In this book, Jaś Elsner presents a fresh perspective on the rich visual culture of ancient South Asia, connecting the stupa’s artistic innovations with advancements in Buddhist philosophy and practice. He offers new insights into early Buddhist art in South India, as well as a new understanding of the relationship between early Buddhism and its material culture. The photograph...(展开全部)

这项历时十年的古代中国艺术研究，考察了从新石器晚期（公元前第四千纪）到战国末期（前三世纪）的玉器、陶器、丝绸、漆器、铜器和展示性文字的历史。本书两位学者聚焦于艺术史研究的根本问题：艺术史学家必须依靠考古学，也必须依赖从物品本身所能攫取的信息。 要想阐述艺术品的历史——要想解释它们——势必要找到通向个人思维的途径，无论他们的名字是否为人所知。当我们能找到一件作品的可信的前身时，这些前期作品就为我们提供了途径来理解作品背后所蕴含的思考，因为作品背离其前身之处，反映出了有意识或无意识做出的决定。半个世纪以来，中国考古学家从年代确切或者信息丰富的遗迹中所揭示的材料之丰富让人难以想象，极大地改善了此等研究的前景。 本书图版里的大部分作品在1970年时仍然深藏地下，那一年写的书决不可能做出贝格利和王海城在本书中的尝试。由于考古发掘仍在高速进行，现在写的书也决不可...(展开全部)

Two thousand years ago, the Qin/Han and Roman empires were the largest political entities of the ancient world, developing simultaneously yet independently at opposite ends of Eurasia. Although their territories constituted only a small percentage of the global land mass, these two Eurasian polities controlled up to half of the world population and endured longer than most pre-...(展开全部)

沃尔特·沙伊德尔（Walter Scheidel），美国斯坦福大学人文学科迪卡森讲席教授、古典学和历史学教授，古罗马研究领域当前最重要、最活跃的学者之一。所涉领域主要包括古代社会和经济史，前现代历史人口学以及世界历史的比较和跨学科研究。其作品已被翻译成中文出版的有《罗马与中国：比较视野下的古代世界帝国》《不平等社会：从石器时代到21 世纪，人类如何应对不平等》。

Although they existed more than a millennium apart, the great civilizations of New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1548–1086 BCE) and Han dynasty China (206 BCE–220 CE) shared intriguing similarities. Both were centered around major, flood-prone rivers—the Nile and the Yellow River—and established complex hydraulic systems to manage their power. Both spread their territories across vast emp...(展开全部)

This book explores the very roots of liberty by examining the development of modern constitutionalism from its ancient and medieval origins. Derived from a series of lectures delivered by Charles Howard McIlwain at Cornell University in the 1938-39 academic year, these lectures provide a useful introduction to the development of modern constitutional forms. McIlwain explores w...(展开全部)

Liberal democratic thought in the 20th century is composed of two strands: the classical, which emphasizes human excellence, and the modern, which emphasizes individual freedom and social equality. In these essays, Strauss examines the ambiguous relationship between these tendencies, seeking to illuminate the democratic discourse.

Liberal democratic thought in the 20th century is composed of two strands: the classical, which emphasizes human excellence, and the modern, which emphasizes individual freedom and social equality. In these essays, Strauss examines the ambiguous relationship between these tendencies, seeking to illuminate the democratic discourse.