社会科学也是生产力吗?国内社会科学界对此有不同看法。中国社会科学院院长胡绳同志不久前在该院第一届青年优秀成果颁奖大会上谈了他的看法。他说,关于社会科学,可能有人会提出它到底有什么作用、有多大作用的问题。为了强调社会科学的重要性,有的同志说社会科学也是生产力。对这种说法我有些怀疑。社会科学领域很广泛,有些领域跟科学技术有直接联系,但是一般说来,社会科学不属于生产力的范畴。社会科学的确很重要,但其重要性不能用科学技术是第一生产力的原理来说明。社会科学的重要性,我看要从实践与理论的关系上来认识,要从上层建筑对经济基础的作用来说明。人类社会实践的经验需要不断地总结,由总结经验而得出的理论,反过来指 Social science is also productivity? Domestic social sciences have different views on this. President Hu Sheng, president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, talked about his views not long ago at the first Youth Outstanding Achievement Awarding Ceremony of the hospital. He said that with regard to the social sciences, some may ask questions about what role it plays and how much its role is. In order to emphasize the importance of social science, some comrades said that social science is also a productive force. I’m a bit skeptical about that. There are a wide range of social sciences and some are directly related to science and technology. However, in general, social sciences do not fall into the category of productive forces. Social science is indeed important, but its importance can not be explained by the principle that science and technology are primary productive forces. The importance of social sciences, I think we should understand from the relationship between practice and theory, from the superstructure of the economic foundation to illustrate. The experience of human social practice needs to be continually summarized, and the theory derived from summing up experiences shows, in turn,