“和谐论”史学之旨趣——以理查德·霍夫施塔特为例

The Essential Thoughts of "Consensus" Historiography: Taking Richard Hofstadter as an Example

出现于 2 0世纪 40年代末的“和谐论”史学 ,是美国史学的一个重要流派。它以和谐的笔调赞美美国社会内部的连续性与一致性 ,体现了二战后美国民众的普遍心态以及历史学这门学科的衍化。以“和谐论”史学的主要代表人物、美国著名的政治史学家理查德·霍夫施塔特 (RichardHofstadter)为个案 ,便于说明“和谐论”史学的旨趣。

Consensus' historiography came into being at the end of the 1940s',which became an important school of American historiography.It sang the praise of the American society's continuity and consistency and refleced the mental state of the populace and the evolution of history discipline in America.This paper selects one of the main representative figures of this school,Richard Hofstadter,a famous political historian,as a case to illustrate the essential thought of 'consensus' historiograpgy.