现代整体思想比古代朴素整体观和近代机械论整体观更加完善、更加严密、更加成熟,它已经成为当代科学研究中的时代精神和主流意识。运用现代整体思想,加强对世界历史的整体研究,是世界历史学科排除困惑、摆脱危机,重新走向振兴、走向繁荣的必由之路 The modern holistic thinking has become more perfect, tighter and more mature than the simple and holistic concept of the ancient times and modern mechanistic theory. It has become the spirit of the times and the mainstream awareness in contemporary scientific research. To use the overall thinking of the present and to strengthen the overall study of the history of the world is the only way for the discipline of world history to eliminate puzzles, get rid of the crisis, re-orient and rejuvenate, and prosper.