Moments in the Methodology of Meso History

Meso history is that branch of the history of sociology that focuses on social relations, that is, patterns of connection among groups, group members, and group meanings, as explanatory factors in the shaping of sociology. The methodology of meso history consists of strategies for discovering, documenting and patterning connections. This paper explores those strategies in terms of three moments generic to the research process in social science– moments of movement from intellectual curiosity to conceptualization, from research question to data collection and from data to presentation of findings–focusing on the distinctive permutations on this research process that occur in the practice of meso history.     

Practising family history: ‘identity’ as a category of social practice

Research on family history argues it performs the task of anchoring a sense of ‘self’ through tracing ancestral connection and cultural belonging, seeing it as a form of storied ‘identity‐work’. This paper draws on a small‐scale qualitative study to think further on the identity‐work of family history. Using practice theory, and a disaggregated notion of ‘identity’, it explores how the storying of family histories relates to genealogy as a leisure hobby, a form of historical research, and an information‐processing activity; and examines the social organization of that narrativity, where various practical engagements render certain kinds of genealogical information more, or less, ‘storyable’. Key features of ‘identity‐work’ in family history, such as the construction of genealogy as a personal journey of discovery and identification with particular ancestors, emerge as a consequence of the procedures of family history, organized as a set of practical tasks. The paper explores ‘identity‐work’ as a consequence of people's engagement in specific social practices which provide an internal logic to their actions, with various components of ‘identity’ emerging as categories of practice shaped within, and for, use. Focusing on ‘identity’ as something produced when we are engaged in doing other things, the paper examines how the practical organization of ‘doing other things’ helps produce ‘identity’ in particular ways.     

Handling Missing Values in Longitudinal Panel Data With Multiple Imputation

This article offers an applied review of key issues and methods for the analysis of longitudinal panel data in the presence of missing values. The authors consider the unique challenges associated with attrition (survey dropout), incomplete repeated measures, and unknown observations of time. Using simulated data based on 4 waves of the Marital Instability Over the Life Course Study (n = 2,034), they applied a fixed effect regression model and an event‐history analysis with time‐varying covariates. They then compared results for analyses with nonimputed missing data and with imputed data both in long and in wide structures. Imputation produced improved estimates in the event‐history analysis but only modest improvements in the estimates and standard errors of the fixed effects analysis. Factors responsible for differences in the value of imputation are examined, and recommendations for handling missing values in panel data are presented.     

历史和人生的自然生态观--重新解读苏轼《念奴娇·赤壁怀古》词

苏轼<念奴娇·赤壁怀古>词并无积极和消极的矛盾,用自然生态观点来看待历史和人生是<念奴娇·赤壁怀古>词的基本主旨.这也符合苏轼的文学观和人生观及其亲身实践.他的文学成就和政绩说明这种自然生态观自有它的意义.     

情境教学:历史教学的一种有效方法

所谓历史情境教学就是根据情境教学理论、历史学科特点和学生学习历史的认知规律,在历史课的教学过程中,针对具体教学的目的和内容,综合运用多种教学方法和手段,积极创设特定的教学情境。通过在教学实践中遵循情境教学的若干原则和方法,可以激发学生的学习兴趣,进而使学生的主体性得到充分的发挥。     

20世纪初的科学观念及其对历史学的影响

19世纪自然科学的进展，其科学精神深深地影响着20世纪的学术界。反映在历史学上，则对历史观、认识论、方法论以及价值观等方面产生了深刻的影响。新历史考证学思想的兴起、近代实证史学的建立，从某种意义上说，就是在这种科学观念、科学精神的影响下产生的。     

《资本论》中的世界史观探析

马克思的《资本论》蕴含着丰富的世界史观,主要体现在包括了"世界市场"的内容的《资本论》写作构想和研究资本主义社会的世界历史视野上。挖掘《资本论》中的世界史观思想资源,尤其是认清世界市场的重要地位和作用,对于理解马克思思想本身的连续性、马克思主义其他经典作家的有关阐述,以及当代全球化状况等,都有重大的理论价值和意义。     

新解释学:马克思哲学思想史的方法论辨识--评阿尔都塞的思想史论模式

在西方马克思主义哲学中,阿尔都塞是以科学方法论标识自己的哲学特征的.当他的这种准结构主义解释模型进入马克思主义哲学史研究领域时,的确给前苏东式思想史论以猛烈的冲击.其中令人耳目一新的观点,就是他对思想史目的论和起源论的批判.此外,阿尔都塞还对传统马克思哲学史研究中著名的"颠倒说"进行了反向审省.     

德国历史学派与!" 世纪经济学方法论之争的启示

在资本、商品与信息在世界范围内流通的全球化时代,一个随之而来的问题是,来自不同社会与不同文化传统的人们应当以什么样的方式面对这个时代,并且在保持差异的前提下和谐相处。之所以出现这个问题,是因为全球化时代的技术进步与创新改变了物质生活的样貌。但是,“大量传送而无社会中介”的信息未曾将第三世界贫民窟的居民的行为变得像好莱坞电影中的男女主角一样,却使他们感到陌生、吸引、迷惑与无助。实际上,这大概是所有人的困境。在四处流传的信息中包含着如此多样的行为方式,以致于人们只好转过身去,在“某种文化遗产、某种语言、某种…