Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) was a pioneer in the academic study of myth in its historical and archaeological context, and was also one of the first women to make a full-time career as an academic. In her introduction to this book (1903), making the point that 'Greek religion' was usually studied using the surviving literary retellings of myths and legends, she states: 'The ...(展开全部)

Drawing upon a range of disciplines including anthropology, classical studies, archaeology and psychology, Jane Ellen Harrison's seminal 1912 work Themis pieces together the origins of early Greek religion. Known as one of the founders of modern studies in Greek mythology, Harrison has been described by her biographer, Mary Beard, as 'Britain's first female professional 'career...(展开全部)

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A year after the publication of Dicey's LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION, William Gladstone was reading it aloud in the House of Commons, citing it as authority. It remains, to this day, a starting point for the study of the English Constitution and comparative constitutional law. THE LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION elucidates the guiding principles of the modern constitution of England: the le...(展开全部)

This book intends to serve as a conversational, colorful, engaging, and provocative introduction to the sociology of religion for undergraduates. Written in lively prose, this volume aims to introduce students to the major themes, problems and goals of the sociological study of religion while also summoning the sense of wonder and curiosity for the enterprise itself.

作者简介 任博克（Brook Ziporyn），美国汉学家与哲学家，曾先后任职或授课于美国密歇根大学、哈佛大学、新加坡国立大学等，现任教于芝加哥大学神学院。任博克的主要研究方向为：道家思想、天台宗思想、中西哲学比较等，他发表了百余篇论文及多本汉学著作，在当代美国庄学研究及天台宗思想研究方面成绩斐然。任博克近年主要著作有《善与恶：天台佛教思想中的遍中整体论、交互主体性与价值吊诡》《解缚之半影：郭象的新道家哲学》《一与异之外：前新儒学时期中国思想中的“理”与连贯成形》等。 译者简介 彭荣，哲学博士，浙江师范大学马克思主义学院讲师，主要研究方向为宋明理学，主持国家社科基金青年项目“吕祖谦道学思想研究”，校点《考亭渊源录》，发表论文若干。

Explores the development of Chinese thought, highlighting its concern with questions of coherence. Providing a bracing expansion of horizons, this book displays the unsuspected range of human thinking on the most basic categories of experience. The way in which early Chinese thinkers approached concepts such as one and many, sameness and difference, self and other, and internal...(展开全部)

This book intends to serve as a conversational, colorful, engaging, and provocative introduction to the sociology of religion for undergraduates. Written in lively prose, this volume aims to introduce students to the major themes, problems and goals of the sociological study of religion while also summoning the sense of wonder and curiosity for the enterprise itself.