In today's Russia, nostalgia for the Soviet era is growing. Many Russians reflect wistfully on the passing of an era when the Soviet Union was a superpower, commanding international respect, and they blame its demise on external enemies and foolish changes in policy. In an address to the Russian Federal Assembly, President Vladimir Putin called the breakup of the Soviet Union t...(展开全部)

小杰克·F. 马特洛克（Jack F. Matlock, Jr.），美国前驻苏联大使，历史学家，语言学家，在美国外交部门供职长达35年，是里根政府制定对苏政策的重要顾问。1971年至1974年主管美国国务院苏联事务，1981年至1983年担任美国驻捷克斯洛伐克大使，1983年至1986年担任国家安全事务特别助理兼欧洲和苏联事务高级主任，1987年至1991年任美国驻苏联大使。1991年退休后，马特洛克踏入学术界，先后在哥伦比亚大学、普林斯顿高等研究院担任教授。已出版的著作有《苏联解体亲历记》《里根和戈尔巴乔夫：冷战是如何结束的》和《超级大国的幻想》。 · 张敏谦，三亚学院教授，中国现代国际关系研究院研究员、博士导师，《现代国际关系》前主编，国际关系学院、中国人民大学、中国政法大学兼职教授，出版专著《美国对外经济战略》《大觉醒——美国宗教与社会关系》，...(展开全部)

小杰克·F. 马特洛克（Jack F. Matlock, Jr.），美国前驻苏联大使，历史学家，语言学家，在美国外交部门供职长达35年，是里根政府制定对苏政策的重要顾问。1971年至1974年主管美国国务院苏联事务，1981年至1983年担任美国驻捷克斯洛伐克大使，1983年至1986年担任国家安全事务特别助理兼欧洲和苏联事务高级主任，1987年至1991年任美国驻苏联大使。1991年退休后，马特洛克踏入学术界，先后在哥伦比亚大学、普林斯顿高等研究院担任教授。已出版的著作有《苏联解体亲历记》《里根和戈尔巴乔夫：冷战是如何结束的》和《超级大国的幻想》。 · 张敏谦，三亚学院教授，中国现代国际关系研究院研究员、博士导师，《现代国际关系》前主编，国际关系学院、中国人民大学、中国政法大学兼职教授，出版专著《美国对外经济战略》《大觉醒——美国宗教与社会关系》，...(展开全部)

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia has been marginalized at the edge of a Western-dominated political and economic system. In recent years, however, leading Russian figures, including former president Vladimir Putin, have begun to stress a geopolitics that puts Russia at the center of a number of axes: European-Asian, Christian-Muslim-Buddhist, Mediterranean-Indi...(展开全部)

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia has been marginalized at the edge of a Western-dominated political and economic system. In recent years, however, leading Russian figures, including former president Vladimir Putin, have begun to stress a geopolitics that puts Russia at the center of a number of axes: European-Asian, Christian-Muslim-Buddhist, Mediterranean-Indi...(展开全部)

Cambodia is home to an ancient city. For over five centuries Angkor, ancient seat of the Buddhist god-kings, was the capital of the Khmer empire. Abandoned in the 15th century, this city was swallowed up by the jungle and almost forgotten until, four centuries later, it was uncovered by European explorers. This book traces the origins of these mysterious ruins and tells the sto...(展开全部)

A new, ecological approach to images by a renowned philosopher When Susan Sontag first proposed the idea of an “ecology of images,” she meant it as an exhortation to be vigilant against the vast surplus of pictures threatening our ability to truly see. Today, beyond the deep anxieties over a diminishing attention economy, concern focuses on the environmental cost of storing and...(展开全部)

A new, ecological approach to images by a renowned philosopher When Susan Sontag first proposed the idea of an “ecology of images,” she meant it as an exhortation to be vigilant against the vast surplus of pictures threatening our ability to truly see. Today, beyond the deep anxieties over a diminishing attention economy, concern focuses on the environmental cost of storing and...(展开全部)

This fascinating study examines the discourse of science in Japan from the 1920s to the 1940s in relation to nationalism and imperialism. How did Japan, with Shinto creation mythology at the absolute core of its national identity, come to promote the advancement of science and technology? Using what logic did wartime Japanese embrace both the rationality that denied and the nat...(展开全部)