History and the Present (Second Issue)

Author: Chen Qineng, Ni Guowei, Editors
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Currently, historical research is no longer limited to the exploration of historical facts but requires a more critical and analytical perspective to re-examine past historical thought, aiming to truly achieve the goal of "judging the past, teaching the present, and benefiting the future." In this sense, those who study the history of historiography are no longer merely historians but a group of intellectuals concerned with the fate of humanity. Frankly, history, like other disciplines, has also encountered the issue of globalization. Globalization, in essence, seeks commonality and thus overlooks uniqueness. This uniqueness, in the context of historiography, manifests as national identity, meaning that globalization compels historians to focus on the study of universal history. This comparative research first needs to pay attention to the comparability between things. Here, we do not consider the specific types of historical comparative research but examine why the comparative study of Chinese and Western historiographical thought holds great value in the field of history, focusing on the comparability of time and content.