「詮釋」與「溝通」兩個概念，各自代表了當代社會學理論的兩大知識傳統；而他們的共同特色是：其乃共同預設主體的存在和反思，在歷史形成的作用。本文試圖從這兩個概念出發，以幾個選擇性的思想代表人物的思想為背景，用哲學的角度，探討這兩個概念思想的源流，釐清其各自思想的內容，並尋求其理論對話的可能性。

In contemporary socialogical theories. " hermenneutics" and "communication" are two con­cepts which represent two great intellectual traditions of social theories. This two concepts posses the common characteristics that they presuppose tj1e existence of subjectivity and reflect its role in the formation of historicity. This paper tries to start from this two concepts, choose some prominent tbinkers’ thought as background and from philosophical perspective review the ideological source of this two concepts analyze the core issue of social theories and search for the possibility of dialogue among theories.