Contents Acknowledgments Note on Translation Introduction: The Problem of Rebirth 1. Envisioning the Dead 2. The Unquiet Dead and Their Families, Political and Agnate 3. Questionable Shapes: How the Living Interrogated Their Dead 4. Doomed for a Certain Term: The Intimate Dead 5. Rebirth Reborn Postscript List of Abbreviations Bibliography Index

The question of truth has never been more urgent than today, when the distortion of facts and the imposition of pseudo-realities in the service of the powerful have become the order of the day. In The Paradox of Being Poul Andersen addresses the concept of truth in Chinese Daoist philosophy and ritual. His approach is unapologetically universalist, and the book may be read as a...(展开全部)

诺曼·吉瑞德（Norman J. Girardot），1943年生，原为圣玛利亚大学神学系教授，现任美国理海大学宗教研究所杰出教授；国际知名哲学、艺术学、宗教学学者，曾任国际比较史学杂志《宗教史》编辑。一直致力于中国宗教传统尤其是道教的研究与教学。其他研究领域包括流行宗教运动，中国思想史，比较宗教学，宗教与非主流艺术的关系等。撰写、评介、编辑及翻译相关著作多部，其中《道教与生态：宇宙景观的内在之道》（2001，主编）及《朝觐东方：理雅各评传》（2002，独著，此书获得美国费正清汉学研究奖，美国宗教学优秀奖）已译成中文与广大中国读者见面。 译者简介：蔡觉敏，女，北京大学古代文学博士，天津外国语大学副教授。发表论文有《〈水浒传〉与道家道教》、《生命困局、思想与文学的相近与不同——庄子与屈原异同浅论》等论文几十篇，与人合作编辑《道家道教与湖南》一书，著有《...(展开全部)

In Japonisme and the Birth of Cinema, Daisuke Miyao explores the influence of Japanese art on the development of early cinematic visual style, particularly the actualité films made by the Lumière brothers between 1895 and 1905. Examining nearly 1,500 Lumière films, Miyao contends that more than being documents of everyday life, they provided a medium for experimenting with aest...(展开全部)

Star formation is the fundamental cosmic process which makes galaxies visible, and regulates the evolution of normal matter in the Universe. New instruments and technologies are now enabling the exploration of fundamental cosmic processes. Scientists are beginning to understand the beauty and complexity of star and planet formation and their role in cosmic evolution. This fasci...(展开全部)

The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science through the revolutionary ideas of the Greek philosopher Anaximander Over two millennia ago, the prescient insights of Anaximander paved the way for cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology, and biology, setting in motion a new way of seeing the world. His legacy includes the revolution...(展开全部)

Sometime around the year 64, in the main square of the city of Amisus (modern Samsun in northern Turkey) on the Black Sea coast, a group of workmen unveiled a new monument. It consisted of three statues representing select members of the imperial family: the emperor Nero, sporting his trademark neck beard; his beautiful second wife Poppaea, her hair bound up in elaborate coiffu...(展开全部)

This volume outlines the origins of a wide range of disciplines including astronomy, agricultural science, medicine, physics, chemistry, and natural history. It provides an overview of China’s history of science and technology, which can be traced back to the pre-Qin times when the arts had free expression and the schools of thought were unrestricted. It also includes a glossar...(展开全部)

Lineages Embedded in Temple Networks explores the key role played by elite Daoists in social and cultural life in Ming China, notably by mediating between local networks--biological lineages, territorial communities, temples, and festivals--and the state. They did this through their organization in clerical lineages--their own empire-wide networks for channeling knowledge, patr...(展开全部)