Research On Discipline System Of Social Science & Humanities

The establishment of Humanities and Social Sciences and their development in modern China were inseparable from the transformation of the society and the temporal knowledge system during late Qing Dynesty and early Ming Guo period. Guided by the philosophy that "keep the Chinese culture as mainstream, using Western science as means of changing the world" and "knowledge is the basis of the politics", the late Qing and the Ming Guo Republican scholars, with the help of modern university system and the classification method of modern literature, recombined the Chinese traditional knowledge systems according to the Western classification system. Under the impact of the dominant political and economic power of modern Western world and the low self-esteem rooted in the Qing Dynasty, late Qing intellectuals could not examine or adopt the modern Western knowledge systems of humanities and social sciences with a critical point of view, let alone to evaluate the already introduced Western knowledge systems in a rational, strict and scientific manner.After 1949, the proposal of basic human and social sciences was initiated mimicking the Soviet way, which adopted a completely negative attitude towards Western Humanity and social science. This attitude makes the year after 1960s witnessed not only the aberration of the development of Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences from the Western system but also the departure of it from the traditional Chinese value and culture. Humanities and Social Sciences since 1978, although rebuilt, still lacks the necessary Chinese historical and cultural background, and the Humanities and Social Sciences discipline classification system is also chaotic comparing with the Western Social Science.Discipline is a historical concept, it is a standardized form of knowledge generated in a certain historical period. A subject system is a system that classifies knowledge. In recent years, within the realm of Chinese humanities and social sciences, exists a lot of problems related to the construction of subjects. These problems include the subject catalog revision errors, subject adjustment defects, improper academic fund support, unjustified key subject point settings, disproportionate subject development, defective academic assessment, as well as the lack of international recognition of the subject achievement, etc. All of the above mentioned problems are caused by the architecture of the discipline system in the field of Humanities and Social sciences.Chinese society is currently experiencing drastic changes. The state need urgently that the Humanities and Social Science researchers independently set up theories and systems that are equal to the structure of Western knowledge systems, reflect the historical accumulation of Chinese culture and guide China's current development. Therefore, the re-structuring of the contemporary system of Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences, making this part of science be maintained and developed by our own and solving Chinese problems with our own theories, is increasingly becoming the focus of academic attention. And to promote prosperity and development of Humanities and Social Sciences, we need first to establish a discipline system of Humanities and Social Sciences.In analyzing the establishment, change and the future development of Chinese humanities and social sciences, we take different period into account. We describe the Chinese traditional academic system in two ways:"The Reform of the Education System during Republic" and "The Evolution of Modern Literature Classification", and tried to explain the generation of concepts as "Humanities", "Social Science" and "Philosophy and Social Sciences" in the context of modern China and how they were confused.On this basis, we will analyze the problems existed in the current classification system of Humanities and Social Sciences, and use comparative research methods to re-consider the current classification system in Humanities and Social Sciences in China, and then propose a logical and practical Humanities and Social Sciences classification system framework that compatible with the international standard.Then, from a microscopic point of view, choose a subject example which has a cross-disciplinary nature of Library and Information Science for detailed analysis to combine the macro with micro. Make a comparative analysis of subject system architecture and curriculum set through LIS (Library and Information Science) in China and abroad. Propose a domestic Library and Information System discipline that set "knowledge" as the logical starting point, trying to reflect the trends of subject integration by the "merge of Library and Information Science, and archival research".Through research, we come to realize the concepts and categories of all disciplines are all produced in a particular social context, not without any restrictions and constraints. There's no general humanities and social sciences that could be independent of time. As the American sociologist, historian, economist and political scientists Immanuel Wallerstein said, "Every frame of the concept is a political choice", the study is also an effort made before the need of the contemporary Chinese society to solve the problems emerged in real life and the development in social sciences.The logic of this study can be summarized as:(1) Trying to understand the concept of Western Humanities and Social Sciences and the organizational system in Western language environment. (2) In the Chinese language environment, to analyze the Western academic system and then propose the problems in Chinese classification of the Humanities and Social Sciences issues; (3) Compare the domestic and international Humanity and Social Sciences research works and case examples, construct a systemic framework that could solve China's problems while integrate with the West Humanities and Social Science discipline system framework.Compared with the condition in the early 20th century, there's no longer any danger of national existence today. However, the changes in the world are more intense than in the early 20th century. The sense of urgency to seek development and innovation, drives academic changes that could be as drastic as before. In the new environment, the prerequisite of re-evaluation and re-construction of theory is to arrange the logic of history. Major problems could only be solved by reorganizing the academic history.The innovation of this article is mainly indicated on two aspects as follows:One, this paper raised a classification framework of Humanities and Social Sciences that consistent with traditional Chinese academic tradition and compatible with the international standards, and thus to lead and guide the domestic construction of the Humanities and Social Sciences, subject management, academic publishing, academic evaluation and literature classification.And two, is the context analysis method used. I analyzed the introduction and evolution of Western Humanities and Social Sciences system in China by the clues of the evolution of modern literature classification and university education systems. I focused on exploring and correlating the development of humanities and social sciences categorization with the transformation of modern Chinese academic trends, making it possible to obtain more comprehensive understanding. At present, the discussion about the Humanities, Social Science research and discipline system is basically generated from the perspectives of various specific subjects, or just confined to areas of historical research, which could be exemplified by the research of Min Guo classification of thinking and taxonomy. However, what we do is to put matters on the economic, political, social and cultural background in order to understand more clearly the development of Humanities and Social Sciences and the internal logic.The research of Humanities and Social Sciences discipline classification system structure is a relatively large and broad. Restricted by my limited subject areas and academic capacity, I could not make further in-depth analysis in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences architecture, and could only propose a framework of discipline system, leaving topics awaiting further investigations.