摘要
知识人既富在乡的经验,又经离乡后的历练,在20世纪以降的现代性追求中回望故土,留下了堪作社会史文献的故土记事。江南记事所关怀的底层社会,所触及的风土经验,所观照的日常共同体都是社会史特别倾心的生活面相。基于不同的价值观,知识人在对江南底层社会的现代性关怀中着意凸显某种生活状貌;依凭早期积累的日常经验,知识人深度理会江南风土世界的隐秘逻辑;通过对基本生活单元的特别关注,知识人在纵横交错的全盘视野中观照江南日常共同体的内部结构、历史情境及其与外部环境的关系。作为一手生成的社会史文献,江南知识人的清末民国故土记事以非常个性化的方式,区别于传统时代的文人浪漫书写,不仅在生活素材、历史解释和思维方式等方法层面,更在史实、史料与史家的关系等理论层面,对社会史书写贡献良多。
Having grown up in the countryside and also gathered traveling experiences beyond their hometown,the educated class in the lower Yangzi Delta left us with a rich body of hometown records about China's transformation in the late Qing and early Republic period. These hometown records,which are termed by the author as the 'gutu jishi 故土记事,'offer eyewitness accounts of the country,usually showing a heightened concern for the life of the common people,which tends to be the focus of attention among social historians. Based on their different value systems,the authors of these hometown records reveal a variety of life experiences in the Yangzi Delta region. As they were native writers,their writings help expose the inner and inherent logic of the social fabric,drawing special attention to the basic units in everyday life. They provide unique insights on the relationship among the internal structure,the historical contexts and the external environment outside the region. As personal accounts,these records also differ from the romantic writings of the previous ages, hence are useful narratives for contributing to the study of social history. Overall,these writings are primary sources in historical study; using them would enhance our study of the history of the Yangzi Delta at both methodological and theoretical levels.
出处
《史学理论研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2016年第3期35-45,158,共11页
Historiography Bimonthly
基金
国家社会科学基金项目“近代江南乡民日常生活研究”(11BZS073)的阶段性成果
