社会和谐问题研究的历史、现状及思考

History, Current Condition and Thinking of Social Harmony Research

作为社会存在和发展的一种状态,社会和谐在中西方哲学中都有丰厚的研究历史。现阶段,由于理论和现实发展的双重诉求,在西方学术界出现了以社会冲突理论研究为主体、多种研究并举的社会和谐研究热潮。在我国,也出现了中西方哲学和谐思想研究不断推进、马克思主义社会和谐思想的发掘和应用异军突起的研究格局。综合社会和谐问题研究的历史与现状,笔者认为,当前社会和谐问题研究中仍有几个问题需要重点关注,如社会和谐的本性界定和研究方法的选取,社会和谐认知的依据与评价标准的设定等,这些关键问题的解答,不仅将从整体上推进社会和谐问题研究的不断深入,而且也将及时有效地指导我们的社会认识与实践。

As a state of social existence and development, social harmony thinking is not only efficiently embedded in Chinese philosophy and Western philosophy, but also exists in Marxism writings. In the Western academic realm has arisen an enthusiasm about social collision and social harmony research because of the twofold requests on theory and realistic development. In our country a great propulsion and a great achievement have been made in Chinese and Western philosophy's harmony thinking and in Marxism social harmony research. Three issues in social harmony research are considered in this paper such as the definition of social harmony essence, the choice of research methodology, evaluation device etc by viewing the history and the current condition. These issues can bring social harmony research on the whole deep into an extensive realm and also will direct our social cognition and practice.