Abstract: Introducing concepts of “paradigm” and “communi ty of science” into human and social sciences is of great theoretical and methodological significance. This article puts forward the concept of “ the community of human and social science” as opposed to the concept of “community of science”, and preliminariy discusses its fundamental charac teristics: common out look of subject and methodology, common suppositions, common principles, common research fields, common theses and common advocations.

Key words: human and social science, paradigm, human and social science community