摘要： 中国的西方政治思想史研究自政治学学科复建以来已走过四十余年历史。在此期间，国内涌现出一大批高质量的西方政治思想史专业研究成果，其内容已由最初对西方知识的简单引介转向基于学科自觉的自主知识体系创新的局面。然而，时代发展也对西方政治思想史研究提出了挑战，“既有的西方政治思想史书写方式已经不太适应思想史书写的更新要求了”。 面对这些学科发展的时代背景，任剑涛教授的新作《混搭的承诺：现代政治观念史40讲》（下文简称《混搭的承诺》）从多角度、多层次、多方面勾勒出一幅现代西方政治观念的发展图景，并提出了“混搭的承诺”这一命题，无疑给了我们非常重要的思想启发。我们应如何捕捉现代政治观念史的基本特征，如何创新西方政治思想史研究的范式？为此，“政治学评介”平台携手清华大学政治学系组织了相关主题论坛，邀请任剑涛、包刚升、刘训练、彭斌、郭台辉、谭安奎六位学者展开对话。期待这场对话能够进一步推动西方政治思想史研究议题和范式的创新。

Abstract: It has been more than forty years since the study of the history of Western political thought in China resumed with the reestablishment of political science as a discipline. During this period, a large number of high-quality specialized research achievements have emerged in China, and the content has shifted from a simple introduction of Western knowledge to an autonomous innovation of knowledge systems grounded in disciplinary self-awareness. In response to the important epochal issues in disciplinary development, Professor Ren Jiantao’s new work, The Promises of Bricolage: 40 Lectures on the History of Modern Political Ideas, outlines a picture of the development of modern Western political ideas from multiple perspectives, levels, and aspects, and puts forward the proposition of “the promises of bricolage”, which has undoubtedly provided us with very important intellectual inspiration. How should we capture the basic characteristics of the history of modern political ideas? How can we innovate the research paradigm of the history of modern political thought? To this end, we organized a thematic forum and invited six scholars—Ren Jiantao, Bao Gangsheng, Liu Xunlian, Peng Bin, Guo Taihui, and Tan Ankui—to engage in a dialogue. It is hoped that this dialogue will further promote innovation in the research topics and paradigms of the history of Western political thought.