Social Position And Misson Of The Times On Historiography

The development of historiography has experienced different historical stages. Generally speaking, each important changes advances new requirement to historiography. Therefore you can see apparently the social functions of historiography. It gives references to politics and assists managing the states, hence undertakes the function of educational morals. It lets us better understand the reality and social life, helps us have clearer understanding of ourselves. It helps people to recognize the relationships between mankind and nature in order that people seize the present and look forward to the future. The functions of historiography oriented its social status in society. For quite a long period of time, historiography has a close relationship with politics and enjoys a revere social status.In our today's world, the modernization move pioneered by science and technology is rapidly expanding and arouses profound impact to the history of mankind and historiography is certainly involved in the trend of restructuring of human knowledge. "Historiography Crisis" proposed in the nineteen eighties not seem to diminish even nowadays. Historiography meets with quite a few difficulties: that is, historiography moves from "Core" to "edge" which makes historians hard to keep abreast of the times; Academic results by historians meet with obstacles during the process of transferring into normal social knowledge; The comparatively impoverished material circumstances of historians and historiography. "Historiography Crisis" is now even an international issue. These crises are the outcome of social restructuring and changes, but it has certain relationships due to the lack of concern by historians, one-sided approach to historiographic specialization and weak theoretical studies.To face all these difficult situations, one must undertake reforms to the status que of historiography and open new fields of studies. We need to reform the purpose of such studies for the sake of combining recognizing the past with the reality. One need to upgrade historiography study from the then experienced studies to the now theoretical studies and make historiography a real sector of science. To reform the means of expressions of historiography so that it becomes popular to the ordinaries and gives historiography new vitality. And in the meantime to strengthen studies and development of historiography theory, to make great findings through our efforts in expanding historical outlook and knowledge tank of history., overcome the many misfortunes and weaknesses and give full play to its social functions.Due that modern science and technology is popularized in production and life practices in our global modern world, it promotes the shape of new knowledge structure and ideology, which has aroused the great development of historiography. The theoretical study of historiography starts its development, the use of new technology and new method has broadened the range of times of the whole historical studies, the appearances of qualified modern historians have advanced the development of historiography, thus makes trend of diversified development in historical studies. One must understand that meanwhile historiography meets with challenges from the world because of the changes of times and globalization. Times needs historical science, we must see clearly our realities and overcome crisis of historical studies and keep pace with the times and change our ideology. One must insist and develop materialistic conception of history guided by maxims and conform to the requirement of the times. One must acquire a global historical outlook to absorb modern theoretical results and approach and combine history study with the progress of modern science. One must lay stress on studies of counter measure and would be issues in the process of strengthening basic studies of historiography and embody its distinct spirits of the times. By doing so, we can therefore fully realize its social and science functions of historiography, correctively determines the social orientation of historiography, and in the last fulfill the glorious mission of historiography granted by the times.