Rome's transition from a republican system of government to an imperial regime comprised more than a century of civil upheaval and rapid institutional change. Yet the establishment of a ruling dynasty, centered around a single leader, came as a cultural and political shock to Rome's aristocracy, who had shared power in the previous political order. How did the imperial regime m...(展开全部)

"The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism" (original Free Press edition 1951) is one of a number of works by the German sociologist Max Weber (1864-1920) published in English translation only long after his death, during a post-World-War II boom in Anglo-American interest in his writing. Such interest has recurred at irregular intervals since (one marked by this 1968 pape...(展开全部)

孟德卫，美国著名汉学家。出生于1943年，现为贝勒大学历史与亚洲研究教授，《中西文化交流杂志》的创刊者和编辑。主要研究领域为基督教在中国文化中的传播过程和地位，以及儒学在西方的发展和西方早期汉学研究的历程。在国内较有影响的著作有：《神奇的土地：耶稣会士的适应性和早期汉学的起源》、《被遗忘的杭州基督徒》、《灵肉之争中的山东（1650-1785）》，《莱布尼兹和儒学》。

Solidly grounded in Chinese primary sources, Neo Confucianism: Metaphysics, Mind, and Morality engages the latest global scholarship to provide an innovative, rigorous, and clear articulation of neo-Confucianism and its application to Western philosophy. Contextualizes neo-Confucianism for contemporary analytic philosophy by engaging with today’s philosophical questions and deb...(展开全部)

刘纪璐，现任美国加州州立大学富乐敦分校哲学系教授。美国纽约罗彻斯特大学哲学博士，台湾大学哲学硕士与学士。研究方向包括中国哲学、形而上学、心灵哲学、语言哲学、道德心理学、后设伦理学等。目前研究课题是儒家的机器人伦理学，并以此得到2019年美国卡内基学者奖。主要英文专著有《宋明理学:形而上学、心灵与道德》(Neo-Confucianism:Metaphysics,Mind,and Morality)、《中国哲学导论:从古代哲学至中国佛学》(An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy:From Ancient Philosophy to Chinese Buddhism)。主编论文选集包括《意识与自我》(Consciousness and the Self)以及《亚洲哲学中的虚无》(Nothingness in Asian ...(展开全部)

"The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism" (original Free Press edition 1951) is one of a number of works by the German sociologist Max Weber (1864-1920) published in English translation only long after his death, during a post-World-War II boom in Anglo-American interest in his writing. Such interest has recurred at irregular intervals since (one marked by this 1968 pape...(展开全部)