Despite Li Gonglin’s (ca. 1049-1106) deep faith in Buddhism and the large number of recorded and extant Buddhist paintings associated with or ascribed to this great painter, twentieth century scholarship on Li Gonglin has focused primarily on his literatus identity and Confucian art oeuvres. This book departs from this traditional view to establish Li Gonglin’s importance in Ch...(展开全部)

In this period we've seen tremendous volatility in stock prices, a market bubble and its subsequent pop, a parade of corporate scandals, the demise of a leading accounting firm and proven deception by many so-called investment analysts employed by major brokerage firms.

This is the first book to consider John Dewey's early philosophy on its own terms and to explicate its key ideas. It does so through the fullest treatment to date of his youthful masterwork, the Psych

达尼埃尔•阿拉斯，1944年生于阿尔及尔，2003年卒于巴黎，是西方当代著名的艺术史家。早年就读于法国高等师范学院，后曾为罗马法国学院成员，并担任法国高等社会科学院研究部历史及艺术理论中心主任。阿拉斯的研究以绘画为主，特别是意大利16世纪和17世纪的艺术作品；此外，他也关注17世纪的荷兰画派及18世纪的法国绘画，并在晚年展开对于西方当代艺术的研究。著作包括《细节：为了建立一部靠近绘画的历史》《矫饰主义的文艺复兴》《莱奥纳多•达•芬奇：世界的节奏》《意大利的天使报喜图》《安塞姆•基弗》《我们什么也没看见》《绘画史事》《拉斐尔的异象灵见》等。 刘爽，中央美术学院人文学院讲师，美术学博士，主要从事“东西方艺术交流（15—18世纪）”“跨文化美术史”的研究工作。2016年曾作为访问学者，前往意大利博洛尼亚大学(Università di Bologna)深造...(展开全部)

出生于伊朗，从小在社会的底层与中层之间流动，满眼都是社会与人生的创痕，后在美国和瑞士接受高等教育，当代西方最有实力的小说作家。代表作《孔雀哀鸣》（Cry of the Peacock）、《信仰大道上的月光》（Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith）等问世，风行全球，令整个世界文坛大开眼界，一些评论家将之媲美于马尔克斯。曾负责为美国国防部研究伊朗政治，经常就伊朗犹太人历史和流亡主题发表演讲。目前，那海女士与家人居住在洛杉矶，并在南加州大学教授小说写作。

Combining biography and intellectual history, Steven Rockefeller offers an illuminating introduction to the philosophy of John Dewey, with special emphasis on the evolution of the religious faith and moral vision at the heart of his thought. This study pays particular attention to Dewey's radical democratic reconstruction of Christianity and his many contributions to the Americ...(展开全部)

Dasheng qixin lun, or Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith has been one of the most important texts of East Asian Buddhism since it first appeared in sixth-century China. It outlines the initial steps a Mahayana Buddhist needs to take to reach enlightenment, beginning with the conviction that the Mahayana path is correct and worth pursuing. The Treatise addresses many of the do...(展开全部)

A hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. Numerous biographies, novels, and films recount his mysterious rise to power as Nicholas and Alexandra's confidant and the guardian of the sickly heir to the Russian throne. His debauchery and sinister political influence are the stuff of legend, and the downfa...(展开全部)

The return to religion has perhaps become the dominant cliché of contemporary theory, which rarely offers anything more than an exaggerated echo of a political reality dominated by religious war. Somehow, the secular age seems to have been replaced by a new era, where political action flows directly from metaphysical conflict. The Faith of the Faithless asks how we might respon...(展开全部)