Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences Edition) ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (1): 47-62.DOI: 10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2026.01.004

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The Production of Political Science Knowledge in China and the Forging of an Independent Knowledge System

HU Jian   

  1. (Institute of Contemporary Chinese Marxism,Tongji University,Shanghai 200092,China)

  • Online:2026-01-01 Published:2026-02-06

Abstract:

Although the discipline of political science was conceived in the West,its substantive knowledge is born from the concrete political praxis of individual nations.Aristotle established not only its disciplinary norms but also articulated its coresubstantive domains:political theory,political institutions,political ethics,and statecraft.An examination of these domains reveals that China had already produced a significant corpus of political science knowledge in antiquity.The systematization of this knowledge into a coherent intellectual framework,however,commenced only after the discipline's introduction from the West.This process traversed distinct phases—initial importation and translation,subsequent assimilation and critical synthesis,and ongoing debate and reflection—culminating in the formation of a relatively stable disciplinary architecture during China's era of reform,opening-up,and modernization.As China's political practice continues to evolve dynamically,so too does its reservoir of political science knowledge.Consequently,both the construction of China's political science knowledge system and the development of the discipline itself have incorporated fundamentally new dimensions.Thus,forging a Chinese political science knowledge system for the new era necessitates a principled integration of four key streams of knowledge:indigenous historical tradition,critically assimilated foreign insights,Marxist theoretical foundations,and knowledge emerging from modern science and technology.

Key words:

political , science, Chinese , political , science, political , science , knowledge , system, knowledge , production, independent , knowledge , system

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