A provocative defense of a forgotten Chinese approach to identity and difference Historically, the Western encounter with difference has been catastrophic: the extermination and displacement of aboriginal populations, the transatlantic slave trade, and colonialism. China, however, took a different historical path. In Chinese Cosmopolitanism, Shuchen Xiang argues that the Chines...(展开全部)

作者簡介 休•甘迺迪Hugh Kennedy 資深著名伊斯蘭研究學者。倫敦大學亞非學院語言與文化系阿拉伯語文教授，英國學院和皇家學院研究員。他是研究哈里發制度權威，從16歲開始對此主題產生興趣，出版過多本教科書等級的哈里發相關著作，如《哈里發的宮廷》（Court of the Caliphs）。二○○○年，被選為愛丁堡皇家學會院士。二○一三年，被選為英國國家學術院院士。 譯者簡介 黃煜文 1974年生。專職譯者，譯有《讀建築》、《阿拉伯人500年史》、《耶路撒冷三千年》、《我們最幸福：北韓人民的真實生活》等書。

The most remarkable feat of monarchy is to have survived into the 21st century, frequently challenged but still strong. It has persisted even though the hereditary principle has frequently meant that a reigning king or queen was not suited to the role, whatever their birthright. How was monarchy come to be associated with deomcracy and tolerance, when its roots lie elsewhere, i...(展开全部)

Since its original publication in 1989, "Evolution: The History of an Idea" has been recognized as a comprehensive and authoritative source on the development and impact of this most controversial of scientific theories. This twentieth anniversary edition is updated with a new preface examining recent scholarship and trends within the study of evolution.

The most remarkable feat of monarchy is to have survived into the 21st century, frequently challenged but still strong. It has persisted even though the hereditary principle has frequently meant that a reigning king or queen was not suited to the role, whatever their birthright. How was monarchy come to be associated with deomcracy and tolerance, when its roots lie elsewhere, i...(展开全部)

Since its original publication in 1989, "Evolution: The History of an Idea" has been recognized as a comprehensive and authoritative source on the development and impact of this most controversial of scientific theories. This twentieth anniversary edition is updated with a new preface examining recent scholarship and trends within the study of evolution.

文森佐·费罗内(Vincenzo Ferrone)，意大利著名历史学家，启蒙运动研究权威学者，都灵大学近代史教授，法兰西学院和普林斯顿高等研究院访问学者。1954年生于卢切拉，先后师从意大利史学家弗朗哥·文丘里和美国史学家玛格丽特·雅各布。主要研究领域为欧洲旧制度与启蒙运动史，目前集中研究人权史和启蒙文化中现代政治语言的出现及其对后世的影响。费罗内教授著述颇丰，除本书外，代表著作还有《意大利启蒙运动的思想根源》(1982)、《启蒙政治》(2003)、《人权史》(2014)等。 马涛，武汉大学哲学学院外国哲学专业博士在读。 曾允，武汉大学哲学学院外国哲学专业博士在读。

作者簡介 休•甘迺迪Hugh Kennedy 資深著名伊斯蘭研究學者。倫敦大學亞非學院語言與文化系阿拉伯語文教授，英國學院和皇家學院研究員。他是研究哈里發制度權威，從16歲開始對此主題產生興趣，出版過多本教科書等級的哈里發相關著作，如《哈里發的宮廷》（Court of the Caliphs）。二○○○年，被選為愛丁堡皇家學會院士。二○一三年，被選為英國國家學術院院士。 譯者簡介 黃煜文 1974年生。專職譯者，譯有《讀建築》、《阿拉伯人500年史》、《耶路撒冷三千年》、《我們最幸福：北韓人民的真實生活》等書。

How did “the West” come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did “Westerners” begin to refer to themselves in this way? Was the idea handed down from the ancient Greeks, or coined by nineteenth-century imperialists? Neither, writes Georgios Varouxakis in The West, his ambitious and fascinating genealogy of the idea. “The...(展开全部)