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Author: Yu Hong
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Problematization of disciplines refers to the way in which intellectual scholarship has, until now, primarily posed, established, explored, and answered questions in a disciplinary manner, forming categorized knowledge and insights, as well as categorized problems. Problematization of disciplines refers to the critique of the problematization of disciplines, revealing the partiality, obscurity, absurdity, and limitations of disciplinary knowledge and insights, and dismantling the boundaries of disciplinary problematization. On one hand, the modernization process has accelerated the construction of disciplinary problematization in knowledge, while on the other hand, it has sparked reflective skepticism and critique of disciplinary problematization. However, the tension and conflict between the problematization of disciplines and the problematization of disciplines have never reached equilibrium; history has always leaned toward one side. Broadly speaking, intellectual scholarship before the 20th century tended to lean toward the problematization of disciplines, while the problematization of disciplines was regarded as "heresy." Since the 20th century, intellectual scholarship has leaned more toward the problematization of disciplines, while the problematization of disciplines is considered "conservative." It is clear that some of the major issues we face and discuss today, such as globalization, post-colonialism, modernity, post-modernity, ecological crisis, technological rationality, gender, mass media, power discourse, and so on, are difficult to attribute to any single discipline, and no discipline can provide all the concepts and logic to answer these questions. Additionally, past "natural," "social," "historical," "reality," "truth," "science," "progress," "self," "language," "human," "divine" questions, which were once answered in disciplinary ways, have become new problems and have been re-problematized in non-disciplinary and interdisciplinary ways. This is an era where new problems constantly emerge and old problems are resurrected, yet it is also an era without predetermined promises or answers. Today, the significance and weight of academic thought no longer depend on whether it can become part of disciplinary knowledge, but rather on whether it poses meaningful questions or provides meaningful approaches to solving meaningful problems. Facing the problem itself does not mean being non-historically immersed in nothingness; the existing history of problems and disciplinary knowledge are our entry points into the problem, but they are not predetermined exits. Perhaps only when we learn to find new exits can life open up new horizons. Facing the problem itself also means not only emphasizing problem awareness but also emphasizing the attempt to problematize, i.e., the attempt to pose and answer questions beyond existing problem patterns, especially the attempt to problematize personal lived experiences. To this end, Problem aims to explore a non-disciplinary publishing approach, focusing on 3-4 thematic issues per issue, composed of thematic essays, thematic translations, thematic discussions, thematic interviews, and thematic book reviews. The selected themes are not restricted by discipline but are primarily evaluated for their problematization value. Additionally, Problem adheres to an anonymous peer-review system to ensure academic quality and fairness.