赠地大学与美国农业社会学的发展  

Land-grant Universities and the Development of Agricultural Sociology in America

作　　者：谢彤华 XIE Tonghua

机构地区：[1]台湾东海大学社会学系,中国

出　　处：《中国农业大学学报（社会科学版）》2024年第4期184-202,共19页Journal of China Agricultural University(Social Sciences)

摘　　要：美国农村社会学的学科基础建立在赠地大学体系之上,而农业社会学的诞生与发展又深嵌于农村社会学的学科脉络中。本文以赠地大学为切入点,通过梳理学科发展史,重新审视美国农业社会学的兴起与发展。赠地大学早期的农业公共实践催生了农村社会学,但农村社会学却由于制度上对赠地大学的依附,逐渐偏离了公共性初衷。为了应对学科危机,农业社会学于20世纪70年代末应运而生,以“社会学的想象”重新勾连起现实问题与知识生产。可见,“公共性”是农村社会学以及农业社会学学科发展的关键动力之一。面对新时代的挑战,本文认为,以新姿态重返农村社区,找回公共意识,将成为美国农业社会学发展的潜在出路。而中国农业社会学的学科建设也应借鉴这一学术脉络,展开一场有机公共社会学的探索实践。Rural sociology in America is built on the land-grant universities system,while agricultural sociology is deeply embedded within the disciplinary context of rural sociology.This paper aims to re-examine the rise and development of agricultural sociology in America by analyzing its disciplinary history,with a focus on land-grant universities as a starting point.Initially,rural sociology emerged from the agricultural public practice conducted by land-grant universities.However,over time,it deviated from its original intention due to institutional dependence.In response to the disciplinary crisis,agricultural sociology came into being in the late 1970s,using“sociological imagination”to reconnect practical issues and knowledge production.It is evident that“publicity”has always been a key driving force in the development of rural sociology,including agricultural sociology.Facing the challenges of the new era,this paper argues that returning to rural“communities”with a fresh perspective and cultivating public consciousness could be a potential way forward for advancing American agricultural sociology.The discipline construction of agricultural sociology in China should also inherit this academic tradition and explore organic public sociology.

关 键 词：赠地大学 农业社会学 农村社会学 公共性 有机公共社会学 

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