This article discusses historical and anthropological approaches to the life of social science. After presenting the thematic of social science concepts that figure as found object in cultural anthropology, this review briefly introduces the domain of history of social science (HSS). It then examines HSS studies that could enrich anthropological encounters with social science concepts, both methodologically and through the vivid social histories of relevant concepts, categories, and methods. I complement my review of these approaches in HSS with a discussion of anthropological studies of social science concepts. I review both the historical and the anthropological literature with the same key questions, focused on the analytical tools that each approach brings to the study of social science: what conditions of emergence of these social imaginaries are incorporated in the analyses, what contexts and processes relevant to their appropriation and travel are presented, and how these enquiries examine the effects on the worlds in which they circulate. In my conclusion, I point out how cultural anthropology can uniquely contribute to the domain of HSS.

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旅行概念：人类学与社会科学史的接触


本文讨论社会科学生活的历史学和人类学方法。在介绍了文化人类学中作为发现对象的社会科学概念的主题之后，本文简要介绍了社会科学史（HSS）领域。然后，它考察了 HSS 研究，这些研究可以在方法论上以及通过相关概念、类别和方法的生动社会历史来丰富人类学与社会科学概念的接触。我通过对社会科学概念的人类学研究的讨论来补充我对 HSS 中这些方法的回顾。我以相同的关键问题回顾历史和人类学文献，重点关注每种方法为社会科学研究带来的分析工具：这些社会想象的出现条件被纳入分析中，相关的背景和过程是什么介绍了它们的挪用和旅行，以及这些调查如何检验它们对它们流通的世界的影响。在我的结论中，我指出文化人类学如何为 HSS 领域做出独特的贡献。