February 11, 2022 is the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the Commercial Press, the first modern publishing institution in China. The Commercial Press's 125th Anniversary Celebration series of activities will run through January and February, and celebrate the New Year with readers in the form of theme book lists, theme videos, and stories about the history of the museum.
As one of the celebrations of the 125th Anniversary, the Commercial Press recently released the "Top Ten Good Books of the Commercial Press" in January 2022, and the ten books selected by readers and voting and expert review were: "Forty Years of Chinese Marxist Theory", "Supporting and Practicing Multilateralism: China's Participation in the Legal Practice of WTO Dispute Settlement (2011-2020)", "Dictionary of Distinguishing Normative Characters and Traditional Characters and Variant Characters", "Oxford Reading Handbook", "Cultural Anthropology (13th Edition)", " Fei Xiaotong's Question: How Human Society Is Moving Toward "Beauty and Coexistence":Fei Xiaotong's Biography of Academic Thought, "Re-examining the Associations of Modern China", "Anthropology and Anthropologists: The British School of the Twentieth Century", "The Dual Time System: A Historical and Anthropological Study of a Border Society between Yunnan and Burma", and "The Core Concepts of Classical Confucianism".
Selected as one of the top ten best books, the Dictionary of Distinguishing Canonical and Traditional And Variant Characters is a tool to solve the problem of normalized, traditional, and variant characters; the Oxford Reading Handbook covers the study of cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, pedagogy, and other related fields (such as speech and speech pathology), and will be helpful to researchers interested in reading, reading instruction, or dyslexia.
Anthropology and sociology-related works have continued to be sought after in recent years, "Cultural Anthropology" is a general introduction to cultural anthropology, expounding the scope of cultural anthropology research, the academic views of major scholars, etc.; "Re-examining the Associations of Modern China" critically examines the narratives of secret associations in different contexts such as China, Japan, Europe and the United States, and points out that secret associations are actually parallel to mainstream values in ideological beliefs. From this point of view, the author still focuses on interpreting the relevant accounts of the behavior of associations in the Republic of China period, proposing that secret associations are the existence between "substance" and "speech", and the interpersonal relations and networks that are common in Chinese society. Therefore, the study of secret associations, the narrative should be based on the confrontation of the "secret associations" rhetoric of various power expressions, focusing on deconstructing a society that really existed in history.
Cultural Anthropology
"Re-examination of Associations in Modern China"
The Dual Time System: A Historical and Anthropological Study of a Border Society between Yunnan and Burma is a historical anthropological study based on the fields of Xishuangbanna, examining the religious, political, cultural, and historical relationships in the intersection of civilizations from the perspective of a small town. The "dual time system" refers to the fact that the society of the region has been influenced by the dual influence of Burmese and Central Plains cultures for a long time in history, forming a cultural spirit that connects the two. Taking Xishuangbanna as a case study, this book starts from the approach of anthropology and sociology, and through the description and analysis of the social and historical changes in Xishuangbanna, it reveals how the interaction between the state, religion and society has shaped the civilization process of Xishuangbanna.
In January 2022, the Commercial Press published academic books including Anthropology and Anthropologists: The British School of the Twentieth Century, The Last Sun: Change, Turmoil and Resistance in a Mexican Indian Town, The Chain of Interactive Rituals, and Max Weber and Economic and Social Thought.
According to the Commercial Press, this month will also focus on the launch of "The Quality of Publication (Revised Edition)", the famous red scholar Cai Yijiang's life's work "Cai Yijiang's New Commentary on the Dream of the Red Chamber (All Four Volumes)", the British writer D.H. Lawrence's reading essay collection "Lawrence Reading Essays", Agatha Christie's "Agatha Christie Classic Detective Works Collection (all 24 volumes)", and Professor Wang Ruixia's monograph on cultural memory and landscape design of Jiangnan villages and towns of Nanjing Forestry University. From Nostalgia to Rural Construction: Cultural Memory and Landscape Design of Jiangnan Villages and Towns", as well as McFarland's self-selected collection "The World of Glass", and "Chinese and Foreign Witch Mask Art", which describes the development of Chinese and foreign witch mask art.
In mid-January, the "Literature Night" Series of Chinese-to-World Literature Masterpieces series will be broadcast live, and readers will share the people and things in the Masterpieces of Chinese-translated Literature with readers; on February 11, the Celebration Day of the Museum, the Commercial Press will take readers into the 125-year-old Commercial Press through live cameras, and the official new media platform of the Commercial Press will also successively launch the 125th Anniversary Special Topic.