【作者简介】景军，清华大学社会学系教授，主要研究方向为社会学南部理论、医学社会学和应用社会学。

【文章来源】《社会学评论》第4期

【内容提要】本文界定了何为南部理论，讨论了发展中国家的学者对南部理论所做的贡献、南部理论的对抗性何在，以及南部理论对当代中国人文社科界的意义，阐释了为何南南知识合作有益于全球社会理论建构。我国人文社科界固然要建立具有本土特色的学科话语权，然而也很需要秉承大道之行的信念和天下为公的精神，将我们长期以来已经习惯的东西方学术对话延伸到发展中国家，将发展中国家的学术贡献作为丰富我国人文社科思想的养分，为打造真正具有全球视野的社会理论做出应有贡献。

【关键词】南部理论，南南合作，发展中国家，全球视野

【全文链接】http://src.ruc.edu.cn/CN/Y2023/V11/I4/28

What Is Southern Theory?

JING Jun

Abstract：This paper defines what Southern Theory is and discusses what contributions certain scholars of developing countries have made toward Southern Theory, where we should locate the critical thrust of Southern Theory, and the implications of Southern Theory for Chinese social sciences and humanities. It also explains why South-South cooperation in knowledge production is beneficial for the construction of global social theories. This paper argues that, despite the necessity in Chinese social sciences and humanities to develop and maintain an indigenous discourse, it is also necessary to hold onto the proposition that a public and common spirit rules all under heaven when the grand course of wisdom and virtues is pursued. Accordingly, we should extend our tradition of conducting academic dialogues between the East and the West into the regions of the Global South, because the development of truly global social theories must include an effort to draw upon the nourishments from social sciences and humanities in the developing world.

Keywords:Southern Theory, South-South cooperation, the developing world, global perspective