Sprawled across the heartlands of Europe, the Habsburg Empire resisted all the standard theories of singular sovereignty. The 1848 revolutions sparked decades of heady constitutional experimentation that pushed the very concept of “the state” to its limits. This intricate multinational polity became a hothouse for public law and legal philosophy, and spawned ideas that still sh...(展开全部)

It is a classical anthropological paradox that symbols of rebirth and fertility are frequently found in funerary rituals throughout the world. The original essays collected here re-examine this phenomenon through insights from China, India, New Guinea, Latin America, and Africa. The contributors, each a specialist in one of these areas, have worked in close collaboration to pro...(展开全部)

In the grand tradition of Paul Kennedy s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers comes this provocative history of world democracy, which begins with the ancient Myceans and ends in our fractious present. Overturning long-cherished notions, John Keane poses challenging questions: Did democracy actually begin in ancient Greece or earlier in Mesopotamia? Do the American and British...(展开全部)

The Life and Death of Democracy will inspire and shock its readers. Presenting the first grand history of democracy for well over a century, it poses along the way some tough and timely questions: how did democratic ideals and institutions come to have the shape they do today? Given all the recent fanfare about democracy promotion, why are many people now gripped by the feeling...(展开全部)

In the grand tradition of Paul Kennedy s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers comes this provocative history of world democracy, which begins with the ancient Myceans and ends in our fractious present. Overturning long-cherished notions, John Keane poses challenging questions: Did democracy actually begin in ancient Greece or earlier in Mesopotamia? Do the American and British...(展开全部)

The Life and Death of Democracy will inspire and shock its readers. Presenting the first grand history of democracy for well over a century, it poses along the way some tough and timely questions: how did democratic ideals and institutions come to have the shape they do today? Given all the recent fanfare about democracy promotion, why are many people now gripped by the feeling...(展开全部)

It is a classical anthropological paradox that symbols of rebirth and fertility are frequently found in funerary rituals throughout the world. The original essays collected here re-examine this phenomenon through insights from China, India, New Guinea, Latin America, and Africa. The contributors, each a specialist in one of these areas, have worked in close collaboration to pro...(展开全部)

Novelist, playwright, film actor, martial artist, and political commentator, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was arguably the most famous person in Japan at the time of his death. Henry Scott Stokes, one of Mishima's closest friends, was the only non-Japanese allowed to attend the trial of the men involved in Mishima's spectacular suicide. In this insightful and empathetic look at th...(展开全部)

龍安志，社會活動家、國際危機調停人、政治經濟學家和作家。20世紀90年代，他以專業律師和經濟學家身份擔任越南、老撾和柬埔寨央行的顧問，指導這些國家在社會主義轉型期的金融改革，並指導蒙古國的企業改制。在整個20世紀90年代，龍安志向中國的領導人就國有企業改革建言獻策。 自2002年以來，龍安志在喜馬拉雅的高原地帶，以新的模式恢復和發展藏族的文化傳統工藝，開發生態旅遊，將古舊藏族建築修復改造為精品客棧，為底層女性和殘疾人提供小額貸款，為邊遠地區的牧民提供醫療、興建學校。龍安志創辦了非政府組織香巴拉。他還作為北京和達賴喇嘛之間的橋樑，擔任談判中的對話者。 龍安志的著作主題廣泛，關於亞洲的有20多本。他是香港《南華早報》和《亞洲觀察》雜誌的專欄作家和評論員。目前，龍安志主要致力於“喜馬拉雅共識”非政府組織的工作和“非洲共識決議”的創立。

龍安志，社會活動家、國際危機調停人、政治經濟學家和作家。20世紀90年代，他以專業律師和經濟學家身份擔任越南、老撾和柬埔寨央行的顧問，指導這些國家在社會主義轉型期的金融改革，並指導蒙古國的企業改制。在整個20世紀90年代，龍安志向中國的領導人就國有企業改革建言獻策。 自2002年以來，龍安志在喜馬拉雅的高原地帶，以新的模式恢復和發展藏族的文化傳統工藝，開發生態旅遊，將古舊藏族建築修復改造為精品客棧，為底層女性和殘疾人提供小額貸款，為邊遠地區的牧民提供醫療、興建學校。龍安志創辦了非政府組織香巴拉。他還作為北京和達賴喇嘛之間的橋樑，擔任談判中的對話者。 龍安志的著作主題廣泛，關於亞洲的有20多本。他是香港《南華早報》和《亞洲觀察》雜誌的專欄作家和評論員。目前，龍安志主要致力於“喜馬拉雅共識”非政府組織的工作和“非洲共識決議”的創立。