Macro-Sociology as Big History Approach in China

Discussion

Barry Rodriguez:

"Physical scientists still use the term, cosmic evolution, while the other designations remain in use, such as open complex giant system among cybernetic scholars in China and the story among progressive Christians, or under no special name whatsoever, when seen as just an extension of a discipline, as in mac-ro-sociology. This holistic trajectory continued, arising elsewhere quite independently and often acquiring regional identities. In China, some social scientists began to adapt ideas for an integrated view of history from their physical science colleagues. Historians Qi Tao (1991) and Cheng Ming (1994) each argued for interdisciplinary and holistic interpretations of ancient history. In 1996, science historians Dong Guangbi and Tian Kunyu published The Origin of Heaven and Earth—Natural Evolution and the Birth of Life. Three years later, historian Ma Shili, at Nanka University, extended his text on world history to include cosmic origins and the evolution of life. In 2000, historian Huang Liuzhu called for uniting natural science and human histories, urging his colleagues at Northwest University (Xi’an, Shaanxi) to initiate such a program."

(https://jbh.journals.villanova.edu/index.php/JBH/article/view/2721/2582)