The Research Of The Correlation Between Modernity And Social Sciences

Modernity, as an era of ethos, refers to the norms and ideals which dominate the changes of modern society, with the pursuit of human emancipation and freedom, people's rational supremacy as its core. In this sense, the enlightenment rationality gradually awakens our human beings out of the bondage of traditional thinking such as sorcery and enchantment. The enlightenment rationality conquers nature so that man can live an easy life. In this process, Enlightenment rationality is gradually divided into instrumental rationality and value rationality. With the rapid transformation in modern society,instrumental rationality gradually permeates all areas of social life and gains a dominant position, leading to a recession of rational value. This imbalance made the great achievements of the modernity, but caused great disaster to human society. It is along with modernity that Social Science is generated and continues growing. The emergence of instrumental rationality has a positive impact on the establishment of social sciences and its scientific status as well as its subject legalization. Meanwhile, it also has its limitations to ontology, methodology, epistemology and axiology.In this paper, I will analyze enlightenment reason and discuss modernity to reveal the plight and the significance of the modern nature, trying to find the solutions to the dilemma. It can be divided into five parts, including the introduction, three chapters and the conclusion. In the introduction, it includes the major situation of the domestic and international research in this field and the main points of the modern post-modern critical theories. It also briefly describes the origins, subjects, purpose and the meaning of the paper. The first chapter focuses on the meaning of modernity, its core values and the impact on Social Science;The second chapter introduces Kant's, Max Weber's and Habermas's modern thoughts. It also reorganizes their social and scientific thoughts and its impact on contemporary social science.;The third chapter discusses the Emergence of the Problem of Modernity, the hegemonic position of instrumental rationality and its influence, revealing the indelible role and significance of modernity. In the conclusion section, the paper made a brief summary and conclusion, attempting to achieve the integration of the instrumental rationality and the value rationality in order to promote healthy development of society.By discussing and analyzing the connotations and the value of the modernity, the paper is aimed at finding the relationship between modernity and Social Science, trying to find a way for the modernity, so as to make the society a healthy and harmonious development goals.