探索与争鸣 ›› 2020, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (1): 90-97.

• 学术争鸣 • 上一篇    下一篇

社会科学本土化再论辩 |“学术软肋”抑或“边缘价值”——文化社会学视域下的本土化之辩

陈文江,王雄刚   

  • 出版日期:2020-01-24 发布日期:2020-01-24

Academic Weakness or Marginal Value ——The Debate on Localization from the Perspective of Cultural Sociology

  • Online:2020-01-24 Published:2020-01-24

摘要: 社会学本土化的争论,焦点在于是严格坚守社会科学研究的通则性(或普适性),还是利用本土资源拓展出一套本土理论方法。“伪命题”的论断触动了百年来中国学界的“学术软肋”,挑战了中国本土学者的“情感底线”。对“本土化”做文化社会学的解读,既不排斥以通则性的理论方法研究解释本土问题的必要性,也有助于消解为抵御“西方话语霸权”而强调本土化的尴尬。在文化社会学强调“价值关怀”和“意义表达”的视域里,“本土化”所彰显的恰恰是“在地化”研究对主流理论的特殊贡献。在“一带一路”背景下,“西部社会学”及其延伸出的“边缘社会学”研究,构成了文化社会学视域下本土化探索的重要一维。

关键词: 文化社会学, 本土化, 西部社会学, 边缘社会学, 学术取向

Abstract:  The debate on the localization of sociology focuses on whether to strictly adhere to the general principles (or universality) of social science research, or to use local resources to develop a set of local theoretical methods. The conclusion of “the false proposition” has touched the hundred years’ “academic weakness” of Chinese academic circles and challenged the “emotional bottom line” of native Chinese scholars. The interpretation of “localization” within cultural sociology does not exclude the necessity of studying the interpretation of local problems by general theory and method, and helps to dispel the embarrassment of emphasizing localization to resist “western discourse hegemony ”. In the perspective of cultural sociology emphasizing “value concern” and “meaning expression ” , “localization” shows precisely the special contribution of “vicinal” research to mainstream theory. In the context of “Belt and Road ”, the study of “western sociology” and its extension of “marginal sociology” constitute an important one-dimensional exploration of localization from the perspective of cultural sociology.

Key words:  cultural sociology, localization, western sociology, marginal sociology, academic orientation