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1994年5月16—20日,由中国社会科学院世界史所、历史所、近代史所、上海行政学院等联合举办的“评魏特夫《东方专制主义》研讨会”在沪举行。该课题组成员和有关专家共27人出席了会议。 与会者首先指出,美国卡尔·A·魏特夫于1957年出版的《东方专制主义——对于极权力量的对比研究》一书,是西方冷战政策的产物,因而具有鲜明的反苏、反共、反华的政治意旨。但它资料丰富,并以理论形态和学术作品的面目出现,因此我们对它不能采取简单否定的态度,而应通过研究,以科学的态度从理论、学术上加以分析批判。 魏特夫理论的出发点,是他首创的“治水社
From May 16 to May 20, 1994, a seminar entitled “Comment on Wertheffer’s” Oriental Despotism “co-hosted by the World History Institute, the Institute of History, the Institute of Modern History, and the Shanghai Administration Institute was held in Shanghai. A total of 27 members of the group and related experts attended the meeting. At the outset, participants pointed out that the book ”Oriental Absolutism - A Comparative Study of Totalitarian Powers“ published by Carl A. Weitef in 1957 was the product of Western Cold War policies and therefore has a clear anti-Soviet and anti-communist, anti- Anti-Chinese political intention. However, due to its abundant information and its appearance in both theoretical forms and academic works, we can not adopt a simple negative attitude toward it. Rather, it should be critically analyzed theoretically and academically through research and from a scientific perspective. The starting point of the Wittof theory is his pioneering ”flood control community."