在近代东亚世界里，有心知晓世事，探究世变由来，思考因应之道的士人，不知凡几。在他们具体身处的生活世界里，确实存在着前所未知的知识天地，乃至于新式传播媒介提供的讯息，好似广袤无涯，总可吸引有心好奇之士探其究竟，明其奥妙。他们就像是进入了一座包罗万象的“知识仓库”，只要愿意信步直入，披卷展读，随意阅览，各色信息、思想与观念，斑斓眩目，应接不暇，迎面扑来，总可撼动挑拨观奇览胜者的心怀意念，汲引足可激荡多样思考想象的“思想资源”。他们共向同循的，乃是可以名曰追求“世界知识”的思想道路。

Today scientific, technological and cultural knowledge is shared worldwide. The extent to which globalized knowledge also existed in the past is an open question and, moreover, a question that is important for understanding present processes of globalization. This book, the first volume of the series "Studies" of the "Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge," the result of an interdisciplinary cooperation launched in 2007 by a Dahlem Conference, offers surprising answers to this question.
Long-distance and intercontinental connections with an attendant spread of knowledge are as old as Homo sapiens themselves. Since its inception, the globalization of knowledge has been a process with its own dynamics, interfering significantly with other processes of intercultural transmission. The four parts of this volume address historical phases in which the production, transmission and transformation of knowledge were crucial for advancing these processes. Part 1 investigates a series of processes in the very early phases of globalization, from the transmission of practical knowledge to the emergence of science. Part 2 explores how knowledge was disseminated as a consequence of the spread of power and belief structures. Part 3 deals with the encounters between culturally specific knowledge and globalized knowledge. Part 4 is dedicated to the globalization of modern science and to the great challenges, such as energy supply and climate change, that humanity faces when dealing with knowledge today
The 97th Dahlem Workshop:
The present volume is based on the 97th Dahlem Workshop on Globalization of Knowledge and its Consequences, Berlin, 18–23 November 2007, coordinated by Katharina Ochse.
Participants:
Ian Baldwin, Angelo Baracca, Fabio Bevilacqua, Maria Emilia Beyer, Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Gianluca Bocchi, István M. Bodnár, Jens Erland Braarvig, Chiara Brambilla, Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum, Jacob Dahl, Peter Damerow, Hansjörg Dilger, Kostas Gavroglu, Matteo Gerlini, Denise Gimpel, Gerd Graßhoff, Hans Falk Hoffmann, Dirk Hofäcker, Jarita C. Holbrook, Malcolm D. Hyman, Birgit Krawietz, Manfred Krebernik, Joachim Kurtz, Manolis Patiniotis, Albert Presas I Puig, Daniel T. Potts, Dhruv Raina, Jürgen Renn, Richard Rottenburg, Dagmar Schäfer, Matthias Schemmel, Mark Schiefsky, Meredith Schuman, Gebhard J. Selz, Martina Siebert, Circe Mary Silva da Silva, Ana Simões, Tzveta Sofronieva, Saran Solongo, Karin Tybjerg, Hans Ulrich Vogel, Milena Wazeck, Gerhard Wolf, Harriet T. Zurndorfer

When they have to promote themselves. When an acquaintance says hello by kissing them on a cheek. When they owe a favour. When they wait for a bus in pouring rain, but there´s already someone under the pentice. When they run out of coffee.
That´s when it happens. A finnish awkward moment.
The character of Karoliina Korhonen´s comic strips is finnish Matti, who loves silence and personal space. If someone gets angry or is behaving badly, he wonders what he has done wrong.
Finnish Nightmares is a book about what it is like to be a finn in social occasions. For a foreigner the book opens implied codes that can be difficult to understand but are shared with all finns.

来自大英图书馆的古老建议
一本彻底“过时”的生活宝典
◎ 编辑推荐
☆ 打开大英图书馆百宝箱，搜罗中世纪手稿，维多利亚时代的书籍与自助指南，古老的智慧顾问为你导航，展卷辉煌灿烂的“日不落帝国”历史图谱，开启充满神奇与冒险的“前现代” 生活之旅。
☆ 了解一般人“闻所未闻”的趣味冷知识，掌握一般人“见所未见”的生活小技能——给狮子剥皮、用花语进行交流、用蜗牛预测未来、徒手训练猎鹰、制作全天然润唇膏、不用干洗机干洗衣物、在漫长的海上航行中生存、做个真正的淑女或绅士……
☆ 这是一本如此奇妙的书，它古怪、有趣、让人着迷，恰好适合充满好奇心和求知欲，又不走寻常路的你。
◎ 内容简介
如果你不确定自己的知识广博到可以回答“如何给狮子剥皮”这样的问题；如果你对古老失传的手艺和技能充满兴趣；如果你是一个冷知识爱好者和不折不扣的“书虫”；如果你具备探险精神并愿意用热情介入历史和生活……别犹豫，这本《如何给狮子剥皮》不会让你失望。
本书从大英图书馆的百宝箱中搜集了各种各样关于生活技巧、社交礼仪、生存技能的建议。资料来自中世纪的手稿、维多利亚时代的生活手册和二十世纪早期的自助指南，从栽花到养蜂，从医学到魔术，带你探秘维多利亚时代多彩的历史画卷，为你展现真实可靠的“前现代”生活图谱。从细节窥见时代，以趣味探索生活，这既是一本奇妙的生活宝典，又是一册不可多得的历史资料汇总，更是一场真正的趣味冷知识盛宴——那些搜索引擎解决不了的问题，在这里可以找到奇妙的答案。

西格蒙德•弗洛伊德的性理论，已有100多年的历史。自那以来（社会和人的行为）已发生了众多的变化。在今天，不仅是我们的工作和思考不同于以往，而且我们的渴望和爱情也与以往有所不同。（人的）性欲和性行为，因为媒体和商业而在很大程度上被平庸化。福尔克马•西古希在这本书中（向我们）展现了他自己特有的一种性理论，第一次收入了我们时代特有的新型性欲和性行为，如在互联网和网站门户中人们的性欲和性行为以及无性欲的现象；也第一次阐释了新型的性别如经过改变的性别、两性兼有的性别和无性人，以及新型的爱的联盟如多元之爱和恋物癖。当然也比以往更进一步地阐明了如异性恋、同性恋和双性恋等传统的性爱模式，但也更进一步地揭露了色情制品、性侵和（性）暴力等一些性现象和性行为的丑陋。
西古希理论的核心是：没有一个人的性欲和性行为会与任何其他一个人具有认同性。鉴于对人的性欲和性行为不能加以系统化的概括，与此相关的理论也就只能说是“断想”而不是一种系统的理论。并且也鉴于一种性理论只有以实际生活为例才能加以说明，西古希便借用了他在医疗实践中遇到的有关儿童、青少年、伴侣关系、老人和其他许多人的一些活生生的性欲性行为的事实——既具有批判性也具有实际性。
“他是国际上最被看重的性学家之一”。《镜报》。
“尽管他并没有发明‘性’，但属于那些使‘性’高雅地登上科学讲坛的科学家之一。《黑森州广播电台》。
“西古希向我们展现了陷在神秘和个体感觉夹缝之间的性科学，怎样才能打开一条通向自由的道路”。《法兰克福汇报》
“他的研究有一种令人感动的美”。《时代周报》
“他是一位分辨细微差异的大师…。在有关人的性欲和性行为领域里，几乎没有人像他那么拥有如此丰富的历史和系统性的知识”。《法兰克福广播电台》
“他有一种不可否认的冷幽默，以致使人们感到似乎又回忆起伟大的利希腾贝格和他的那些潦草的笔记”。www.satt.org蒂娜•曼斯克（Tina Manske）。
“一位出类拔萃的散文家”。《南德意志报》

    本书源于以“科学是可以相信的吗？”为题的演讲，该演讲对各种听众，在不同的场合讲述过。范?利尔耶路撒冷基金会的盛情邀请鼓励我把演讲的内容系统化，并扩充为可供四次时间较长的讨论班用的讲稿。在1975年4月把讲稿提交给由哲学家、社会学家和科学家组成的有益的评议小组。此后我允诺将讲稿详细写出以便出版。这似乎不难，但讲稿已有了它们自己的生命力，这就又花了两年时

《般若波罗密多心经讲纪》内容主要包括：序言，绪引，般若波罗蜜多心经，《心经》直解，《心经》简介，一、《心经》的主要教义，二、《心经》的地位，三、《心经》的来源，四、《心经》的译本，五、《心经》的译者，六、《心经》的各家注解，七、《心经》释题等等。这本《般若波罗蛮多心经讲记》，是二十世纪八十年代我在新加坡光明山普觉禅寺与九十年代在大众学佛研究会开示的《般若波罗蜜多心经》录音，经普仁、圆祥笔录，再由果逸居士发心整理而成的。在此，我感谢她们的发心与努力，使这本书得以出版。

《中国学文薮》是日本著名汉学家狩野直喜先生的学术论文选集，内容广泛，涉及经学、清朝皇帝的特权与科举制度、中国古代小说、元曲等方面。

我在琉璃厂南纸铺，挂了卖画刻印的润格，陈师曾见着我刻的印章，特到法源寺来访我。晤谈之下，即成莫逆。师曾能画大写意花卉，笔致矫健，气魄雄伟，在京里很负盛名。 ……我常到他家去……和他谈画论世，我们所见相同，交谊就愈来愈深。
及中华民国立，义宁陈君师曾入北京，初为飧铜者作墨合，镇纸画稿，俾其雕镂；既成拓墨，雅趣盎然。不久复廓其技于笺纸，才华蓬勃，笔简易饶，且又顾及刻工省其奏刀之困，而诗笺乃开新境。盖至是而画师梓人，同力合作，遂越前修矣。

本书收入作者关于科学哲学的五篇重要论文，集中体现了作者的科学哲学观和历史方法论。书中批判了波普尔的证伪主义方法论与库恩的非理性主义科学心理学，提出了一个理论演替的合理的动态的科学发展模式，主张以科学史检验科学方法论，并倡导以典型历史实例进行“案例研究”的方法。

Trees are one of the most ubiquitous religious symbols across the world. From ancient Sumer to Christianity, from the Maya civilization to Buddhism, there’s hardly a human society over the ages that hasn’t associated trees with some sort of celestial and religious power.
Due to its expressive quality and natural branching scheme, trees have also become important communication tools, illustrating a variety of topics such as family ties, moral values, systems of law, domains of science, biological species, hard disk drives, database schemas, and online discussions.
The Book of Trees covers over 800 years of human culture through the lens of the tree figure, from its entrenched roots in religious medieval exegesis to its contemporary, secular digital themes. With roughly 200 images the book offers a visual evolutionary history of this universal metaphor, showing us the incremental adoption of a stylized, abstract construct, as well as a recent emergence of new visual models, many employing advanced computer-generated algorithms. Ultimately, this book makes visualization a prism through which to observe the evolution of civilization.

Peter Bevelin begins his fascinating book with Confucius' great wisdom: "A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake." Seeking Wisdom is the result of Bevelin's learning about attaining wisdom. His quest for wisdom originated partly from making mistakes himself and observing those of others but also from the philosophy of super-investor and Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charles Munger. A man whose simplicity and clarity of thought was unequal to anything Bevelin had seen.
In addition to naturalist Charles Darwin and Munger, Bevelin cites an encyclopedic range of thinkers: from first-century BCE Roman poet Publius Terentius to Mark Twain—from Albert Einstein to Richard Feynman—from 16th Century French essayist Michel de Montaigne to Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett. In the book, he describes ideas and research findings from many different fields.
This book is for those who love the constant search for knowledge. It is in the spirit of Charles Munger, who says, "All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there." There are roads that lead to unhappiness. An understanding of how and why we can "die" should help us avoid them. We can't eliminate mistakes, but we can prevent those that can really hurt us.
Using exemplars of clear thinking and attained wisdom, Bevelin focuses on how our thoughts are influenced, why we make misjudgments and tools to improve our thinking. Bevelin tackles such eternal questions as: Why do we behave like we do? What do we want out of life? What interferes with our goals?
Read and study this wonderful multidisciplinary exploration of wisdom. It may change the way you think and act in business and in life.

《隔岸观景》，本书系书与人丛书之一种。主要分各部分，一是关于美国历史问题，诸如《我们需要什么样的美国早期史》、《美国革命的“复数化”》；二是书评，如他们在美国发现了什么？——读王希、姚平主编《在美国发现历史》；三是谈人论事，诸如《专家时代的博学之士》、《悠悠寸心谢师恩》。作者见解不凡，文字晓畅。

数量不菲的日本古写本佛经，其价值不让于中国敦煌佛经写本，而国人难以寓目。作者梁晓虹，以深厚的训诂学功力，长期在日本从事汉语与佛经音义的研究。本书即以日本古写本佛经中的大量音义资料为基础，肯定其汉语研究方面的珍贵史料价值，并从《四分律音义》、《新译华严经音义》等古写本中收集资料，研究汉字、俗字、词汇双音化、同义复合词以及外来词汉化等的发展变化。同时，作者竭力推崇以无著道忠为代表的中古、近世日本僧人对汉语研究的贡献，强调“禅林句集”之类禅宗史料的研究价值。本书还分析了疑伪经的情况，并指出疑伪经在汉语研究中的重要作用。

本书辑录了海外著名学者高友工、梅祖麟于1968至1978年间共同撰写的三篇研究唐诗的经典论文：《杜甫的<秋兴>：语言学批评的实践.》《唐诗的句法、用字与意象》《唐诗的语义、隐喻和典故》。两位作者从语言学角度，运用结构主义批评方法研究唐诗，对诗歌的语义变化、节奏转换、繁复意象及错综语汇进行了细致详实的分析，并在论述过程中对中西诗歌作了精湛的比较研究，为我们揭示了一条进入中国古典诗歌世界的可能路径。

本书中所讨论的是以下三个问题，什么是现代教育;教育的本质与现代;现代的学校教育，特别是大学教育应如何进行。

《地缘政治学：国际关系的地理学（第2版）》是一本最好的地缘政治学专著。地缘政治学是关于世界主要地区政治地理变动的事实知识，包括它们在历史上以及当前的相互关系，它是一种全景式的世界观察。在索尔·伯纳德·科恩的地缘政治学中，均衡，而不是转变，才是治国策略的一目的。最深刻的是，科恩暗示，在全球化的时代，战略与经济相互依赖程度的增长为已经是(或者可能成为)大国冲突地带的地缘政治区或破碎地带提供了一个机会，使后者成为潜在的一体化区或门户区。为此，将需要具有想象力的外交方式。索尔·伯纳德·科恩深邃的地缘政治智慧为其学说提供了坚固的知识基础。

本书接续了英国著名历史学家彼得·伯克在《知识社会史》（上卷）的叙述，讲述了从1750年代法国《百科全书》出版到维基百科盛行之间的知识的社会史。如同其前著，本书提供了一种社会史观（或者说历史的回顾型社会学）。本书不仅关注个人，也关注集体关于知识传播的行为和趋势。
本书分为三部分。第一部分讨论了看似永恒的知识活动——收集知识、随后分析、传播和使用知识——实际上是具有时间性的，在不同的时段和地点会有不同的形式。第二部分试图通过讨论知识的缺失和专业化的失败来写就知识增长的历史反趋势。第三部分则从地理学、社会学和年代学等概念出发，对比中心和边缘的体验，来讨论知识在每个时期的主要趋势，即专业化、世俗化、国有化、民主化等与它的对立面的共存和相互影响。
一如既往，彼特·伯克运用清晰易懂的语言为我们展现了一幅令人印象深刻的学术图景。这册备受期待的《知识社会史》（下卷）将会是一次横跨人文领域和社科领域的阅读旅程。

In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to the publication of the French Encyclopedie. The book opens with an assessment of different sociologies of knowledge from Mannheim to Foucault and beyond, and goes on to discuss intellectuals as a social group and the social institutions (especially universities and academies) which encouraged or discouraged intellectual innovation. Then, in a series of separate chapters, Burke explores the geography, anthropology, politics and economics of knowledge, focusing on the role of cities, academies, states and markets in the process of gathering, classifying, spreading and sometimes concealing information. The final chapters deal with knowledge from the point of view of the individual reader, listener, viewer or consumer, including the problem of the reliability of knowledge discussed so vigorously in the seventeenth century. One of the most original features of this book is its discussion of knowledges in the plural. It centres on printed knowledge, especially academic knowledge, but it treats the history of the knowledge 'explosion' which followed the invention of printing and the discovery of the world beyond Europe as a process of exchange or negotiation between different knowledges, such as male and female, theoretical and practical, high-status and low-status, and European and non-European. Although written primarily as a contribution to social or socio-cultural history, this book will also be of interest to historians of science, sociologists, anthropologists, geographers and others in another age of information explosion.