Subjectivities of the Scientific Endeavor:Noting the Illusion of Objectivity in the History of Science and Medicine

The history of science and medicine has long been steeped in the notion that they are objective(untainted by the philosophical and ideological ebbs and flows of society)and utilitarian(doing what is best for the greater good).Because of this,scientific and medical epistemologies and praxis are often held to an esteem that is unquestioned,celebrated,and occasionally unchecked.A closer look at the history of science and medicine,however,readily reveal the extent to which the milieu of society has informed scientific and medical endeavors.As such,an understanding of how the subjectivities of scientific and medical endeavors situate within our contemporary disciplines and practices is significant to one’s ability to truly understand said disciplines.Likewise,such an evaluation will provide insight into our role in perpetuating the illusion of objectivity in these fields.With this in mind,this paper provides a philosophical and historical examination of the concept of objectivity(in contrast to subjectivity)in science and medicine.

Classic Translation and Humanistic Spirit in the Age of AI

This article hopes to explore a question:in the era of artificial intelligence,do we still need traditional translation of canonical texts,and how is such translation possible?Artificial intelligence has an all-round impact on the world’s productivity,and translation is the first area to be challenged.With the increasing accuracy and optimization of big data computing,daily translation,business translation,simultaneous interpretation and even general academic translation are gradually being replaced by machine translation.In this context,whether the canon translation by scholars is still meaningful has become a question that must be asked.This article believes that translation of canonical texts will never be out of date,and it is precisely in this era that the canon translation with academic standards and humanistic spirit are more needed by academia and society.The contemporary task of canon translation is not only translation and introduction,but more importantly,the inheritance and construction of its own academic history and humanistic thoughts,as well as the understanding and cultivation of human history,civilization and humanistic spirit.

Gu Jiegang’s “Discussion of Ancient History” Movement and It Relationship with Developments in Western Sinology

The scholarship in modern China is closely related to Western sinology in terms of school ties.Gu Jiegang’s launching of the"Discussion of Ancient History"movement centered on the"theory of the accumulated creation of Chinese ancient history"was a representative example.At the beginning of the movement Hu Shi and Gu Jiegang proposed the notion that,"there was no history before the Eastern Zhou Dynasty"which was indebted to the historical skepticism by Philip Van Ness Myers(American scholar)and Friedrich Hirth(German sinologist)of the same period.The idea that"the Shang Dynasty is still in the late Stone Age"advocated by Hu and Gu was also directly influenced by J.G.Andersson’s An Early Chinese Culture.Conversely,American sinologist Arthur W.Hummel Sr played a key role in introducing and evaluating the first volume of Discussion of Ancient History to Western academia.Paradoxically,while Swedish sinologis Bernhard Karlgren wrote On the Authenticity and Nature of the Tso Chuan to refute Kang Youwei’s reinterpretation of Confucian Classics(The Forged Classics of the Wang Mang Period),his work however became of value for Chinese historic doubt scholars to reaffirm the value of New Text Confucianism and advance the"Discussion of Ancient History"movement.If we would like to choose a saying to describe the relationship between the"Discussion of Ancien History"movement and Western Sinology,the Chinese proverb,"Stones from other hills may serve to polish jade of this one,"may be an appropriate choice.

Fatal Accommodations： The Record of Teachers＇ Unions in the McCarthy Era

While professional associations connected to higher education such as the American Association of University Professors fought to defend its members against the anti-communism of the 1950s, evidence suggests that teachers＇ unions failed in this role. Drawing upon the archival records and publications of the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association, the following paper argues that the ideological inclinations of union leaders hindered their efforts to protect K-12 public school teachers. The attacks on academic freedom rights during the McCarthy era would thus have implications for years to come in regard to the ability of K-12 teachers to exercise their intellectual autonomy.

Writing on Boundaries: The Split Subject in Chinese Canadian Literature

This article provides a conceptual grasp of the corpus of work produced by Chinese Canadian writers and a framework for analysing its tropes and interpreting their political resonance. It defines the Chinese Canadian work as a three-phase counterhegemonic discourse: Writing back into a forbidden past; negotiating into the present; writing on boundaries. For the ambivalent, split diasporic subject to negotiate into the present from the forbidden past is to reinscribe itself as a locus of crisis, a non-identity, a doubling, a third term. Writing on boundaries can be read as a strategy of decolonization deployed by the subaltern in striving for self-vindication and self-fulfilment.

A Brief Introduction of Yi Xue Shi (《医学史》 History of Medicine)

The book Yi Xue Shi(《医学史》History of Medicine)was written and edited by Cecilia Mettler and Fred Mettler couple,published in 1947.The book is about the literature research of systematic introduction to the history of medical development worldwide.The book provides a detailed description of the development of various medical disciplines and subjects through various documents and the authors and publication dates.Especially,Prof.Mettler has introduced the Chinese Yin and Yang(阴阳)and the five element theory(五行学说)and Shen Nung’s Materia Medica(神农本草)in this book.

二战后ethnohistory在美国学界的兴起

本文立足于相关的西方文献材料,对二战后ethnohistory在美国学界的兴起与表现做了详实细致的历史考察,从国别的角度揭示了西方历史人类学发端与肇始的一种实然状态,为研究西方历史人类学及其兴起背景提供了一种新的路径。

The construction of the Chinese academic system:Its history and present challenges

The rise and development of China’s academic system is a process that started from“passively accepting Western Learning”to today’s“catching up with Western Learning and even exceeding it”.In the last century,China experienced a turbulent and unstable social environment in which academics and politics have always been intertwined.As a result,the internal logic of China’s academic system shares similar characteristics with its Western models,but is unique in certain ways at the same time.In the complex and inseparable relationship between academics and politics,which involves both love and hate,the logic that academics must serve political needs,on one hand,establishes the co-existence of the academia and the government,which provides a relatively stable environment for academic activities within the system;on the other hand,it also jeopardizes the ecological environment in which the academics can develop according to its own internal logic.For exactly the same reasons,even at present,internalization means something special and complex for Chinese academia because,on one hand,it truly represents academia’s strive to meet international standards;on the other hand,the pushing factor behind this“voluntary”stance is still state and political power.

The Ultimate Female Auteur： Visuality, Subjectivity, and History in the Works of Peng Xiaolian

Peng Xiaolian is a rare and prolific Chinese author who writes both fiction and non-fiction works and directs both dramatic and documentary films. Peng has not only written, cowritten, or rewritten all the screenplays of her eight dramatic features and two documentaries but is also the author of one novel, twelve novellas, over a dozen short stories, four book-length memoirs, three collections of film reviews, and numerous essays. The existing scholarly studies, however, nearly all focus on Peng＇s dramatic films, with much less, if any, attention directed at her writing and documentaries. To really understand Peng as a film auteur, however, it is necessary to look at her films and writings together. Given the quantity and complexity of her works and the space limitations of this article, I examine Peng＇s subversion of the conventional treatment of character, location, and time in three thematic sections reflecting the key narrative motifs in her work. I first summarize existing studies of Peng＇s films, highlighting the rarely examined interaction between visuality and spatiality in her films. Then, after defining her sense of time in narrative, I demonstrate how family history and self-reflexivity are the major difference between her films and her nonfiction works. Last but not least, I discuss how, through her use of multilayered narratives constructed by the female voice and subjectivity, her complete repertoire constitutes a unique history of modern Chinese women. This article aims to demonstrate how, through her use of multilayered narratives constructed by the female voice and subjectivity, her complete repertoire constitutes a unique history of modern Chinese women.

Zhu Huan and the Textbook Compilation of the World History in China

Zhu Huan(朱寰,1926-2020)was a famous historian and history educator in China.As a member of the first generation of Chinese world history scholars,he made outstanding contributions to the discipline construction of Chinese ancient world history,especially the medieval world history.In many academic fi elds,such as Columbus and the Great Navigation,the origin of ancient Russian nation.

克尔凯郭尔与卢卡奇马克思主义哲学观的流变

克尔凯郭尔并非卢卡奇偶然提及的学术注脚,而是其理解马克思的背景支援。卢卡奇在不同时期都对克尔凯郭尔作了选择性评述,并将其接受或重构马克思主义哲学的曲折心路历程逐一呈现:通过质疑克尔凯郭尔在人与世界相统一问题上遭遇的“审美—伦理”悖论,青年卢卡奇从心灵掘进到阶级意识,将“主体—总体”辩证图式看作马克思的认识论地平,由此创作出《历史与阶级意识》;之后,为回应该书引起的争议,盛年的卢卡奇以批判克尔凯郭尔的非理性主义为契机,尝试清除“主体—总体”辩证图式中残余的主体形而上学痕迹,开始在方法论维度正视生产实践与经济规律间的有机联系;及至晚年,当卢卡奇立足社会存在,抨击克尔凯郭尔有关主体优先性的宗教幻象时,他又把社会性的“自在—自为”运动内嵌于人性的“主体—总体”辩证图式,并根据超然的悟性,默认马克思主义哲学是将经济规律置于从属地位的劳动本体论,再度退回《历史与阶级意识》的主体形而上学谋划。不难看出,在卢卡奇臧否克尔凯郭尔与马克思的“主体—总体”辩证桥段中,当事人对“人之实然性和应然性的现实统一”问题所秉持的龃龉心态暴露无遗。这也恰好说明,卢卡奇一生都徘徊于正统的马克思主义与人道的马克思主义之间。

国外力量训练学术研究百年发展历程的情报学解读——基于Web of Science的数据

运用文献资料调研、数理统计、专家咨询、聚类分析等研究方法,对国外力量训练学术研究领域百年发展历程进行了阶段划分,并对领域发展做出卓越贡献的国家/地区、研究机构、作者、来源出版物、资助基金、学科等要素的分布特征及变化规律进行了分析,识别出了肌肉肥大与力量增长的生理生化基础、抗阻力量训练与内分泌激素的关系、抗阻力量训练中的物质补充、抗阻力量训练与骨骼肌蛋白质代谢的关系、抗阻力量训练对身体成分及骨矿密度的影响、不同肌肉工作方式对力量训练效果的影响以及不同人群(包括各类疾病患者)的力量训练问题研究等7个领域研究的重要主题。

A Review of Studies on Sino-Vietnam Relations Under Tributary System(AD 968-1885)

For a long time,the concept“Nei Wai(内外―center-periphery)”has been used to construct the narrative of the backwarded pre-modern East Asian history.While over emphasizing the effect of the center(Nei),it just simply ignored the reactions from the marginal entities(Wai),as ancient China and its neighboring countries’tributary relations could offer us the classic paradigm.In the knowledge world and historical writing records before the establishment of the national states,the period after Vietnam politically independent to China,the most intricate relations between the two countries,or dynasties,we could still find so many similarities of politics and culture in China and Vietnam,which is far beyond the summarized conditions as tributary relations.On the basis of the previous academic construction of Zong Fan relations and applying the research path of decentralization in the view of global history,we can explore and interpret such tributary and diplomatic relations from various perspectives and thus a multi-dimensional,high definition and colorful past of communications between countries is projected to us by the voiceless,motionless,and monotone historical materials.

Before Citizen:Lyric Subjectivity and the Language of Experience in Claudia Rankine’s Nothing in Nature is Private

This essay analyzes Claudia Rankine’s first book,Nothing in Nature is Private,showing that although the book is formally dissimilar to her later work,it includes themes that continue to be foundational to her writing practice.From the title of the first poem,“American Light,”in this first book,to the subtitle of her two most recent books of poetry(“An American Lyric”)Rankine has dwelt in the history and multiple meanings of the“American.”Nothing in Nature is Private allows us to deeply consider a black female subject’s relationship to the American landscape,history,and literary lineages.Moreover,this analysis enlarges debates both about how subjectivity is framed and how it is related to poetic form.

一级学科视域下中共党史党建学理论的建设

作为一级学科,中共党史党建学要有源自并属于本学科的理论,中共党史党建学理论是必设的二级学科。搭建中共党史党建学理论自主的整体性框架,主要包括基本结构层面和功能运行层面。前者针对的是内部组成要素,涉及本体论、认识论和方法论;后者则针对研究过程中的边界与操作,从学理上将中共党史党建学理论研究同史学理论研究、政治学理论研究等相邻学科理论区分开来。作为独立的学科,中共党史党建学理论既不要理论依附、理论移植,也不要理论泛化,而是基于理论与实践通过有机联动、相互支撑、共同发展等手段而最终定型。中共党史党建学理论,不仅能够促进学科建设,更有利于服务中国共产党的治国理政。

教育交往史:教育史研究新的生长点

教育交往史作为教育活动史的有机组成部分,理应成为教育史学的一个重要研究领域。教育交往史的提出,是基于历史唯物主义的理论引领,是顺应社会科学视野下移研究趋势的学术实践,也是丰富教育史学研究的有益探索。教育交往史研究的开展,将有益于教育史研究内容的不断丰富,进而便于在回溯与阐释中重建教育历史的阐释逻辑,在提炼与反思中提供当今教育变革的历史镜鉴。教育交往史研究是对教育主体为实现人的有价值发展而在教育过程中通过各种方式交往互动历史的探讨,主要包括志缘交往、业缘交往、学缘交往、趣缘交往、情缘交往、地缘交往、血缘交往等维度。当前,开展教育交往史研究,要树立问题意识,加大史料挖掘力度,拓宽理论参照广度,纵横延展研究领域。

学术汉语教学的内涵界定及课程体系优化

随着国际中文教育走向深入发展阶段,学术汉语需求增加,学术汉语教学开始成为研究热点。文章首先厘清了通用汉语教学与专门用途汉语教学,学术汉语教学与职业汉语教学、科技汉语教学、专业汉语教学的关系;界定了学术汉语教学的内涵,并讨论了将学术汉语教学划分为通用学术汉语教学和专业学术汉语教学的必要性。通过与学术英语教学的发展历史进行对比,发现学术汉语教学没有发展起来的深层原因主要是科研支撑不足。通过借鉴学术英语课程设置,提出了为不同层次留学生增设学术汉语相关课程的建议。文末呼吁学界须未雨绸缪,超前布局,加大学术汉语相关研究,通过学术汉语教学,实现来华留学生中文教育的转型升级。

History of China Automotive Industry and History off China Automotive Industry-Special Subjects

A historical picture scroll devoting to the evolution, policies, strategies, achievements, issues, lessons, experiences and entrepreneurs which have influenced and reflected the complicated development of 40-year China auto industry——a vitally important sector of China’s economy can be seen by opening the two great books——"History of China Automotive Industry" and "History of China

近年来日本学界构筑“新世界史像”的探索

20世纪90年代以来,在回应国内社会需要以及受西方史学理论潮流影响之下,日本学界在审视既有研究基础上出现了探索“新世界史像”热潮。全球化时代的世界史书写、世界史与全球史的关系以及区域史与世界史的关系等问题为理论探讨热点。在史观方面,提出应突破欧洲中心史观、近代化论、国民国家论、进步史观等的束缚。在研究广度上,主张吸纳全球史优长,拓展时空观念、重视联系性、强化薄弱区域和领域的研究。2016年开始出版的《密涅瓦世界史丛书》及2021—2023年出版的《岩波讲座世界历史》较集中反映了近年的新进展。尽管日本学界“新世界史像”探索成绩斐然,但尚未能构筑自身成熟的理论体系。