New Construction And The Transmutation Of Humanistic Academic Research In The Seventeen Years Of The People’s Republic Of China

New Construction made an important contribution to the transformation process from "Academic Studies in the Republic of China" to "Academic Studies in the People’s Republic of China".The launch of New Construction in 1949 not only conveyed the desire of intellectuals to reshape their academic path with Marxist Thought,but also carried the intention of the the Communist Party of China to unite the Democrats to build the People’s Republic of China.The seventeen years of the People’s Republic of China is an important period for learning Marxism,criticizing bourgeois idealism,and remodeling the domestic ideological field.As the earliest newspaper in New China that published Marxist theory,New Construction plays a crucial role in learning and promoting Marxism and reforming the thoughts of old scholars.Whether from the study of On Practice and On Contradiction,or the overall criticism of the Biography of Wu Xun,A Dream of Red Mansions and Hu Shi’s thought,New Construction closely followed the pace of The Times.New Construction actively participated in the exploration of the historical system in the early days of the People’s Republic of China.New Construction provided a"learning garden" for Marxism-Leninism,which attracted scholars to participate in academic discussions and intentionally guide the rediscussion of the issue of the periodization of ancient history in the People’s Republic of China,to construct the theoretical system of historiography in the People’s Republic of China.In 1959,as a"free journal under the leadership of The Communist Party of China",New Construction,which was managed to the Chinese Academy of Sciences,further played a role in the discussion of the history of Chinese peasant wars,providing a broader stage for the debate of "historicism and class views".New Construction has played an important role in promoting the transformation of the literary and artistic field in the seventeen years of the People’s Republic of China.At the beginning of its publication,New Construction grasped the dynamics of the literary field,devoted itself to the development of literary theory,and paid attention to literary and artistic creation guided by the ideology of "socialist realism".Under the"the combination of realism and romanticism",New Construction also gives its own answers to the reanalysis of classical literature and the practice of how to create heroic images.In addition,New Construction has made an irreplaceable contribution to the establishment of the field of aesthetic research.New Construction plays a unique role in the transformation and construction of humanities academic research in the 17 years of the People’s Republic of China.The investigation of the academic history of New Construction is of great significance to deal with the tension between academia and politics and to understand the academic changes in the early period of the People’s Republic of China.