Fernand Braudel,the great French historian in the 20 th century who has highly enlightened the whole social science studies,brought up geo\|historical structuralism and pluralistic thought on historical time.However,m...Fernand Braudel,the great French historian in the 20 th century who has highly enlightened the whole social science studies,brought up geo\|historical structuralism and pluralistic thought on historical time.However,many people criticised the conservative implications in Braudel’s thought.After serious analysis,we find the problems mentioned in those criticisms are directly related to our understanding on history,even related to our attitudes toward life in world.This article attempts to elucidate the characteristics of Braudel’s historical thought,his rational thoughts,the conservative tendencies in his works,as well as the effects they have potentially caused on the readers.By construing a paradox between Braudel’s historical theories and his active historical practice,the article tries to demonstrate what responsibility a historian should undertake to history and reality as a social practioner.展开更多
文摘Fernand Braudel,the great French historian in the 20 th century who has highly enlightened the whole social science studies,brought up geo\|historical structuralism and pluralistic thought on historical time.However,many people criticised the conservative implications in Braudel’s thought.After serious analysis,we find the problems mentioned in those criticisms are directly related to our understanding on history,even related to our attitudes toward life in world.This article attempts to elucidate the characteristics of Braudel’s historical thought,his rational thoughts,the conservative tendencies in his works,as well as the effects they have potentially caused on the readers.By construing a paradox between Braudel’s historical theories and his active historical practice,the article tries to demonstrate what responsibility a historian should undertake to history and reality as a social practioner.
