Part of a series that offers mainly linguistic and anthropological research and teaching/learning material on a region of great cultural and strategic interest and importance in the post-Soviet era.

Svat Soucek's book offers a short and accessible introduction to the history of Inner Asia. The narrative, which begins with the arrival of Islam, charts the rise and fall of the different dynasties right up to the Russian conquest. Dynastic tables and maps augment and elucidate the text. The contemporary focus rests on the seven countries which make up the core of present-day ...(展开全部)

Svat Soucek's book offers a short and accessible introduction to the history of Inner Asia. The narrative, which begins with the arrival of Islam, charts the rise and fall of the different dynasties right up to the Russian conquest. Dynastic tables and maps augment and elucidate the text. The contemporary focus rests on the seven countries which make up the core of present-day ...(展开全部)

This volume introduces the geographical setting of Central Asia and follows its history from the palaeolithic era to the rise of the Mongol empire in the thirteenth century. From earliest times Central Asia linked and separated the great sedentary civilisations of Europe and Asia. In the pre-modern period 'Inner Asia' was definable more as a cultural than a geographical entity,...(展开全部)

This book brings together the most important articles of the late Joseph F. Fletcher (1934–84), a scholar widely acclaimed for the breadth and brilliance of his historical thought and for his almost unequalled linguistic competence. Fletcher’s mastery of the major languages and historical traditions of East Asia, the Middle East and Europe gave him a unique ability to trace...(展开全部)

This volume centres on the history and legacy of the Mongol World Empire founded by Chinggis Khan and his sons, including its impact upon the modern world. An international team of scholars examines the political and cultural history of the Mongol empire, its Chinggisid successor states, and the non-Chinggisid dynasties that came to dominate Inner Asia in its wake. Geographical...(展开全部)

The Qing empire and the Dalai Lama-led Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism came into contact in the eighteenth century. Their interconnections would shape regional politics and the geopolitical history of Inner Asia for centuries to come. In Common Ground, Lan Wu analyzes how Tibetan Buddhists and the Qing imperial rulers interacted and negotiated as both sought strategies to expa...(展开全部)

乔治·巴塔耶（1897—1962），法国思想家、作家。《内在经验》（1943）是其代表作，也是阐释其思想缘起和方法的关键作品。与同时代法国知识分子一样，巴塔耶亲历两次大战，在幻灭中不断反思欧洲社会矛盾与启蒙传统。循着尼采的轨迹，巴塔耶试图从经验和直觉出发探讨精神主体如困兽般的处境及超越界限的可能，其思想核心仍是对笛卡尔式理性主义的批判，而写作风格是解构式的，借用冥想与诗，撕开层层意指，着力挖掘语言本身的潜在力量。巴塔耶将此书列为其“非神学”概要的第一部。“非神学”并非“反神学”，而是以类似宗教神秘主义的方式探寻一种无上帝的极限。“内在经验”将生命主体和认知客体在最炽热的状态中融合，在一种语言不能限定其界限的未知中，通过迷狂探索精神的极端状态（如在死亡、色情、极苦中所达到的状态，非语言或非逻辑所达到的交流）。

乔治·巴塔耶（1897—1962），法国思想家、作家。《内在经验》（1943）是其代表作，也是阐释其思想缘起和方法的关键作品。与同时代法国知识分子一样，巴塔耶亲历两次大战，在幻灭中不断反思欧洲社会矛盾与启蒙传统。循着尼采的轨迹，巴塔耶试图从经验和直觉出发探讨精神主体如困兽般的处境及超越界限的可能，其思想核心仍是对笛卡尔式理性主义的批判，而写作风格是解构式的，借用冥想与诗，撕开层层意指，着力挖掘语言本身的潜在力量。巴塔耶将此书列为其“非神学”概要的第一部。“非神学”并非“反神学”，而是以类似宗教神秘主义的方式探寻一种无上帝的极限。“内在经验”将生命主体和认知客体在最炽热的状态中融合，在一种语言不能限定其界限的未知中，通过迷狂探索精神的极端状态（如在死亡、色情、极苦中所达到的状态，非语言或非逻辑所达到的交流）。