the 16th century to the mid-19th century,this paper comprehensively investigates the subjective factors represented by the evolution characteristics of economic thought of Chinese and British scholars and the objective factors represented by the changes of national conditions of the two countries,constructs the systematic framework of the evolution of economic thought in the comparison.It is found that the evolution of economic thought and the changes of national conditions in the same period constitute the evolution system of economic thought.The modernization evolution of economic thought is the projection of the process of national modernization on the subjective consciousness of economists.The unity of economists'subjective consciousness and social objective existence in economics can make a systematic response to the“Needham Puzzle”in the history of economic thought.