The "World Academic Classics (English Edition)" series of books, since the launch of the first and second series in 2019, will launch the third series this year, so that all 105 varieties will be available within the year.
From "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Tao Te Ching" to "Communist Manifesto", they are all dazzling stars in their respective fields, bringing together a brilliant galaxy of ideas for all mankind, basically including classic works in the history of Chinese and Western thought, which not only reflects respect for the wisdom of predecessors, but also shows a shared and open attitude. According to industry reviews, this series of global visions that help to learn from civilizations and balance Chinese and Western aspects leads readers to re-"polish" epoch-making works with new perspectives.
In the past, when publishing and summarizing the history of ideas in China, Chinese and Western academic classics were always separated, but some scholars believed that traditional Chinese cultural classics such as the Analects, Mencius, and the Tao Te Ching not only belonged to China, but also belonged to the quintessence of the history of world civilization and the history of human thought, and also had a far-reaching impact on Western civilization.
"With the younger generation's increasing attention to the world's academic classics, it will provide a steady stream of huge energy for the prosperity and development of Chinese culture." Han Weidong, president of the Shanghai Translation Publishing House, said that for more than 40 years, the translation agency has continued to translate and disseminate the world's excellent culture, and the academic translations represented by the "Twentieth Century Western Philosophy Translation Series" and the "Contemporary Academic Thought Translation Series" are known as "Black Books" and "Yellow Books" in the industry, which have influenced a whole generation of readers. The "World Academic Classics (English Edition)" series will be helpful in reorganizing the context of world intellectual history and realizing the exchange and mutual learning of Chinese and Western cultures.
In the view of the editorial team, the academic classics embody the essence of human thought, and the excellent thinkers of generations have left an inexhaustible source of thought for future generations with their unique insights and wisdom. Every link in the traditional chain of human intellectual history inspired future generations to open up new fields of thought, explore the essence of life, and reach the depths of human nature. With the continuous maturity and improvement of human thought, the theories in various disciplines have been deepened from the dimensions of ontology, epistemology, methodology, practice, and value theory.
Through the combing and dissemination of classics, future generations inherit the ideas of their predecessors, maintain the vitality of thought through the nourishment of classics, enrich and develop the views of predecessors, and make them form a wave of ideological torrents, thereby changing people's thinking and world outlook and affecting the process of human society. The "World Academic Classics (English Edition)", which will be released this year, is just one of the typical samples.
Author: Xu Yang
Editor: Wang Xiaoli