The characteristics and trends
of
historical
writing
in the People’s Republic
of
China since 1978
TON DUC THANG University
The characteristics and trends
of
historical
writing
in the People’s Republic
of
China since 1978
Tác giả:
Zhang, Xupeng
Là 1 phần của:
Historein, 2015, Vol.14 (2), p.43
Mô tả:
The December 1978 decision at the third plenary session
of
the eleventh central committee
of
the Chinese Communist Party to implement reform and opening-up marks an important watershed in
historical
studies in contemporary China. With this in mind,
historical
studies in contemporary China can be conveniently subdivided into three periods: the period from the founding
of
the People’s Republic
of
China to the start
of
the Cultural Revolution (1949–1966); the Cultural Revolution period (1966–1976); and the period starting with reform and opening-up, or the “new period” (1978 onwards). This
paper
gives a comprehensive
survey
on
historical
writing
in the People’s Republic
of
China since 1978. The
paper
has three parts. The first is about how and why Chinese historians have turned away from traditional political history to cultural and social histories. The second part analyses four paradigms in contemporary
historical
research in China: the revolutionary history paradigm, modernisation paradigm, postmodern paradigm and global history paradigm. The third part reviews world history studies in China and lists four methods that have successively been employed, namely total/integral history, modernisation history, the history of civilisational exchange and global history. The paper concludes that it is incumbent on Chinese historians to be sensitive to all foreign historiographies while steadfastly adhering to the best Chinese traditions, for only in this way can a unique and worthy model of Chinese historiography emerge.
Ngôn ngữ:
English
Số nhận dạng:
ISSN: 1108-3441
EISSN: 2241-2816
DOI: 10.12681/historein.256
Nguồn:
Freely Accessible Journals