This volume addresses the entanglement between archaeology, imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, and war. Popular sentiment in the West has tended to embrace the adventure rather than ponder the legacy of archaeological explorers; allegations by imperial powers of "discovering" archaeological sites or "saving" world heritage from neglect or destruction have often provided the ...(展开全部)

The Roman empire remains unique. Although Rome claimed to rule the world, it did not. Rather, its uniqueness stems from the culture it created and the loyalty it inspired across an area that stretched from the Tyne to the Euphrates. Moreover, the empire created this culture with a bureaucracy smaller than that of a typical late-twentieth-century research university. In approach...(展开全部)

The Roman empire remains unique. Although Rome claimed to rule the world, it did not. Rather, its uniqueness stems from the culture it created and the loyalty it inspired across an area that stretched from the Tyne to the Euphrates. Moreover, the empire created this culture with a bureaucracy smaller than that of a typical late-twentieth-century research university. In approach...(展开全部)

In this landmark exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, Pamela Kyle Crossley traces the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing (1636-1912), incorporated neighboring, but disparate, political traditions into a new style of emperorship. Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, including Manchu, Korean, and Chinese a...(展开全部)

In this landmark exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, Pamela Kyle Crossley traces the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing (1636-1912), incorporated neighboring, but disparate, political traditions into a new style of emperorship. Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, including Manchu, Korean, and Chinese a...(展开全部)

In this landmark exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, Pamela Kyle Crossley traces the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing (1636-1912), incorporated neighboring, but disparate, political traditions into a new style of emperorship. Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, including Manchu, Korean, and Chinese a...(展开全部)

Unique showcase exploring the use of signs and symbols for visual communication across design disciplines The latest in the highly collectable Communicating with Pattern series, Signs and Symbols showcases stunning examples of designs that incorporate all manner of signs, symbols, and glyphs, explaining how they can be used in contemporary design to communicate a variety of mes...(展开全部)

This book is the first in a new series - Studies in Contemporary China - edited at the Contemporary Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. This pioneering study of the origins of the Chinese Communist Party's cultural policy and the development of the Chinese model of cultural modernization traces the development of Marxist literary theory in China a...(展开全部)

Works do not have meanings, they soak up meanings: a work is a machine for libidinal investments (including the political kind). It is a process that sorts incommensurabilities and registers contradictions (which is not the same as solving them!) The inevitable and welcome conflict of interpretations - a discursive, ideological struggle - therefore needs to be supplemented by a...(展开全部)

特里·伊格尔顿：英国当代马克思主义理论家、文学批评家。曾任教于剑桥大学，又长期担任牛津大学凯瑟琳学院沃顿英文和文学理论讲座教授，后任教于曼彻斯特大学、圣母大学。代表性著作有《批评与意识形态》《沃尔特·本雅明：或走向革命批评》《文学理论导论》《美学意识形态》《文化的观念》《唯物主义》《论文化》等。 段吉方：华东师范大学文学院教授，主要从事文艺学、美学、马克思主义文艺理论研究。出版专著有《意识形态与审美话语——伊格尔顿文学批评理论研究》《文化唯物主义与现代美学问题——20世纪英国马克思主义文学批评理论范式与经验研究》等。 穆宝清：山东大学外国语学院副教授，英国伦敦国王学院访问学者，主要研究方向为西方文论、艺术美学。近期著作有《贡布里希艺术美学思想研究》《社会学阐释与文学想象：齐格蒙特?鲍曼论后现代消费社会》等。