In a sweeping reconsideration of the relation between religion and modernity, Jose Casanova surveys the roles that religions may play in the public sphere of modern societies. During the 1980s, religious traditions around the world, from Islamic fundamentalism to Catholic liberation theology, began making their way, often forcefully, out of the private sphere and into public l...(展开全部)

刘易斯·M.霍普费（1935—1992），1956年毕业于美国贝勒大学，取得历史学和宗教研究的学士学位；1960年，从美国西南浸信会神学院取得神学硕士学位；1965年，从波士顿大学取得旧约圣经研究的博士学位。此后于肯德尔学院担任神学教员。在教学初期，霍普费博士意识到学 生们缺乏一本学习世界宗教的指导课本。为学生们提供一本简明适当、可读性强的课本成为他的目标。基于此，第一版《世界宗教》于1979年出版。霍普费博士是一位“作家、教师、牧师、考古学家、院长、举重运动员，以及学生、同事和教区居民的精神导师”，他通过文字和语言深入诠释了这些角色。《世界宗教》是他留给学术界的遗赠。 马克·R. 伍德沃德，亚利桑那州立大学宗教研究领域的副教授，加札马达大学（印度尼西亚）宗教与跨文化研究中心比较宗教学客座教授。他从伊利诺伊大学取得文化人类学博士学位，并曾在芝加哥神学...(展开全部)

The Critic in the Modern World explores the work of six influential literary criticsSamuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, Matthew Arnold, T.S. Eliot, Lionel Trilling and James Woodeach of whom occupies a distinct historical moment. It considers how these representative critics have constructed their public personae, the kinds of arguments they have used, and their core principles an...(展开全部)

Individuals all over the world can use Airbnb to rent an apartment in a foreign city, check Coursera to find a course on statistics, join PatientsLikeMe to exchange information about one's disease, hail a cab using Uber, or read the news through Facebook's Instant Articles. The promise of connective platforms is that they offer personalized services and contribute to innovation...(展开全部)

What can the great crises of the past teach us about contemporary revolutions? Arguing from an exciting and original perspective, Goldstone suggests that great revolutions were the product of 'ecological crises' that occurred when inflexible political, economic, and social institutions were overwhelmed by the cumulative pressure of population growth on limited available resourc...(展开全部)

杰克·A.戈德斯通，乔治·梅森大学公共政策学院VirginiaE.andJohnT.HazelJr.讲座教授，曾因其学术名著《早期现代世界的革命与反抗》（加利福尼亚大学出版社1991年版）一书而获得美国社会学协会奖。

This book explores the theme of violence, repression and atrocity in imperial and colonial empires, as well as its representations and memories, from the late eighteenth through to the twentieth century. It examines the wide variety of violent means by which colonies and empire were maintained in the modern era, the politics of repression and the violent structures inherent in ...(展开全部)

This book explores the theme of violence, repression and atrocity in imperial and colonial empires, as well as its representations and memories, from the late eighteenth through to the twentieth century. It examines the wide variety of violent means by which colonies and empire were maintained in the modern era, the politics of repression and the violent structures inherent in ...(展开全部)

杰克·A.戈德斯通，乔治·梅森大学公共政策学院VirginiaE.andJohnT.HazelJr.讲座教授，曾因其学术名著《早期现代世界的革命与反抗》（加利福尼亚大学出版社1991年版）一书而获得美国社会学协会奖。