SCIENTIFIC PERSONALITY IN TEACHING AND RESEARCHING ON SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

Abstract

Referring to the remarkable achievements of social sciences and humanities over the past 50 years since the foundation of the Communist Party, as well as to the self – cultivation during our struggle for independence and freedom, the writer highlights the virtue and dignity of researchers as "cultural fighters" in the field of social sciences & humanities. The writer also pinpoints the limitations and weaknesses of the Vietnamese intellectuals and of the researchers in social sciences & humanities, especially in the context of a market economy. The article concludes with the criteria by which researchers & teachers of social sciences & humanities are evaluated in terms of virtues and academic titles. These criteria include tolerance, modesty, honesty, and "one-for-all devotion ".