Social Sciences in China (Chinese Edition)

No.9, 2019

Losses in the Hermeneutic View of Historical Nihilism and the Reconstruction of the Knowledge Map of Interpretation

(Abstract)

Zhang Zhengwen

The losses in the hermeneutic view lead to the failure of the theoretical scene-shift. Contemporary historical nihilism is often expressed through various forms of interpretation that lose the public nature of knowledge, which means that they are destined never to become a public cultural achievement with universal significance. In view of this, it is necessary, in the writing of contemporary history, to stick firmly to the basic principles of historical materialism, take as one’s  value claim the correct historical view of making a return to interpretation, fully integrate and absorb the excellent theoretical resources of Chinese tradition and Western modernity, present the true picture of historical facts with scientific attitudes, methods and standards, clarify the evolving lineage of thought, and return to the authenticity, truth, and knowledge of history. Thus the writing of contemporary history truly eliminates historical nihilism, reconstructs the knowledge map of interpretation, and achieves cultural perfection through the highest historical truth.