迈克尔·曼的社会权力史及权力史观述评

迈克尔·曼是第三代历史社会学家中的杰出代表。他的社会权力史别出心裁、匠心独具 ,理论上讲是马克思·韦伯“社会理想型”研究方法的延续。曼的社会权力史涵括整个人类史 ,其解释力强、角度新颖、理论性强。但是 ,其权力史仍是欧洲中心主义的 ,并且在其中 ,作为历史组成部分的个人消失了。

On Michael Mann's History of Social Power and His View of Power

Michael Mann is one of the distinguished among the third generation of historical sociologists.From the theoretical view point,his history of social power is the continuation of Marx Weber's "Social Prototype" study.His social power history covers whole human history with convincing interpretation,new angle and strong sense of theory.However,his social history is all the same "Europe Centered",and the individuals,as a component of history,vanish in his study.