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What I have learnt from studying humanities and social science subjects like sociology is: in order to better understand or solve a social problem, it is important to look at the issue through the lens/paradigm of different academic departments. Especially for those complex structural social problems that are institutionalized and embodied across social institutions, collectivist effort from all humanities subjects-like what Mills said-“all sensible studies of man and society” are required to give a precise and comprehensive gauge of a social problem. For example, to understand a social problem like education inequality, you may refer to sociologist Bourdieu’s work on social capital; you may also refer to philosopher Rawls’ “The Theory of Justice” to better what equity and equality means respectively; you may also use economic knolwedge that relates to globalisation etc. Humanities week (https://www.scie.com.cn/a-review-of- humanities-week/) made me even more excited and gratified by my discovery of the connections between subjects and the cognitive possibilities born out of this interfusion. Our life is fundamentally diverse in its formal unity; hence our knowledge is interdisciplinary by nature. In the end, it is the range and depth of “Human Variety” that we want to tell.

Therefore, I invited subjects ambassadors who lead humanities together with me to hold a metting at cafe in our school. In our first meeting, we discussed how to put this idea into practice. The contributions of ideas and substansive support I recived were out of my imagination.

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#How? In what form?

creation of a public sphere

The main body of our website is a public space  

for interdisciplinary discussions:

——Freire

社会学

I am Maggie Liu from A2. I am the ambassador of sociology and founder of UHsoc website. It takes us nearly 4 months to build up this website and I sincerely hope it will be a great help for you throughout your whole journey of learning humanities subjects. I have gathered all information related to scoiology including: research projects I and my friends have done, interesting podcast that I have encountered, thought-provoking books I want to share, articles that are written by myself and my friends......We are glad to share our work with you in an attempt to spark off new ideas and eventually improve our work. Remember, you are not alone on your journey. Be brave and reach out!

Brian

Politics is the kaleidoscope of social science discipline: its perspective defines its theory.

I am Brian, the ambassador of Politics in United Societies of Humanities. I am no expert of politics, but rather a curious student who would fervently and critically learn politics: to think about political events happening around us, to reflect about the politicaltheories and models that guides our understanding of political societies, and above all, by learning politics, learn to understand our places in the society and how apply the skills and knowledge in the discipline of politics in order to provide feasible solution to solve its problems.

 Although I have not systematically studied politics by curriculum, I am already fascinated by the considerable insight it can bring to an individual, as well as the efficiency it can improve for the whole administration. This politics block is particularly appealing, due to its purely academic vibe and passionate participants who gave me lots of advice on how to evaluate an opinion thoroughly; by reading the books like Leviathan and Two Treaties of Government, I gradually grasped some pieces of essence on learning such political theories and the applying them to the analysis of global and domestic affairs. To be honest it is quite hard and esoteric, keep reading and noting, the success is waiting for you.

Politics is rather practical social science among ordinary civilians, everyone could have their point of view on particular event through political analysis. Politics is also an architectural science, as Aristotle understood, the core of political activity is the regime existing as an combination where people and resources in a particular place were integrated into laws and actions, pursuing towards the ultimate virtue and happiness. As a result, politics questioned the correctness of various activities and seek for the optimising measures in order to construct a model of political actions which as Mill stated, could foster and maximise the happiness or pleasure and minimise actions that cause unhappiness or harm to the betterment of the society as a whole.

I am Clarkson, an ordinary student interested in politics. Despite I haven’t learnt politics in school curriculum basis, the curiosity and enthusiasm about politics remained firm. By learning political philosophies from thinkers like Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Rousseau, I gradually grasped some pieces of essence on learning such theories and disciplines as well as applying them to the analysis on cosmopolitan events and the provision of feasible solutions to various issues. Overall, it would be an especially interesting subject for the cultivation of our dialectical insights as global citizens.

■ Harry

There exists one frequently mentioned question of unparalleled relevance at the very core of philosophy: what, exactly, is the point of studying and reading about philosophy? Throughout history, philosophers and theorists have answered such a query in various ways. It can be "the class struggle in theory field" while it can also be "the art of forming, inventing, and fabricating concepts", whichever answer seems most subjectively correct, every single interpretation of philosophy goes beyond the basic process of finding a solution or "single truth"; instead, they attempt to elaborate upon the implications of a question, and only then will philosophers begin the valued process of discovery. The answer to "What is Philosophy?" is always left open to some extent, and in fact, it should be, because it is this very space it leaves for the tension between different interpretations that makes philosophy a living discipline, a praxis - more than a pure technical set of true statements.

I am Harry, one of the ambassadors of Philosophy in United Societies of Humanities. I first got into philosophy with a sociological concern, and hereby I’d like to add one last point: the philosophical thoughts can be used in a more practical or "realistic" way – not only to be restricted in some sort of ossified and pedantic modern scholasticism – which, we raise questions to the social reality, we use our knowledge as weapon to actively get involved into the world around us. 

"All theory, dear friend, is grey, but the golden tree of actual life springs ever green."

■ Winnie

大家好！我是A1 Winnie周玥彤，主要负责人文社科网站哲学学科板块的知识普及。作为网站的负责人之一，我希望可以通过整理信息、组织沙龙、发表观点等方式，搭建一个人文社科爱好者/时事的交流平台。哲学，一门常被和“玄学”挂上钩的学科，字面内涵是“爱智慧”。就像苏格拉底说的，“未经审视的生活是不是值得过的”。在哲学学习中，你将极大程度地训练自己的批判性思维，拷问生命的意义，拷问人的存在，拷问一切你曾想过但却没有深入思考的问题。作为国交哲学社的组织者之一，我希望可以给大家提供系统性的哲学入门资料，分为古典哲学、欧陆哲学、和分析哲学三大类，并且上传时评、哲学辩论、哲学介绍视频等，让大家探索这一神秘而迷人的领域！