The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, while two others concentrate on the technique of rhetorical redescription, point...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Herbert Marcuse's analysis and image of a one-dimensional man in a one-dimensional society has shaped many young radicals' way of seeing and experiencing life. Published in 1964, it fast became an ideological bible for the emergent New Left. As Douglas Kellner notes in his introduction, Marcuse's greatest work was a "damning indictment of contemporary Western societies,...(展开全部)

作者简介：伊什特万•洪特（István Hont，1947—2013），英籍匈牙利裔史学家，主要研究经济史和政治思想史。曾是剑桥大学政治思想史教授和国王学院的研究员。 译者简介：康子兴，北京大学法学博士，北京航空航天大学人文与社会科学高等研究院副教授。主要研究领域为政治哲学、古典政治经济学与古典社会理论。已出版专著《社会的立法者科学：亚当•斯密政治哲学研究》，译著《论文明社会史》《亚当•斯密与启蒙德性》《商业社会中的政治》等。

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, merchants in China were incorporated into the bourgeoisie and constituted a vital part of the upstart capitalists. The lowermost class in ancient China’s social hierarchy has thus become a strong force of social transformation in the modern era. From the angle of the interaction between the merchant and modern society, this ...(展开全部)

The circumcision ritual of the Merina of Madagascar is seen by them primarily as a blessing, involving the transfer of the love and concern of the ancestors of their descendants. Yet the ritual ends in an act of ciolent wounding of the child. Similarily, while the ritual involves a symbolic assault on women, it is nonetheless welcomed by them as a mark of receiving the blessing...(展开全部)

作者 安德鲁·埃德（Andrew Ede），科技史与科技哲学博士，长期任教于加拿大阿尔伯塔大学历史与古典系，现为不列颠哥伦比亚大学奥卡纳干分校客座教授。著有《毒气、战火与硝烟催生的科学：化学战与大科学的起源》（2017）、《世界历史上的技术与社会》（2019）等。 莱斯利·科马克（Lesley B. Cormack），多伦多大学科技史与科技哲学博士，现任加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学奥卡纳干分校校长。曾担任加拿大科学史与科学哲学学会主席，阿尔伯塔大学人文社科学院院长（2010—2020），此前曾长期在该校历史与古典系任教。其研究方向为近代早期科学史。 译者 刘晓，中国科学院大学科学技术史系教授，《科学文化评论》副主编，中国科学院院史咨询专家组成员。研究方向为中国现代科技史，国际科技交流史，主讲《科学技术通史》《中国现代科技史文献》等专业课程；著译有《卷舒...(展开全部)

"A History of Science in Society: From Philosophy to Utility is a concise overview that introduces complex ideas in a non-technical fashion without sacrificing the sophistication and richness of the subject. Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack trace the history of science through its continually changing place in society and explore the link between the pursuit of knowledge and th...(展开全部)

In this major addition to the literature on modern Japanese development, Bai Gao emphasizes the role of ideas and ideology in industrial policy, and explores how the Japanese themselves perceived the issue of economic development. During the Great Depression and World War II, the ideology of developmentalism - characterized by a nationalistic perspective, a production orientati...(展开全部)

In this major addition to the literature on modern Japanese development, Bai Gao emphasizes the role of ideas and ideology in industrial policy, and explores how the Japanese themselves perceived the issue of economic development. During the Great Depression and World War II, the ideology of developmentalism - characterized by a nationalistic perspective, a production orientati...(展开全部)