什么是历史主义,怎样在社会历史的研究中遵循历史主义原则,是一个经常碰到的问题。资产阶级学者们对这个问题作了五花八门的解释,进行了无尽无休的争论,有意无意地把它弄得混乱不堪。在马克思主义的历史学家中间,对这个问题的认识也并非总是一致的和明确的。近两三年来,不少同志对历史研究中的非历史主义倾向进行了批评。但是,对于什么是历史主义,什么是非历史主义,批评者与被批评者以及各个批评者之间常常有不同的理解。有时,甲说某种论述不符合历史主义原则,而乙 What is historicism and how to follow the principle of historicism in the study of social history is a frequently encountered problem. Bourgeois scholars have given a wide range of explanations on this issue, have carried out endless debate, confusedly or unconsciously. Among Marxist historians, understanding of this issue is not always consistent and clear. In the recent two to three years, many comrades have criticized the non-historicist tendencies in historical studies. However, there is often a different understanding of what is historicism, what is non-historicism, what critics and critics and critics do. Sometimes, A says that some discourse does not conform to the principle of historicism, and B