[目的/意义] 国家高质量发展、中国现代化经济体系建设、科学技术发展与繁荣社会科学发展都需要科学的社会科学科研管理。[过程/方法] 针对实际中偏重理科思维、忽视文科思维的社会科学科研管理问题及其内卷式表现，分析个人—组织选择原理、规则—道德选择原则，以契合社会科学科研管理的需要。将基于价值理性的文科思维的社会科学科研与基于工具理性的理科思维的自然科学科研进行比较分析，探讨文科思维在社会科学科研管理中的作用。[结果/结论] 以软知识作为管理核心与抓手，从研究人员、研究过程、研究成果和人才培养服务与评价方面转变观念，依据社会科学及其科研的特点，回归文科思维，提出基于软知识服务与评价的社会科学科研管理思想与方法，将有利于营造良好的社会科学科研文化氛围，发挥研究人员的积极性，助力社会科学科研出成果、出思想、出人才，既服务于社会经济发展与科学技术发展，又服务于社会科学繁荣发展。

[Purpose/Significance] National high-quality development, construction of China's modernized economic systemscientific, technological development and prosperous development of social sciences all require scientific social science research management. [Process/Methodology] Focusing on the problem of social science research management that favored science thinking and ignores liberal arts thinking in practice and its involutional manifestations, the principle of individual-organizational choice and the principle of rule-ethical choice were analyzed to fit the needs of social science research management. The social science research based on value rationality of liberal arts thinking was compared with the natural science research based on instrumental rationality of science thinking to explore the role of liberal arts thinking in the management of social science research. [Results/Conclusions] Taking soft knowledge as the core and handhold of management, changing the concepts from researchers, research process, research results and talent cultivation service and evaluation, returning to the liberal arts thinking and according to the characteristics of social sciences and their scientific research, this paper proposed the idea and method of social science research management based on soft knowledge service and evaluation. It will be beneficial to the creation of an excellent scientific research culture, the rising enthusiasm of researchers, and cultivating of talents who can generate scientific achievements and new thoughts. It not only serves the development of social economy and science and technology, but also serves the prosperity and development of social science.