摘要
由于古代史料的性质和近代早期历史写作目的的影响,从古代到近代早期的西方,古代史基本为政治和军事史以及大人物所统治,社会经济与普通人遭到忽视。21世纪的古代史写作,大多将政治史排挤到相对次要的地位,普通人及其日常生活成为主要内容,其笔下的古代世界,着重古希腊罗马公民的社会生活以及影响公民生活的诸种政治和经济因素。古代史主题变换与研究转型,既与学者们对史料的认识以及对社会科学方法的借鉴有内在联系,也与西方史学注重公民活动的传统相关。世界古代史研究仍需在掌握语言工具的基础上,更多地借鉴现代社会科学理论与方法,实现从理论、方法到内容的转型,深入古代社会的历史。
Due to the nature of the source materials for ancient history and the aims of early modern historiography,Western writing on ancient history from ancient times to the early modern period has basically centered on political and military history and the rule of great men,to the neglect of social and economic history and the lives of ordinary people.In the 21st century,however,political history has largely been relegated to a relatively secondary position,with ordinary people and their daily lives becoming the main contents.In writing about the ancient world,historians highlight the social lives of Greek and Roman citizens and the various social and political factors that affected them.The change of themes and directions in research on ancient history has an inherent relationship with scholars' understanding of source materials and their use of social science techniques,as well as with Western historians' traditional emphasis on civic activities.Studies of the history of the ancient world need to borrow more modern social science theories and methods in order to develop in-depth research on ancient societies based on mastery of linguistic tools.
出处
《历史研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2012年第2期147-162,192,共16页
Historical Research
基金
教育部人文社会科学研究规划基金项目"古典世界的民主与共和政治"(批准号:11YJA770059)中期成果
