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There were 32 new books in February

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There were 32 new books in February

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1. How to do the "Belt and Road": Thinking about how to do the "Belt and Road" based on the theory of case studies is a huge and complex proposition. Based on construction case studies, this book summarizes some theoretical knowledge from the perspective of economic geography, in order to provide academic support for promoting the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative. The book is full of pictures and texts, and is an important reference for theoretical discussion on how to promote the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative.

2. The past of the Han family

"The Past of the Han Family" describes the centennial experience of the Han family, the "Tiancheng", the head of the "Eight Families" in Tianjin. The Han sisters were the first generation of Chinese women to receive modern education in the 20th century, and their experiences and choices give us a glimpse of the ups and downs and fates of traditional families in this changing situation. This book is centered on the Han family, next to the families of Li Lianpu, Mei Yiqi, Fu Tong, Kuang Shoukun, and Wei Lihuang, so as to absorb a thicker historical capacity and reflect a richer background of the times.

3. Modern fiction reading

"Modern Fiction Reading" is a book written by Mr. Wang Dingjun for those who are interested in literature, the art of dismantling the novel from story to story, and seeing how the novel produces the novel, which not only deliberately avoids the obscurity of theoretical terms, but also retains the interest of the method of creation. From Lu Xun, Ba Jin, Shen Congwen to Xu Zhimo, Lin Yutang, and Mo Yan, the selected artists are all first-class masters, but they do not have to be their representative works, because from the perspective of learning, what novelists leave behind is not the story, but the expression of the story.

4. Seeing the World: Interdisciplinary Research in American Universities in the Age of Globalization

How did post-World War II American universities influence and shape the construction of global knowledge systems?

How can higher education institutions turn money and intelligence into knowledge production?

In the era of globalization, how can interdisciplinary research be transformed through non-departmental forms?

Cross-border collaborations – in-depth interviews with dozens of top scholars and university leaders;

Multiculturalism - more than ten years of topic tracking, classic practice of immersive research;

Regional Research – Lots of primary data to solve complex global and local problems.

Looking at the world, knowing oneself - a masterpiece of seeing the subtleties and rethinking the mission of university education.

5. How Equal Education Will Determine the Future: The Flat World and American Education

This book examines the educational crisis in the United States through rich and compelling statistics, the disparity of the ethnic diversity of the population, the disparity in income and resources for American students, and the fate of these neglected teenagers that is closely linked to the future of the United States. As a result, Darling Hammond proposes a specific set of policies and school reforms, arguing that "a more democratic and just society will be created if we can improve race relations and equip all students with the knowledge, attitudes and skills they need to engage in intercultural communication and take personal, social and civic action".

6. Etymology (3rd Edition, Alphabetical Edition)

The first edition of the 100-year-old "Ciyuan" was published!

A "Etymology" that is more suitable for modern readers! The Etymology book fills the gap in the version of the Etymology for a hundred years, echoes the strong demand of ordinary readers for phonetic search when using dictionaries, and is the most convenient to use in the Etymology (Third Edition) series of products.

7. Verse Kangxi Dictionary (Collector's Edition)

The "Verse Kangxi Dictionary" (Collector's Edition), which is worth collecting for families, is here

Kangxi Dictionary is an important character book in the history of Chinese dictionaries. Compiled by Qing Dynasty scholar Zhang Yushu and others, it was published in 1716 and contains a total of 47,035 words in the dictionary. The dictionary contains many rare and infrequently used words, in order to facilitate more Chinese people to use this dictionary, Mr. Zhang Yuanji abridged it into about 9,000 words, which is this "Broken Kangxi Dictionary". This book expands the original 16-page (152*230) by 20% and reprints and publishes, retaining the advantages of the Kangxi Dictionary, and at the same time meeting the reading needs and experience of modern readers, which is of great practical value.

8. The history of the piano and the instrument

From the instrument of the sage to the "best of the qin", and then to the first of the cultivation of "qin, chess, calligraphy and painting" necessary for Chinese literati, the guqin culture has formed a huge system integrating the history of the qin, the instrument, the qin, the qin, the music, and the theory of the qin. This book is a compilation of the author's years of in-depth research on the guqin. The "Examination and Theory" of Qin History systematically clarifies the confusion between "Jiang Cao" and "Zhejiang Cao" in the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, and explores the main context of the Qin world from the late Song Dynasty through the Yuan Dynasty to the Jiajing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, and outlines the history of the Qin in the past three hundred years. The "Chronicles" of the piano instrument is the surviving Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming guqin, clarifying the origin and change, and providing guidance for the identification of the instrument. The Tibetan Qin "Notes" tells the story of Mr. Zheng Minzhong's collection of nine Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming qins, and the original story of the inheritance. This book contains nearly 160 pictures, including precious guqin, qin ornaments, qin people, qin music, historical documents, etc., showing the beauty of the guqin and the style of the qin.

9. The melon rice building hides a purple clay pot

Mr. Feng Qiyong's purple clay pot collection, different from ordinary collections, is deeply involved in the production of purple clay pots, and has a great relationship with the makers of purple clay pots. Some are their own inscriptions, inviting famous artists to make pots for themselves, and some are inscribed by famous pot makers to add brilliance. Mr. Feng has a deep understanding and elaboration of the purple clay pot culture. This book helps readers understand the Yixing purple clay pot family and its production style, and also witnesses the friendship between Mr. Feng and the purple clay pot family for several generations, just like a brief history of purple clay pot culture.

Melon rice building Tibetan Ming blue and white porcelain

10. The spirit of Indian law

A book that takes you through the "Spirit of Indian Law" | New in the Law and Society Series

This book selects and discusses the eight core concepts of Hindu law—dharma, knowledge, mimancha, debt, property, trial procedure, torture rod, and customary law—and explains their implications and contexts, reveals the spirit of Hindu law, and points out their historical limitations and modern significance.

11. Rethink informed consent in bioethics

The principle of informed consent has been regarded as the cornerstone of medicine and bioethics, but its institutional development has become increasingly cumbersome and formalized, and even alienated into a means for medical and research institutions to evade legal responsibility. This book systematically explains the role of informed consent in life medicine, and is the most comprehensive and profound treatise on the principle of "informed consent" to date. Since its publication, it has been regarded as a must-read by researchers in Western countries and practitioners of medicine, life sciences, law, public ethics and public policy.

12. The Meaning of a Lawyer

Why do ancient and modern Chinese and foreign sages and philosophers belittle lawyers? Are lawyers intellectuals? Are lawyers businessmen? Why are lawyers freelancers? Are fees the original sin of lawyers? What kind of lawyer is a barrister? The author adheres to the poetic tradition of "gentleness and generosity" and systematically answers these time-honored questions with prudent, modest, clear, and peaceful words.

13. The principle of absolute jurisprudence: a counterpoint of modernity

The Principle of Absolute Law: A Counterpoint of Modernity/Translation Series of Masterpieces in Political Philosophy is an in-depth study of the theme of "Absolute Principle of Law" proposed in Political Justice (1987). Kant is always an active interlocutor throughout the book, and thinkers such as Aristotle, Mill, Bentham, Rawls, and Habermas are all drawn into the dialogue.

14. The Critical Jurisprudence Movement: The Great Revolution of the New Era

This book is a continuation of many of Unger's reflections on political and social orders that liberate humanity from economic slavery, social division, and hierarchies. Unlike other members of the Critical Jurisprudence Movement (CLS) and contemporary legal thinkers, who focus on how courts and judges decide cases, Unger argues that the importance of legal analysis lies in providing institutional imagination.

15. Kingly People: Kant's Cosmopolitan Theory of Law-Peace

The German philosopher Immanuel Kant is known for his "Three Critiques", but very little is known about his legal-state philosophy. To a certain extent, King-like People: Kant's Cosmopolitan Jurisprudence-Peace Theory/Political Philosophy Classics Series is intended to correct this bias. The author argues that Kant had already proposed a broad outline of the legal-state philosophy in his Treatise on Perpetual Peace.

16. The Limits of Sensation: On Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

This book is an important work by Strawson, an important representative of the English school of everyday language. In the book, Strawson discusses the main chapters and core themes of Kant's First Critique in turn, but instead of conducting historical and textual philosophical history research, he conducts a systematic and critical analysis and reconstruction of Kant's theory. Based on the development of contemporary logic, Strawson split Kant's theoretical philosophy in order to avoid some unacceptable conclusions in Kant's theory, so as to retain the parts he considered valuable.

17. Nietzsche's great politics

Friedrich Nietzsche's influence on the world of culture, philosophy and art is indisputable, but his contribution to politics is hotly debated. This book places Nietzsche's great political ideas in the German and European context of the late 19th century, showing how Nietzsche made Bismarck's political concept his own, thus enabling him to propose a vision of a unified European political order, that is, a counterweight to Britain and Russia.

18. On the cult of Nietzsche: a critique

In this little book, Tennis examines the life and writings of Nietzsche, the idol of his youth, in detail from the perspective of a mature sociologist. He admired Nietzsche's discovery of life, art, and true wisdom as the primordial principle, but he was concerned by his later intellectual movements and their influence among youth. In the end, he finally couldn't harden his heart and followed his idol Nietzsche to be a free elf, and chose a "human, too human" sociology.

19. On Love: Commentary on Plato's Drinking

20. Cartesian on representation

21. Basic questions of personality studies

"Of the various papers published in the last hundred years on the question of the principles of personality, no author has grasped it more deeply and delved into the essence than Alexander Pfandel, and no psychologist in this field of human studies has made a more comprehensive distinction than he has made. ”

22. Moss and the Social Facts of Totality

Bruno Calsanti's 1994 book, Mauss and the Social Facts in General, is concise enough to give the illusion that it is merely a study of Marcel Mauss's academic thought. In fact, the little book established itself as a classic of Mauss studies at the outset of its publication. At a time when everyone is complaining about the lack of systematization of Mauss's thought and its inexplicable relationship with Durkheim's thought, in this book, Carl Santi uses the concept of "overarching social facts" proposed in The Gift as a starting point to convincingly demonstrate in what ways and to what extent Mauss overcame the inherent difficulties of Durkheim's sociological tradition and advanced the development of this school.

23. Introduction to Social Work (Outer One: Lujia Village)

In the history of Chinese sociology, Jiang Zhi'ang is considered to be a representative of the "West China School" and has made significant contributions to community research. "Introduction to Social Work" was first published in 1946, in addition to Jiang Zhiang's lectures on "social work" and "social investigation", aiming to construct a systematic framework for thinking about social work during the period of resistance to construction, and to carry out a kind of sinicized disciplinary exploration.

24. Departments and Disciplines: One Hundred Years of Sociology in Chicago

In this detailed history of the Chicago School of Sociology, Andrew Abbott examines the central issues of the emergence of modern scholarship, with a particular focus on the "school of science" and how this school of thought replicated itself over time. What are the prerequisites for the emergence of schools? Do they exist as rigid rules or as flexible structures, and how do they emerge from the daily activities of academic life, such as editing journals and writing papers?

25. Bai Bi German Anthology (all 9 volumes)

Written in defense of the humanities

What kind of humanistic spirit does the times need? The Collected Works of Bai Bide

26. Deep Travel: Bashan Lychee Road Field Narrative

The people of Renhe Village | The end of the trilogy of "Ancient Roads in the Distant Mountains".

27. History of the Development of Human Thought: A Discussion of Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near East

It takes readers into a mythological era that is completely different from modern life, and explores the relationship between man and gods, man and the universe, and man and nature. In the ancient Near East, the thinking of the ancient Egyptians was heavily influenced by the daily sunrise and sunset and the annual cycle of droughts and floods on the Nile, in Mesopotamia the belief that the stars, the moon and stones were citizens of the "state of the universe", and the Hebrews, who reduced the mythological aspects of religion to a low level.

28. The Reinvention of the Nation: Why We Fear and Need the Nation

Social cohesion is not only a problem in Germany, but also in Europe and even the world, which suffers from a lack of cohesion due to the dilution of the concept of nationhood. In order to better understand the crises that nations face in other countries today, it is necessary to examine the narratives that social groups use to define their past, future, and identity, which prove to be key to answering the question of what divides peoples and what brings them back together.

29. Darwin's Fossils—The Discoveries That Constitute the Theory of Evolution

In 1831, a small exploration ship set sail from Plymouth Harbour, England, and this voyage completely changed the way we think about ourselves and nature......

Charles Darwin is a famous British biologist, and his "theory of evolution" is well known, but few people know about the fossil discovery journey that led Darwin to this theory. This book details the story of Darwin's important discoveries and expeditions during the famous Beagle's expedition around the world: the birds of the Galapagos Islands, the fossils of animals that are thousands of years old, the beautiful coral reefs, and the mysterious petrified forests......

30. "Chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series" (Fourth Edition) 1. Selected Novels of Voltaire [French] by Voltaire

2. The Missing by Franz Kafka

3. Broken Wings: Selected Short Stories by Gibran [Lebanon].

4. Biography of Famous People by Romain Rolland

5. Selected Short Stories by Dude [French] Dude

6. Blue Flame: Gibran's Love Letters Jane [Lebanon] by Gibran

7. Notes from the Basement by Fyodor Dostoevsky

8. The First Man by Albert Camus

9. Maritime Laborers [French] by Hugo

10. Charlotte Brontë Letters

11. Contemporary Heroes by [Russian] Lermontov

12. The Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy

13. The Black Horse by Anna Sewell

14. When the Stars of Mankind Shine: Fourteen Portraits of Historical Figures by Stefan Zweig

15. The Fall of Beauty: A Collection of Oscar Wilde's Letters

116. Igor's expedition translated by Li Xiyin

17. Duchess of Baduja by Oscar Wilde

18. The Fields of Castile: Selected Poems of Machado [West] by Antonio Machado

19. The Insignificant Woman by Oscar Wilde

20. The Counterfeit Maker by Andre Gide 21

23. Cod Cape by Thoreau

24. Frost's Collected Works

25. The Song of Hiawatha by Longfellow

26. The Joy of Life by John Lubbock

27. Gain but Nothing by Ernest Hemingway

28. The Complete Works of Shakespeare's Poems: Sonnets and Other Writings by Shakespeare

29. Snow Country [Japanese] Yasunari Kawabata

30. The Blue-Eyed Thief: An Anecdote from Life in Mexico, 1861-1863 by Altamirano

31. The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

32. The Complete Works of Frost's Poems (2 volumes) by Frost

31. Siddhartha

The translation of "Siddhartha" by Yang Yugong is back

32. Translation, rewriting and regulation of literary masterpieces

The representative work of the famous contemporary translation theorist Lefèvre is an influential masterpiece in the field of translation studies. In this book, Lefèvre examines the act of translation in the context of ideology, politics, economics, and culture, and delves into the many factors that influence translation strategies in the translation process. This is what makes his theory more distinctive than other theorists, making it the most important work leading the "School of Translation Studies".

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