Open to the public, give priority to experience, and multiple methods -village governance research forms three major consensus

Beijing Daily | September 19, 2022

"Research Series of Huazhong Village Governance", published by China Social Science Press

He Xuefeng (the author is the dean and professor of the School of Social Sciences of Wuhan University)

"The inspiration, wild thinking, and straightforward style of fields"

The three major consensus of village governance research, that is, "the inspiration of the field, the wild thinking, and the straightforward style". These three major consensus are the basic consensus formed by the many years of the Chinese village governance scholars. practice. "Inspiration of fields" emphasizes the principles of experience in the study of Huazhong village governance. At present, China is in a period of unprecedented changes. The experience phenomenon is very rich. From experience, to experience, understanding Chinese experience and practice as the starting point and belonging, in understanding experience and practice It is a significant feature of the research of Huazhong village. "Wild thinking" emphasizes the diversity of theory and methods in the study of Huazhong village governance. As long as it is conducive to increasing the understanding of experience and practice, any theory and method are good theories and good methods. It is in the process of understanding and interpretation of experience and practice with various theories and methods to form various refining and generalizations, and forming Chinese social sciences based on Chinese experience and practice. Another layer of "wild thinking" is that, eclectic, bold assumptions, not afraid of making mistakes, dare to explore. The "straightforward style" emphasizes that the research of Huazhong village governance should be able to accommodate the characteristics of multi -disciplines, experience and original research. Experience research does not seem to enter the threshold, but it takes long -term accumulation and academic skills. The "straightforward style" opposes the sculpture text, builds a car behind closed doors, pays attention to things that want to talk about things, pay attention to research to the public, and pay attention to multi -disciplinary research dialogue. Opening the door for research rather than closing the door is a basic criterion for the governance scholars in Huazhong.

Based on Chinese experience and practice, Chinese social sciences are the subjectivity of China

China is in an unprecedented period of great change, and the rural population is rapidly urbanized. China is changing from a traditional country to a modern or even post -modern country. How to understand the Chinese economy, politics, society, culture, and history in the huge change, in the process of understanding and interpretation, forming the subjective Chinese social sciences, and in order to guide practice and transform practice, it has become the greatness of Chinese social sciences. mission.

Based on Chinese experience and practice, Chinese social science must be great, with the subjectivity of China, and is full of Chinese nationality and regional characteristics. The purpose of social science research is to expand our vision of observation and understanding, rather than blocking our field of vision. With the context of Chinese practice, to apply Western theories that have not been annotated and soaked in Chinese practice, it often not only cannot improve our horizons, but may block our field of vision. Only when we really enter experience and practice can our theory have the ability to restore experience and practice, can we improve our vision and practice of observation and understanding of experience and practice, and truly understand practice and transform practice.

Chinese social sciences are produced in understanding and interpretation of great Chinese experience and practice, which serves Chinese practice and is tested by Chinese practice. Such a social scientific research cycle that is based on experience -to form theoretical refinement and generalization -and back to experience is a large cycle in Chinese social science research. Only in such a large cycle can Chinese social sciences choose the correct research direction, and research can also gain rich nourishment of Chinese experience and practice. It is also the subjective Chinese social sciences produced in such a large cycle process. Only with vitality. With the large -cycle from experience to theoretical to experience, and gradually forming social sciences with the main nature of China, there will be a small cycle from theoretical to experience -then back to the theoretical dialogue. Such a small cycle is serving a kimono in the large cycle of social sciences in China.

In order to establish the subjective Chinese social sciences from experience to experience and practice, there must be scholars who really do Chinese experience research. These scholars must have sufficient experience, to form the overall grasp of experience in long -term experience surveys, and "experience", not only to refine theoretical propositions from experience, but also restore theoretical restoration to experience in experience Ability.

The only way to obtain the experience of experience is to conduct saturated experience training, and constantly immerse in experience, so as to have the ability to see the essence through the phenomenon, have the ability to integrate experience fragments, so as to truly form thinking. Saturated experience training is particularly prevents the "one touch" of experience, that is, only in the experience, the sense of weakness is out of experience to do exquisite "research". Only through saturated experience training can we use various theories and methods to analyze experience, can the theoretical summary of the problems raised in the study research can be used to make the theoretical summary of the establishment of the subjective Chinese social sciences.

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