历史的想象力:处于因果陷阱中的《作为变革动因的印刷机》

胡翼青 戎青

国际新闻界 ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4) : 20-31.
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历史的想象力:处于因果陷阱中的《作为变革动因的印刷机》

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Historical Imagination: “The Printing Press as an Agent of Change” is in a Causality Trap

  • Hu Yiqing is associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing University. Email: newsfox@nju.edu.cn.
    Rong Qing is graduate student at the School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing University.Email: qingqingrong319@163.com.
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伊丽莎白·爱森斯坦与其媒介社会史巨著《作为变革动因的印刷机——早期近代欧洲的传播与文化变革》在因果关系的各个方面都难以自圆其说。她宣称印刷机是变革动因,但实际上却论证了它是变革诱因;她在多变量解释与单变量解释的两难境地中不能自拔;她甚至使用了因果倒置的假设与推理。然而这些都无损《印刷机》一书的理论价值。整体性思维以及对研究问题的重新陈述使该书充满了学术的想象力。

Abstract

Elizabeth Eisensten and her social media historical masterpiece “The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early-Modern Europe” are difficult to justify her own arguments at all aspects. She claimed that the printing press is an agent of change but it is proved to be innovation incentives in her analyze. She was frozen in the dilemma of univariate and multivariate interpretation, beyond that, she even used the causality-inversed assumptions and reasoning. However, these drawbacks didn’t harm the theoretical value of the book “Printing Press”. The comprehensive thinking and restatement of the study made the book full of scientific imagination.

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因果关系 / 想象力 / 印刷机 / 伊丽莎白· / 爱森斯坦

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causality / imagination / printing press / Elizabeth Eisensten

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胡翼青 戎青. 历史的想象力:处于因果陷阱中的《作为变革动因的印刷机》. 国际新闻界. 2014, 36(4): 20-31
HU Yiqing RONG Qing. Historical Imagination: “The Printing Press as an Agent of Change” is in a Causality Trap. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2014, 36(4): 20-31

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