田海（Barend ter Haar），1958年生于荷兰，著名汉学家。他精通汉语，主要研究领域为中国民间宗教、地方宗教文化史，著有《天地会的仪式与神话：创造认同》（The Ritual and Mythology of the Chinese Triads: Creating an Identity, E.J. Brill, 2000）、《讲故事：中国历史上的巫术与替罪》（Telling Stories: Witchcraft and Scapegoating in Chinese History, E.J. Brill, 2006）等。 译者李恭忠，历史学博士，南京大学历史学院暨学衡研究院教授、南京大学民间社会研究中心主任，兼任南京大学亚太发展研究中心研究员、南京大学—约翰斯·霍普金斯大学中方教授、南京大学人文社会科学高级研究院兼职研究员。主要研...(展开全部)

The extensive ritual and mythological lore of the Chinese Triads form the scope of this new paperback in Brill’s Scholar’s List. In it the reader will find a critical evaluation of the extant sources together with a true wealth of context. The core of the book is formed by a close reading of the initiation ritual, including the burning of incense, the altar, the enactment of a ...(展开全部)

The extensive ritual and mythological lore of the Chinese Triads form the scope of this new paperback in Brill’s Scholar’s List. In it the reader will find a critical evaluation of the extant sources together with a true wealth of context. The core of the book is formed by a close reading of the initiation ritual, including the burning of incense, the altar, the enactment of a ...(展开全部)

田海（Barend ter Haar），1958年生于荷兰，著名汉学家。他精通汉语，主要研究领域为中国民间宗教、地方宗教文化史，著有《天地会的仪式与神话：创造认同》（The Ritual and Mythology of the Chinese Triads: Creating an Identity, E.J. Brill, 2000）、《讲故事：中国历史上的巫术与替罪》（Telling Stories: Witchcraft and Scapegoating in Chinese History, E.J. Brill, 2006）等。 译者李恭忠，历史学博士，南京大学历史学院暨学衡研究院教授、南京大学民间社会研究中心主任，兼任南京大学亚太发展研究中心研究员、南京大学—约翰斯·霍普金斯大学中方教授、南京大学人文社会科学高级研究院兼职研究员。主要研...(展开全部)

As a result of the strength and dominance of the centralized state, ritual action in China often takes its logic from political action. In this book Emily Ahern explores the implications of this. She argues that forms of control attempted ritually on non-human persons (gods and other spirits) in China parallel those forms of control which people regard as effective in ordinary ...(展开全部)

Daoist Identity is an exploration of the various means by which Daoists over the centuries have created an identity for themselves. Using modern sociological studies of identity formation as its foundation, it brings together a representative sample of in-depth analyses by eminent American and Japanese scholars in the field.The discussion begins with critical examinations of th...(展开全部)

美国斯坦福大学人类学系、荷兰内梅亨大学教授，被公认为自施坚雅以后海外中国经济社会史研究的中坚学者、著名人类学者。曾获得美国鲁斯基金会资助。

An outstanding compendium of fourteen papers, almost exclusively based on recent anthropological field research in Hong Kong and Taiwan on the diverse Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist beliefs and practices of the Chinese peasant ... This collection is of great value in explicating the structure of the supernatural world as seen by the Chinese peasant, its similarity to the forma...(展开全部)

An outstanding compendium of fourteen papers, almost exclusively based on recent anthropological field research in Hong Kong and Taiwan on the diverse Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist beliefs and practices of the Chinese peasant ... This collection is of great value in explicating the structure of the supernatural world as seen by the Chinese peasant, its similarity to the forma...(展开全部)

Ritual is usually understood as pointing to some essence beyond the ritual act itself. This ambitious interdisciplinary study offers a convincing challenge to this understanding. The authors begin by seeking to explain how the conventional idea arose in the first place. They locate its origin in a post-Protestant and post-Enlightenment vision of ritual action that emphasizes ri...(展开全部)