In 1957 Ernst Kantorowicz published a book that would be the guide for generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. In The King's Two Bodies, Kantorowicz traces the historical problem posed by the "King's two bodies"--the body politic and the body natural--back to the Middle Ages and demonstrates, by placing the concept in its proper sett...(展开全部)

In 1957 Ernst Kantorowicz published a book that would be the guide for generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. In The King's Two Bodies, Kantorowicz traces the historical problem posed by the "King's two bodies"--the body politic and the body natural--back to the Middle Ages and demonstrates, by placing the concept in its proper sett...(展开全部)

Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the postmortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, “The king is dead. Long live the king.” In The King’s Two Bodies, Ernst Kantorowicz traces the...(展开全部)

本书原为萧公权先生1926年在康乃尔大学完成的博士论文，第二年即由伦敦一家著名出版社出版，佳评如潮。《伦敦时报文学副刊》（London Times，Literary Supplement）、《哲学学报》（Journal of Philosophy）、《国家》（Nation）杂志、《美国政治科学评论》(American Political Science Review）对其大加赞赏。就连书中的主要批评对象之一、当时颇具名望的政治思想大家拉斯基也在《新共和》(New Republic)上发表评论，深佩“此书才力与魅力均巨”。类此推崇，并非一般溢美之词，因此很快被列入国际心理学哲学及科学方法丛书之一。牛津大学“当代巨著”(Modern Greats)一课程，并采为必读书之一。此书出版之时，萧公权先生尚未逾而立之年，而其学已卓然自立，跻身世界著述之林，扬名国...(展开全部)

萧公权先生在康乃尔大学的博士论文。

萧公权先生的博士论文。

本书原为萧公权先生1926年在康乃尔大学完成的博士论文，第二年即由伦敦一家著名出版社出版，佳评如潮。《伦敦时报文学副刊》（London Times，Literary Supplement）、《哲学学报》（Journal of Philosophy）、《国家》（Nation）杂志、《美国政治科学评论》(American Political Science Review）对其大加赞赏。就连书中的主要批评对象之一、当时颇具名望的政治思想大家拉斯基也在《新共和》(New Republic)上发表评论，深佩“此书才力与魅力均巨”。类此推崇，并非一般溢美之词，因此很快被列入国际心理学哲学及科学方法丛书之一。牛津大学“当代巨著”(Modern Greats)一课程，并采为必读书之一。此书出版之时，萧公权先生尚未逾而立之年，而其学已卓然自立，跻身世界著述之林，扬名国...(展开全部)

萧公权先生的博士论文。

萧公权先生在康乃尔大学的博士论文。

The return to religion has perhaps become the dominant cliché of contemporary theory, which rarely offers anything more than an exaggerated echo of a political reality dominated by religious war. Somehow, the secular age seems to have been replaced by a new era, where political action flows directly from metaphysical conflict. The Faith of the Faithless asks how we might respon...(展开全部)