SocialSciencesinChina

AbimonthlyNo.2March2011

ABSTRACTS

(1)TheContemporaryConstructionoftheChineseSystemofAcademicDiscourse

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Editor sNote:ThegreatsocialandeconomicachievementsinChinasince1949,andespeciallyinthepastthirtyplusyearsofreformandopeningup,havetosomedegreeremoldedglobalideasofdevelopment,offeredamajorchallengetovariousWesterntheoriesanddoctrines,andprovidednewopportunitiesforthecontemporarydevelopmentofhumanitiesandsocialsciences.Inordertomeetthechallengesofourtimeandthedemandsofsocio economicdevelopmentandtoadvancetheconstructionofanacademicsystemwithChinesecharacteristics,aChinesestyleandaChinesespirit,SocialSciencesinChinaPresshelditsthird(September2009,Xi an)andfourth(August2010,Yichun)forumsonsocialsciencesfrontierstudiesinChinawithNorthwestUniversityandHeilongjiangUniversityrespectively,onthesubjectof thecontemporaryconstructionoftheChinesesystemofacademicdiscourse."Onthebasisofthetwoforums,wehaveorganizedthissetofarticles.

ProfessorWuXiaomingfromtheSchoolofPhilosophyofFudanUniversitybelievesthatwhatiscrucialishowcontemporaryacademicdiscoursecanenterdeepintothespecificcontentproducedbyourhistoricalpractice,sothatthiscontentcanbetrulygraspedintellectuallyandstudiedacademically.ProfessorBingZhengoftheCenterforFundamentalsofPhilosophy,JilinUniversity,arguesthatcontemporaryphilosophicalthemesanddiscoursesystemsshouldchangewiththerequirementsofculturaldevelopmentandthatweshouldexploreanewnationalspiritbasedonculturalreflectionsandculturalcritique,theconstructionofspecificculturalideasandculturalinheritanceandinnovation.ProfessorQuLindongoftheSchoolofHistoryofBeijingNormalUniversityholdsthatweshouldconstructthe skeleton"ofahistoricaldiscoursesystemincontemporaryChinaonthebasisofanewunderstandingofMarxisthistoricalmaterialism;strengthenresearchonthelegacyofChinesehistoriographyasamajorsourceofthisdiscoursesystem;and,withabroadfieldofvisionandanopenmind,learnfromanddigestthepositivefindingsofoverseashistoriographyasasupplementtotheChinesediscoursesystem.ZhengHangsheng,fromtheCenterforStudiesofSociologicalTheoryandMethodofRenminUniversityofChina,believesthatChinesesociologyhasundertakenanodysseyfromunconsciousnesstoconsciousnessinpromotingthelocalizationofsociology,creatingacademicdiscourseandgraspingacademicdiscoursepower.Tomovefromtheperipherytothecenter,Chinesesociologymustgainabettercontrolofdiscoursepowerandreachthecommandingheightsofdiscoursepoweronabasisoftheoreticalconsciousness.ZengLingliang,theCheungKongProfessoroftheInstituteofInternationalLawofWuhanUniversity,pointsoutthattheconstructionofthediscoursesystemofinternationallawincontemporaryChinashould,ontheonehand,systematicallyreflectthebasiccontentandfundamentalfeaturesofcontemporaryinternationallawandjurisprudenceandtheirdiscoursesystem,andontheotherhand,comprehensively,correctlyandinatimelywayembodyChineseinnovationsinthisregardsince1949,especiallyinthepastthirtyyearsofreformandopeningup.

(2)TheSignificanceofHistoricalMaterialismforHistory SomeReflectionsontheFacts,the