《中国文化与中国的兵:传统中国积弱的根源分析》内容简介：华夏文明，源远流长；历代盛衰，根源何在。《中国文化与中国的兵:传统中国积弱的根源分析》收录了雷海宗先生关于“中国文化”和“中国的兵”的珍贵学术论文，全书分为两编。《中国文化与中国的兵:传统中国积弱的根源分析》最为独特之处是，通过对于中国兵制的梳理，研究兵的精神，兵的文化。作者以侧锋破题，从“兵文化”入手，试图解答中国文化何以造成千年积弱，堂堂中华何以一再遭人欺凌。今天读来，仍发人深省。

The Aesthetic Brain takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Chatterjee uses neuroscience to probe how an aesthetic sense is etched in our minds and evolutionary psychology to explain why aesthetic concerns feature centrally in our lives. Along the way, Chatterjee addresses fundamental questions: What is beauty? Is beauty universal? How is beauty related to pleasure? What is art? Should art be beautiful? Do we have an instinct for art? Chatterjee starts by probing the reasons that we find people, places, and even numbers beautiful. At the root of beauty, he finds, is pleasure. He then examines our pleasures by dissecting why we want and why we like food, sex, and money and how these rewards relate to aesthetic encounters. His ruminations on beauty and pleasure prepare him and the reader to face art. He wanders through the problems of defining art, understanding contemporary art, and interpreting ancient art. He explores why art, something that seems so useless, also feels fundamental to our humanity. Replete with facts, anecdotes, and analogies, this empirical guide to aesthetics offers scientific answers without deflating the wonders of beauty and art.