面对人文学术危机,学术期刊当如何作为?

How should Academic Journals Act Facing the Crisis of Humanities?

所谓“人文学术危机”,也就是作为文学、史学、哲学和艺术等学科而呈现的“人的学术”即人文学术的生存危机。中国当下人文学术危机的成因,表现于宏观层面,是拘泥于传统理念的回归,欠缺甚至拒斥中外人文交流与互动;就学界及其管理思维而言,是重“术策”轻“学思”、重功用轻基础、重“有用之用”而轻“无用之用”,功利主义思维盛行;就人文社科研究项目的组织方式而言,重“大兵团式作战”而轻“单兵细作”,深沉的学术创发供给不足;就学术评价体制而论,则是形式化定量评价独占鳌头、内质化定性评价几无踪迹。欲扭转人文学术日陷危境的态势,学术期刊共同体自然责无旁贷,宜舍术向学,回归本真;宜尊重传统,塑就品牌;宜同行评议,定性为先。

The so-called “crisis of humanities” is the crisis of the survival of humanities,which is “the study of man” taking the form of the disciplines of literature,history,philosophy and art.The cause of China's current crisis of humanities,at the macro level,is the rigid adherence to the return of traditional concepts and the lack or even rejection of international humanistic exchanges and interactions.As far as the academic circles and their management thinking are concerned,the crisis is caused by emphasis on “skills” over “academic thinking”,emphasis on function over foundation,emphasis on “useful use” over “useless use”,and prevalent utilitarian thinking.In terms of the organizational structure of humanities and social science research projects,emphasis is placed on “large-scale team style operations” while neglecting “individual meticulous work”,resulting in insufficient supply of profound academic innovation.As far as the academic evaluation system is concerned,the crisis is triggered by the dominant formal quantitative evaluation and the absence of the intrinsic qualitative evaluation.In order to reverse the situation of the humanistic crisis,the academic journal community is naturally duty-bound,should give up skills for studies,return to the truth,respect tradition and create prestigious journals,give priority to peer review and qualitative evaluation.