灾害史研究的学科归属

从过去几十年的研究进展看,灾害史学科归属问题向不为人所注目讨论,在经历了多年模糊不清的学科定位以后,灾害史研究面临诸多制约因素并在领域拓展、学科建设等方面产生一系列影响作用。基于灾害史研究的内史性质,论述了灾害史研究与科学技术史学科之间的逻辑关系,根据科技史学科体系分类办法,将灾害史研究归并于科技史三分法体系下的应用科技史序列,与历史学领域的灾害史研究并行不悖。

On the Disciplinary Status of Disaster History Research

The ambiguous disciplinary status of disaster history has not received much academic notice or discussion over the past few decades. Disaster history research is faced with many restricting factors, yet it has considerable influence in terms of field development and discipline construction. Taking the internal history nature of disaster history research into consideration, this paper discusses the logical relationship between disaster history research and the discipline of the history of science and technology. It proposes that disaster history study should be assigned to the disciplinary category of the history of applied science and technology according to the threefold system of the history of science and technology. This would be provide a compatible and complementary disciplinary partner with disaster history research in the field of history.