Political Science Development In China's Early Political Modernization:Central To The Period From1926to1937

Politics was introduced into China at the end19th century as a foreign subject, and there came a thirst of translating of the introduction to political science and textbooks in academia while political science majors and courses established in educational system. For one thing, with the widely establishment of political science among national higher institutions, either Peking University that evolved from old school, Tsinghua University which turned its image from Study-in-American preparatory school, or Yunnan University which was running its hard time in southwest China, all started their own exploration in aspects like curriculum setting and intellectuals cultivation and later gained universal recognition with the formation of their own manner. For another thing, national political science institutions and research centers had been set up bringing up various political theories and thoughts which lively discussed and designed about future China's political blueprint and growing path. Through such practices, political science courses won broad approval and significant social influence.It not only produced theoretical support to China's political modernization, but also greatly affects real political construction by experts and professionals'support. After the revolution of1911, China was facing a great historical task to construct democratic political system and to realize political modernization of searching to be a modern nation. Especially during the period between the North Expedition successfully unified China to Japan started its invasion to China, Nanjing National Government had been exploring the way of political modernization under the system of political tutelage. During this time, political science provided intellectual supports for nation's construction; politics scholars devoted themselves into building up political science subject, academic career, and actively got involved in real political construction. By taking part in these political activities within the system, many of them voluntarily joined or be invited to hold senior positions in government who directly became participants of this political construction process; outside the system, they discussed political affairs, shape social public opinion, influenced government's policy making or worked as outsider's brainpower. Political involvement from the outside considerably led national political process in the same way. At the same time, political scholars consciously combined this subject with China's reality, transformed course teaching and theory research study that adjusting to China's political environment, made political science becoming an active element in early China's modernization and be localized.Exploring political science courses'development in early China's modernization, we can uncover that political courses, political scholars and real political practices had formed fine interactions which were of important reference and value to today's political science development and great practices of the construction of political civilization in socialism China with distinctive characteristics.