This work reopens the question of the relation of the Protestant Reformation to the emergence of a distinctively modern view of political activity. Providing a highly original reading of John Calvin’s major work and an examination of some key interpretations of Calvinism, Ralph C. Hancock argues that Calvin should be considered a founder of modern civilization along with such “...(展开全部)

Historians have long been aware of the richness and complexity of the intellectual history of modern Japanese politics. Najita's study, however, is the first in a Western language to present a consistent and broad synthesis of this subject. Najita elucidates the political dynamics of the past two hundred years of Japanese history by focusing on the interplay of restorationism a...(展开全部)

Max Weber's writings on the politics of Wilhelmine in Germany and the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917 are much less well known than his contributions to historical and theoretical sociology, yet they are essential to any overall assessment of his thought. Drawing on these writings, still mostly untranslated, David Beetham offers the most comprehensive account available in ...(展开全部)

About the first edition: To sum it up, one can perhaps see a distinction among advanced probability books into those which are original and path-breaking in content, such as Levy's and Doob's well-known examples, and those which aim primarily to assimilate known material, such as Loeve's and more recently Rogers and Williams'. Seen in this light, Kallenberg's present book woul...(展开全部)

This book is unique for its broad and yet comprehensive coverage of modern probability theory, ranging from first principles and standard textbook material to more advanced topics. In spite of the economical exposition, careful proofs are provided for all main results. Though primarily intended as a general reference for researchers and graduate students in probability theory a...(展开全部)

埃米尔•赖希（1854—1910），匈牙利裔史学家，曾旅居美、法、英等国。主要作品有《柏拉图：对生命的现代批评绪论》《德国的疯狂》《帝国主义》《人类文明史》《希腊和罗马的政制》《英国历史地图集》等。赖希是一位“深刻、通透、澄明而又节制”的史学家，也是较早使用“地缘政治”的英语作家之一。其视野不局囿于现代，而是以柏拉图的视角重新审视现代，对政治生活的精神具有独特的鉴别力。

埃米尔•赖希（1854—1910），匈牙利裔史学家，曾旅居美、法、英等国。主要作品有《柏拉图：对生命的现代批评绪论》《德国的疯狂》《帝国主义》《人类文明史》《希腊和罗马的政制》《英国历史地图集》等。赖希是一位“深刻、通透、澄明而又节制”的史学家，也是较早使用“地缘政治”的英语作家之一。其视野不局囿于现代，而是以柏拉图的视角重新审视现代，对政治生活的精神具有独特的鉴别力。

埃米尔•赖希（1854—1910），匈牙利裔史学家，曾旅居美、法、英等国。主要作品有《柏拉图：对生命的现代批评绪论》《德国的疯狂》《帝国主义》《人类文明史》《希腊和罗马的政制》《英国历史地图集》等。赖希是一位“深刻、通透、澄明而又节制”的史学家，也是较早使用“地缘政治”的英语作家之一。其视野不局囿于现代，而是以柏拉图的视角重新审视现代，对政治生活的精神具有独特的鉴别力。

埃米尔•赖希（1854—1910），匈牙利裔史学家，曾旅居美、法、英等国。主要作品有《柏拉图：对生命的现代批评绪论》《德国的疯狂》《帝国主义》《人类文明史》《希腊和罗马的政制》《英国历史地图集》等。赖希是一位“深刻、通透、澄明而又节制”的史学家，也是较早使用“地缘政治”的英语作家之一。其视野不局囿于现代，而是以柏拉图的视角重新审视现代，对政治生活的精神具有独特的鉴别力。