学术社会史的理论特质与实践路径

The Theoretical Characteristics and Practical Approaches of Social Intellectual History

学术社会史根源于中国文化精神和推进学术史研究的内在需要,旨在超越学科畛域,从社会史视角研究学术的衍生、传播和兴替。学术社会史采用实证方法,多维度地研究学术与社会之间的互缘、互动,重视学术史的民间脉络和变易性,将研究重心从学术的思想史、观念史转向社会史。研究学术衍生的家族环境,学者的交游、结社,尤其是学者的情感及心态史,仍然是学术社会史的重要实践路径。学术社会史显示了方法论自觉,裨益于拓展、深化学术史研究。

The so-called"social intellectual history"is rooted in the spirits of Chinese culture,and its rise was driven by the inherent demands to advance the field of intellectual history.It aims to transcend disciplinary boundaries,examining the evolution,dissemination,and transition of the scholarly world through the perspective of social history.Social intellectual history investigates the mutual effect and interaction between academic and society from multiple dimensions,based on evidential studies.It emphasizes the genealogies or networks of unofficial learning and the variation of intellectual history.It shifts its focus of research from intellectual history and history of ideas to social history.There are several important approaches of social intellectual history such as lineage discourse,scholarly networks,and especially the emotional and mentality history of scholars.As a methodology-oriented new branch,social intellectual history shows the consciousness of methodology,which is beneficial to extend the depth and breadth of intellectual history.