ABSTRACTS
Historicalmaterialismprovidesthestance,viewpointandmethodologyforourinvestigationofcontemporaryissues,aswellasthefundamentaltheoryandmethodologyforourresearchintohistory.Itinvolvesknowledgeoftheessenceofthehistoricalprocess,or,asitisusuallyreferredto,theontologyofhistory.Italsoinvolvesawayofunderstandinghistory,i.e.anepistemology,methodologyandvaluesforthestudyofhistory.Thetwoareunitedinhistoricalmaterialismandthereisnoquestionoftheirbeinginopposition.Inaccordancewithhistoricalmaterialism,onemaysumupbysayingthathistoricalfactsarenon recurring,historicalphenomenapossesssimilaritiesandhistoricallawsrepeatthemselves.Withoutaproperunderstandingoftherespectivefeaturesofhistoricalfacts,phenomenaandlawsandtheirinnerconnections,itisimpossibletoestablishasoundtheoryofhistory.
(3)TheThreeTemporalDimensionsofHistoryandThreeParadigmsforUnderstandingIt
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Historicalresearchshouldadoptthreetemporaldimensions,thenatural,thesocialandthespiritual,andshouldestablishempirical,theoreticalandexplanatoryparadigmsforunderstandinghistoricalfacts,lawsandmeanings.Suchresearchneedstobaseitselfonwell orderedmulti layeredstudiesatvariousdisciplinaryinterfaces,realizetheauthenticity,objectivityandvaluesofhistoricalresearch,andcometoascientific,effective,rationalandintegralunderstandingofhistory.Thisapproachbringshistoryvividlytolifeinthecurrentculturalcontextandrevealstheculturalvalueofthewholeofhistory,bringingaboutthetranscendentaldesignofandhumanistconcernwiththefutureofactualsubjectsandmakingitpossibletoeffectivelyexplorethepathoffreedominhumansocialdevelopment.
(4)TheAwakeningofConsciousnessofHermeneuticalMethodology:FromProtestanttoRomantic
HermeneuticsPanDerong 63 Theexplanatorypatternofnaturalsciencefacilitatedtheconstructionofthemethodologicalsystemofmodernhermeneuticsbutdidnotleaddirectlytotheemergenceofhermeneutics.Theinterveningperiodsawthesuccessionoftwotheoreticalapproaches,namelyProtestantandromantichermeneutics.InthecaseofProtestanttheology,theideasofscientificmethodologyinteractedwiththe methodologyofexegesis"inherentintheprincipleof textualinterpretation"advancedbyProtestanttheology,givingrisetoamethodologicalconsciousnessandauniversalsystemofrulesofinterpretation.Inthecaseofromantichermeneutics,thegrowthofreflectiononhermeneuticmethodologychangedtheoriginalstimulusfromscientificmethodologytoaninnateimpulse;italsocategorizedandprovidedatheoreticalelucidationofthefactorsinhermeneuticsonthebasisofadistinctstance.Fromadifferentperspective,romantichermeneuticsprobesdeeplyintothedisciplinarynatureofhermeneuticsandintotypesofunderstandingandinterpretationandtheirtheoreticalfoundations.ItwasonthebasisofthesedevelopmentsthatSchleiermacherfinallyestablishedgeneralhermeneutics,theinitialformofmodernhermeneutics.
(5)WhataretheSourcesoftheRapidGrowthinChineseTaxRevenues?AnExplanationwithinthe
FrameworkofTaxCapacityandTaxEffortL BingyangandGuoQingwang 76 ThispaperadoptsthetheoreticalframeworkoftaxcapacityandtaxefforttoanalyzethesourceofrapidgrowthintaxrevenuesinChina.Afterthetax sharingreform,China slongstandingandrapidtaxgrowthwasmainlyattributabletothefollowingthreefactors:thestrongstimulusofthecontractualnatureofthedecentralizationofpowersinthetax sharing