Reflective History and Critical Reflection on Historiography/反思史学与史学反思 [Chinese]

By 王明珂

History and reality, texts and memory-all are laden with distortion. How, then, can we discern the true essence of things? 历史与现实，文本与记忆，无不带有偏见，如何洞察本相？ Reflective Historiography and Historiographical Reflection is a new work by the renowned historical anthropologist Wang Ming-ke. It serves as the epistemological foundation for his seminal books such as The Chinese Periphery, The Qiang between Han and Tibetan, Heroic Ancestors and Fraternal Peoples, and The Nomadic Alternative. Through key conceptual tools-human ecology, reality/representation, identity/memory, text/context-the author proposes an analytical method to uncover the underlying reality of society from its representations (whether in texts, images, films, or social events). This approach integrates multiple social science disciplines into historical study, forming what Wang terms "reflective historiography." It also embodies his critical reflection, as a historian, on the discipline of history itself. The author aims to equip readers and researchers with a piercing insight, much like the discerning eyes of the Monkey King, enabling them to see through the distortions of canonical knowledge, perceive the true nature of the external world and its historical transformations, and develop a grounded understanding that inspires both critical reflection and active engagement. 《反思史学与史学反思》是著名历史人类学家王明珂的新作，其内容是《华夏边缘》《羌在汉藏之间》《英雄祖先与弟兄民族》《游牧者的抉择》等著作的知识论基础。作者通过人类生态、本相／表相、认同／记忆、文本／情境等概念，提出一种由表相（文本、图像、电影、社会事件等等）认识社会现实本相的分析法。这是一种结合多种社会科学的历史学研究，作者称之为 "反思史学"。同时也是作者作为历史学家对史学的反思。作者希望读者／研究者能因此练就如孙悟空的火眼金睛，能看透被典范知识蒙敝的真实世界及其历史变化过程，对外在世界有真实体认，以及反思与反应。

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN: 7208136181
• ISBN13: 9787208136182
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Cnpie Group Corporation
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"