现代化理论是西方主流社会科学的派生物,而其研究的主要对象却是在寻求变革的发展中国家。有关现代化的思考与研究,是西方学术界一个重要的话题。自改革开放以来,中国学界有组织地翻译了大量西方现代化理论,并在国内学术场域中产生巨大反响。通过翻译异域他者的知识,一方面促进了中西方学术体系的交流与互鉴,掀起中国学界对于现代化理论的讨论热潮;另一方面也推动了中国式现代化自主理论体系的塑造与建构。

Modernization theory is a derivative of Western mainstream social sciences, but its main object of study is the developing countries in the process of great changes. Thinking and researching about Modernization is a very important topic in Western academia. Since the reform and opening up of China, Chinese academia have begun to translate a large number of Western modernization theories systematically, which has had a great impact on the domestic academic scene. Through the translation of knowledge from other countries, on the one hand, it has promoted the exchange and mutual learning between Chinese and Western academic systems, and set off the discussion of modernization theories in the Chinese academia; on the other hand, it has also promoted the shaping and construction of an autonomous theoretical system of Chinese path to modernization.