The sciences that drive human civilization range from natural to philosophical social sciences. According to general secretary xi, “the level of development of a country depends on the level of development of both the natural sciences and the philosophical social sciences. A country without developed natural sciences is unlikely to be among the world's leaders, and a country without prosperous philosophical social sciences is unlikely to be among the world's leaders.” as part of the new quest to modernize china in a chinese form to promote the construction of a strong nation and the revival of its nation, to promote cultural prosperity and build a strong nation, it is necessary to speed up the construction of chinese philosophies and social sciences。
China-style modernization to usher in a new era of philosophical social science
In order to promote development, mankind has invented science and technology, which have brought human civilization to new heights. Every scientific progress and technological leap in human society is accompanied by great intellectual and cultural achievements. The west has begun the process of modernizing human society. In this process, the renaissance and enlightenment movement has given rise to a modern philosophy of social science. After the second world war, as the centre of the modern development of the world moved from western europe to the united states, the centre of philosophical social science moved from western europe to the united states and ushered in a new wave of development and prosperity. Whether it is based on the construction of modern human values or on the construction of modern human systems, philosophical social sciences are born in conjunction with the development of modern human beings, whose development centres must be shifted with the transfer of modern development centres, whose core concerns change with the new process of modern development。
Today, human society is going through an era of progress from industrial to digital civilization, when the chinese-style modernization that we are promoting is at hand. This determines that china-style modernization has not only common features of modernization and distinctive features based on national circumstances, but also a unique mission of its own. China's modernization requires the creation of new forms of modernization and human civilization adapted to the digital age. With the development of the new form of human civilization created by china's modernization, the core concern for the development of philosophical and social sciences is bound to usher in a new era. Today, we are embarking on a chinese-style modernization to usher in a new era in the development of philosophical social sciences, with a focus on building an autonomous knowledge system of chinese philosophical social sciences。
The foundation and mission of building an autonomous knowledge system for philosophy and social sciences in china
Max had a famous saying: “the philosophers only interpret the world in different ways, and the problem is to change it”. This sentence, while clarifying the attributes of the existing system of philosophical and social scientific knowledge, also points to another new path created by the system of philosophical and social scientific knowledge, namely, the construction of new and autonomous knowledge systems in the great practice of changing the world by using dialectical and historical materialism as a world view and methodology. The autonomous knowledge system has not only deepened the understanding of the patterns of human social development, but has also opened up a new horizon for human social development and a new era of progress in human civilization。
Any society that embarks on a process of modernization and moves towards a modern society requires revolutionary social renewal, in which self-renewal is the most fundamental and the most fundamental of which is the transformation of the culture of thought and the renewal of the knowledge system. In recent times, the modernisation of china's civilization has been followed by the “west-west china” approach, the “westization” of the national era and the socialist culture-building practice led by the communist party of china. The communist party of china has proved to be the centrepiece of the leadership that successfully promoted the modernization of chinese civilization. The communist party of china, guided by marxism, insists on “the two unions” and, in the course of revolutions, constructions and reforms, forged the cultural fundamentals required for the modernization and development of chinese civilization. According to general secretary xi, “any culture must have its own subjectivity if it is to be viable and far-reaching, and if it is to be led, cohesive, shaped and radioactive”. Cultural subjectivity is a prerequisite for the realization of the spiritual independence and autonomy of the chinese nation and is the foundation for the construction of an autonomous knowledge system of chinese philosophy and social sciences. Over the course of more than a hundred years of struggle, the communist party of china has vigorously promoted theoretical, institutional, cultural and other innovations based on practice, laying the foundations for the construction of an autonomous knowledge system of philosophy and science in china, giving direction and shaping power。
Spiritual foundations and dominant forces. The innovative development of knowledge systems is carried out in the interaction of human spiritual and practical activities, and practice is the basis and spirit is the key. Comrade mao said: “when the chinese learned marx leninism, the chinese moved from passive to active.” it was in that spirit of initiative that the chinese people chose marxism to arm themselves with the world view and methodology of marxist science; the communist party of china was chosen to follow the path of socialism. All of this quickly gave rise to a new cultural force for the modernization of chinese civilization, consolidating and developing its own cultural identity。
Practical basis and direction of development. In the process of the modernization of chinese civilization, the party and the people have succeeded in moving out of china's special socialist path through hard work and re-exploration, constantly creating a new situation in china's special socialist cause and strengthening the nation's road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural self-confidence, thus providing the most important practical basis for building an autonomous knowledge system of chinese philosophy and science。
Physical basis and historical mission. Since the beginning of the reform and opening-up process, and with china's modernization, the country's economic and social development has achieved remarkable achievements worldwide, laying a strong material foundation for building an autonomous knowledge system of chinese philosophy and social sciences. At the same time, the new form of human civilization created by china's modernization will certainly push china's philosophy and social sciences to build a new knowledge system capable of leading and advancing the progress of human civilization, thereby truly standing in the world's academic forest。
Strategic path for building an autonomous knowledge system for philosophy and social sciences in china
The construction of an autonomous knowledge system for the philosophical social sciences in china requires attention to overcome some of the current problems in the development of philosophical social sciences. For example, academic rhetoric is still more prevalent, with no complete exit from western knowledge systems and little capacity for autonomous innovation; knowledge systems, for example, are somewhat alienated from their origins, are not sufficiently linked to the roots of chinese civilization, china’s historical development, and the great contemporary chinese practices, have lost their source of inspiration; and so on. If we do not return to our own depths, rise to the height of humanity and move to the forefront of the times, we will not be able to fully reflect on and respond to “the questions of china, the questions of the world, the questions of the people, the questions of the times” highlighted by general secretary xi。
China's system of autonomous knowledge of the philosophy and social sciences is being built on the basis of the socialism of china in the new era of xi jinping. It will be guided by the idea of chinese identity in the new era of xi jinping. It will be guided by the idea of xi jinping's culture. It will be guided by the world view and methodology of marxist science. It will be guided by chinese practice, the development of modernity and human progress. It will be guided by the idea of “two combinations”. It will continue to promote intellectual innovation, theoretical innovation and methodological innovation. It will continue to deepen the systematic study and scientific interpretation of the party's innovation theory。
To deepen the theoretical interpretation of the marxism of the chinese era, it provides new ideas, ideas and methods for the creation of human knowledge. To construct an autonomous knowledge system of chinese philosophy and social sciences, to use the marxist world view and methodology, to elaborate in depth the original and contemporary concepts and theories of the chinese modern marxism, to refine the new ideas, new ideas and new methods embedded in the chinese modern marxism to enrich philosophical social science research, and to endeavour to make our country the world's knowledge centre for the study of major issues of human social development in marxist world view and methodology。
A profound grasp of the vast changes that have not occurred in the world for 100 years has provided a powerful response to the major theoretical and practical problems facing human social development. The recent developments in the united kingdom, france, germany and the united states show that the development of their knowledge systems is directly related to their respective and effective responses to the major issues of the era of human civilization. Today, world change, times change, history change are taking place in an unprecedented manner, and “what happened to the world, what we do” is a matter for the whole world to think about. At such a stage in history, who can give answers that are in keeping with the patterns of human social development, who can be the leader of human ideas, ideas and values, who can be the framer of world development issues and who can have the right to lead future development。
Actively leading the development of human society into the new world, making china's autonomous knowledge system a new force for the development of human civilization. China's modernization has created a new form of human civilization that will lead to the development of human society. Today, in the face of a peace deficit, a development deficit, a security deficit and a governance deficit, we can build on marxist scientific theory and the great practice of our country's development, transcending western values and institutional hegemony and advancing human and social development through china's autonomous knowledge system。
To grasp the profound changes that the digital age has brought to human society and to innovate the philosophical and social science system of the digital age. Every major breakthrough and development in science and technology will broaden the world view and inspire innovation in the world and its methodological approaches. As the world enters the digital age, it provides an opportunity and a realistic basis for the emergence of western logic and western models for philosophical and social science research. We want to seize the opportunities of this time, with a scientific world view and methodology, to proactively use the new technological and information resources generated by networks, information and data, to innovate research methods, to broaden academic horizons, to open up new academic fields, to construct china's autonomous knowledge system of philosophy and social sciences and to innovate the system of philosophy and social science of the digital age。
(by the president of the people's university of china)
