社會學與歷史學的關係曾經是那樣的緊密，在閱讀社會學的古典三大家作品時，我們很難區分究竟我們閱讀的是歷史學的作品？還是社會學的作品？然而伴隨以實證論為首的研究典範以及社會科學學科制度化的過程，社會學與歷史學漸行漸遠，取而代之的如同Fernand Braudel所言：「歷史學和社會學之間的對話是兩個耳背者之間的對話。」（Braudel，1980）

晚年許多學者堅信社會學與歷史學之間必將能搭起一座跨越疆界的橋梁，重新找尋歷史與社會交會時所產生的能量。C.Wright Mills指出，如果沒有融合「歷史學」與「傳記」，如果不去了解宏觀的社會進程如何融合個人經驗及其家庭經驗，如何賦予它們意義，我們幾乎不可能理解人類之間的關系。因而探究歷史與社會之間如何在生活層面交會，而有不同的闡述與解釋，就成為本門課的一個焦點。

課程安排的部分，將順著年鑑學派的演變，作為本學期上課的主軸。課程搭配各學者的研究方法、史觀以及其文本做為對照，觀看在不同的生活層面中，學者們如何進行分析與探究。期望透過這些文本的閱讀，能在方法跟主題上豐富我們的歷史想像。

The relationship between sociology and history was once so close. When reading the works of the three classical masters of sociology, it is difficult for us to distinguish whether we are reading works of history? Or a work of sociology? However, with the research paradigm headed by positivism and the process of institutionalization of social science disciplines, sociology and history have gradually drifted away. Instead, as Fernand Braudel said: "The dialogue between history and sociology is a dialogue between two deaf people." (Braudel, 1980)

In their later years, many scholars firmly believed that sociology and history would be able to build a bridge across borders and rediscover the energy generated when history and society meet. C. Wright Mills pointed out that without the integration of "history" and "biography", without understanding how macro-social processes integrate personal experience and family experience, and how to give them meaning, it is almost impossible for us to understand the relationship between human beings. Therefore, exploring how history and society intersect at the level of life, with different elaborations and explanations, has become a focus of this course.

The course arrangement will follow the evolution of the Almanac School and serve as the main focus of classes this semester. The course is compared with the research methods, historical views and texts of each scholar to see how scholars conduct analysis and inquiry in different aspects of life. We hope that reading these texts can enrich our historical imagination in terms of methods and themes.

請參閱各週上課進度所指定的文本。

Please refer to the text specified for each week's class schedule.