A scholar with little Or even n0 abilitv t0 speak a f0I.eign language is hardly qualifiedfOr international studies in this sO.called“210balization”era.TI彻slated wOrks maV be helpflul_but it is absolutely necessary to be good at che releVant foreign language.0n山eOther hand,Only One floreign language,i.e.,English,is highIy esteemed in pI_esent China’sintematiOnal studies circles.As a medium Of general intercourse,English has an insur—mOuntable statlls.HOwever.shOuld it be thedOminant 0r eVen the only language in in—temational studies?Certainlv not 0ne I.easOnis mat Languages ar_e c硎ers of culturle,thusreducing them to a singIe One willinevitablydO harm t0 the diversitv Of cultures.SO wemust beware the cultural hegemOny OfEnglish.AnOther reason is山at languages aret00ls which sh印e people’s minds subtly andprofOundly,sO that eOple using differentlanguages Often haVe different ways Ofthinking,while thOse whO have the samelanguage tend tO think alike.English renectsa mind—set of instrumentalism and lOgicism.But 10gic is nOt the same as thOught.Tbomuch lo鲥c may lead to the infenilitv andover—formalizatiOn Of thought.Viewed ftomthis perspective,American internatiOnalpOlitics may contribute much t0 intematjOnalstudies.but it can hardlV be extOlled fbr itsOutstanding contribution to the progress ofhuman thou曲t.However,Chinese scholarsare sO greatly influenced by it that tIle mOstfamous of them are Often deemed“prO—American.”Such criticism renects a na】TOwminded nationalist animus。but is not entirelVunreasOnable.For instance Mr.Luo Jialunonce pointed out that‘‘Chinese people seldOminsist On their p州cular ideas,hence are pronetO acceDt thOse Of Others.” “Sch01arship requires tOols,and itssuccess lies in the utintv of the tools.”Inthis sense,the varietV and number Of foreignlanguages used bV a schOlar sets the toneand scOpe of his work。Therefore,for aschOlar Of internatiOnal studies.the mOreforeign languages he 1earns,the better. fm,zsf口五Pd 6v Li Cunna)The Influence of Languages on International Studies<正> A scholar with little or even no ability to speak a foreign language is hardly qualified for international studies in this so-called "globalization" era. Translated works may be helpful, but it is absolutely necessary to be good at the relevant foreign language. On the
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