This volume provides a history of how “the human” has been constituted as a subject of scientific inquiry in China from the seventeenth century to the present. Organized around four themes—“Parameters of Human Life,” “Formations of the Human Subject,” “Disciplining Knowledge,” and “Deciphering Health”—it scrutinizes the development of scientific knowledge and technical interest...(展开全部)

This volume provides a history of how “the human” has been constituted as a subject of scientific inquiry in China from the seventeenth century to the present. Organized around four themes—“Parameters of Human Life,” “Formations of the Human Subject,” “Disciplining Knowledge,” and “Deciphering Health”—it scrutinizes the development of scientific knowledge and technical interest...(展开全部)

This volume provides a history of how the human has been constituted as a subject of scientific inquiry in China from the seventeenth century to the present.

This volume outlines the origins of a wide range of disciplines including astronomy, agricultural science, medicine, physics, chemistry, and natural history. It provides an overview of China’s history of science and technology, which can be traced back to the pre-Qin times when the arts had free expression and the schools of thought were unrestricted. It also includes a glossar...(展开全部)

昆廷·斯金纳(Skinner, Quentin)，1940年生，英国剑桥大学钦定近代史讲座教授，是西方学术界思想史研究主流“剑桥学派”的代表人物，其在学术界的地位如芬兰学者帕罗内所说，在思想史研究中掀起了“斯金纳的革命”。

昆廷·斯金纳(Skinner, Quentin)，1940年生，英国剑桥大学钦定近代史讲座教授，是西方学术界思想史研究主流“剑桥学派”的代表人物，其在学术界的地位如芬兰学者帕罗内所说，在思想史研究中掀起了“斯金纳的革命”。

The past quarter of a century has seen dramatic developments in social and political thought. These essays offer an indispensable introduction to some of the most influential amongst them. Quentin Skinner's Introduction traces broad transformations such as the erosion of empiricist assumptions and the undermining of the positivist ideal of the unification of the sciences by the...(展开全部)

In The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences eleven scholars widely known for their interdisciplinary work investigate one of the most striking developments in the intellectual world today: the return to history by a wide range of academic disciplines. From ''new historicism'' in literary theory, to ''ethnohistory,'' to ''historical sociology,'' these new approaches have resulted...(展开全部)

In The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences eleven scholars widely known for their interdisciplinary work investigate one of the most striking developments in the intellectual world today: the return to history by a wide range of academic disciplines. From ''new historicism'' in literary theory, to ''ethnohistory,'' to ''historical sociology,'' these new approaches have resulted...(展开全部)

In this far-ranging and innovative study Christopher Berry explores the meanings and ramifications of the idea of luxury. Insights from political theory, philosophy and intellectual history are utilised in a sophisticated conceptual analysis that is complemented by a series of specific historical investigations. Dr Berry suggests that the value attached to luxury is a crucial c...(展开全部)