Abstract:

How to achieve the organic integration of “thoughtfulness” and “historicalness” has always been a focus in the research of intellectual history. This issue is also related to whether the identity of intellectual history is legitimate. Through theoretical study of the legitimacy crisis of the identity of intellectual history research, and with the help of some examples of intellectual history research, this paper analyzes the texts of thinkers in detail. In such a way, it would be possible to achieve a fusion of “thoughtfulness” and “historicalness” in future intellectual history research, create a distinct research paradigm, resolve the “identity crisis” of current intellectual history research, and finally establish the legitimacy of the “identity” of intellectual history.

Key words: intellectual history, thoughtfulness, historicalness