This article reconstructs the historical context in which “agency” emerged as the key concept of social history, arguing that an unstated concept of the liberal individual was smuggled into historical explanation through a humanist anthropology underlying the social history renaissance. It then asks what would be involved in salvaging social–historical explanation, including its interest in historical possibilities for social solidarity and the political power of ordinary people, while jettisoning this liberal-humanist baggage.

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“渴望与希望、悲伤与愤怒”：解开社会与人类的纠葛


本文重构了“能动性”作为社会历史关键概念出现的历史语境，认为自由个体这一未言明的概念通过社会历史复兴背后的人文主义人类学被偷偷带入了历史解释。然后，它提出了如何挽救社会历史解释，包括对社会团结的历史可能性和普通民众的政治权力的兴趣，同时抛弃这种自由人文主义的包袱。