How to Interpret an Ever-Changing World： The Role of Humanities and Social Sciences研究.pdfVIP

WithintheAcademe 149 How toInterpretanEver-ChangingW orld： TheRoleofHumanitiesandSocialSciences Lin Xi 1．Introduction TheworldsurroundingUS：isever-changing．Totalk aboutchangesis notmerelyarhetoricgame，aspertainingtOthetraditionalphilosophical debateon the impossibility ofreturning tO the same thing attwo di ：rentmoments． encapsulated in Heraclitus’S famous saying that “Peoplecannotsteptwiceintothesameriver．”Thisfrivolousplaywith wordsdoesnotunderlinetheimportancethatthispaperseekstOattach to the topic ofchange in ourworld．ashuman socieyt iSindeed experiencingprofound and fundamental changes．These changes，as wellasahuman curiositytO explain them ．heatthecoreofacademic inquiryintothechangesinoursurroundingworld．How humanitiesand thesocial sciencescanplayabetterrolein explainingtheworldaround USis，therefore．an issueIDffirst-rateimportance．Several recentevents atFudan soughtto interpretthe changesin ourworldby research in humanitiesandsocial scienIces． 2．ThePerspectiveofInternationalRelations Firstofal1．therehasbeenafeW concertedeffortstO decodetheinter— staterelationsin today’S wodd．as，notably．ourplanetiSfirstand foremostdivided intodistinctpolitical units．theforlTlofwhich isby littlevarianceprovidedbynation-states．Echoingthemedia’Sobsession with Chimerica．i．e．．therelationship bewt een ChinaandAmerica。 several activitieswereheldtOunderstandSino-USrelationsbetter．On Mav5-11，2011．adelegationfrom theCenterforAmericanStudiesat FudanUniversiyt(CAS-Fudan)，ledbyProfessorShenDing-h沈丁立， wenttO theUStOattendaconferenceandvisitrelevantthink tanks． ThedelegationfirstvisitedDenverUniversiyt ．wheretheconferenceon 150 FudanJournaloftheHumaniteisandSocialSciences “Transformation ofUS-ChinaRelationsin the21“Century：Issuesand Challenges” wasjointly organized with the CenterforChina-US Cooperation attheUniversity ofDenver．Thisconference discussed