Edward Said has long been considered one of the world’s most compelling public intellectuals, taking on a remarkable array of topics with his many publications. But no single book has encompassed the vast scope of his stimulating erudition quite like Power, Politics, and Culture , a collection of interviews from the last three decades. In these twenty-eight interviews, Said ...(展开全部)

Confucianism has shaped a certain perception of Chinese security strategy, symbolized by the defensive, nonaggressive Great Wall. Many believe China is antimilitary and reluctant to use force against its enemies. Instead, the country practices pacifism and refrains from expanding its boundaries, even when nationally strong. In a path-breaking study that travels seven hundred ye...(展开全部)

Confucianism has shaped a certain perception of Chinese security strategy, symbolized by the defensive, nonaggressive Great Wall. Many believe China is antimilitary and reluctant to use force against its enemies. Instead, the country practices pacifism and refrains from expanding its boundaries, even when nationally strong. In a path-breaking study that travels seven hundred ye...(展开全部)

Examines the history and purpose of political rituals, discusses examples from Aztec cannibal rites to presidential inauguration, and argues that the use of ritual determines the success of political groups.

大卫•科泽（David I. Kertzer，1948— ），美国著名人类学家、人口学家、历史学家、意大利研究专家，美国艺术与科学院（AAAC）院士，曾任美国社会科学历史学会（SSHA）主席，布朗大学教务长。主要研究领域为仪式与象征、政治与文化、欧洲社会史、人口人类学、政治经济学和家庭系统、宗教人类学和意大利社会政治等。出版和发表了多部重要著作和多篇论文，曾获国家图书奖（非虚构类，1997）、年度100本最佳著作奖（1997，2002）、《出版周刊》年度最佳著作奖（2004）等，在社会和学界都有巨大的影响力，其作品由奥斯卡最佳编剧奖和普利策奖得主Alfred Uhry改编为剧本上演。

薇思瓦纳珊（Gauri Viswanathan），美国哥伦比亚大学比较文学与英语文学教授，跟随萨义德多年，深受影响。印度裔学者，从事后殖民理论研究，著有《征服的面具》、《栏圈之外：改宗、现代性与信仰》等。 单德兴：台湾大学外文系比较文学博士，现任中央研究院欧美研究所研究员，萨义德研究专家。著译多部，曾译有萨义德的《知识分子论》。

This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore the distinctive features of the American political economy. The introductory chapter provides a comparatively informed framework for analyzing the interplay of markets and politics in the United States, focusing on three key factors: uniquely fragmented and decentralized political institutions; an interest grou...(展开全部)

Updated in its 12th edition, Countries and Concepts systematically examines politics from around the world and presents eleven accessible and in-depth studies of Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, China, India, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, and Iran. This text looks at similarities and differences in five key areas of each country to facilitate comparative analysis, defining i...(展开全部)

Eminently readable and written with candor and spirit, this 9th edition of Countries and Concepts simply observes that politics is composed of human conflicts or quarrels, forming patterns that can be studied. Analyzing four European nations and Japan at some length and four developing nations more briefly, this text studies the history, institutions, and political culture of ...(展开全部)

For courses in Introduction to Comparative Politics A Critical View of International Political Systems Countries and Concepts: Politics, Geography, Culture is a critical examination of comparative politics and political systems. The text rejects theories of smoothly functioning systems and embraces the mistakes that countries inevitably make, taking a skeptical approach to unde...(展开全部)