由英国学者约翰·霍布森所著的《西方文明的东方起源》是一部主要探讨现代西方文明起源的历史社会学著作。作者在充分吸收近年来学界最新研究成果的基础上,对现代西方文明的起源这一宏大问题提出了自己的独到见解。该书土面世以来即引起了国内外学者的关注,不少学者都对其作出了高度评价。本文打算对该书的写作宗旨和主要内容进行简单的梳理,并对本书较之以前同类主题著作的一些新颖之处和存在的问题谈一点自己的看法和感想,不当之处还请各位方家指正。 The Oriental Origin of Western Civilization, by British scholar John Hobson, is a historical sociological work that focuses primarily on the origins of modern Western civilization. On the basis of fully absorbing the latest academic achievements in recent years, the author put forward his own unique opinions on the grand issue of the origin of modern western civilization. Since the advent of this book, it has aroused the concern of scholars at home and abroad, and many scholars have highly appraised it. This article intends to write a simple outline of the book’s writing and the main content, and the book compared to previous works of the same kind of novelty and existing problems to talk about their own views and feelings, the wrong place also invited you House correction.