Editorial Reviews
Dr. Raymond Dennehy
This book may be small in its number of pages, but it is large in its warning of a disintegration of western culture as it enters the global age.
Russell Hittinger
Is a public culture of reason and ordered liberty possible in our post-metaphysical age? Is philosophy permanently cut adrift from its grounding in being and anthropology? Does this decline of rationality signal an opportunity or a deep crisis for religion itself? These are truly urgent questions, discussed by two of the greatest thinkers of our time, Jurgen Habermas and Joseph Ratzinger.

目录
《中华民俗文丛》总序
绪论
第一章 巨石遗迹：史前的文化符号
第一节 人类和石头最早的纠葛
第二节 巨石文化的分布
第三节 原始信仰的象征符号
第四节 万物有灵观的产物
第二章 石头生人：石头－母体的象征
第一节 禹生于石新解
第二节 涂山氏化石生启
第三节 石头－母体之象征
第三章 石敢当：灵石崇拜的遗俗
第一节 石敢当信仰习俗的传播
第二节 灵石崇拜的衍化
第三节 关于石敢当的兽头雕刻
第四节 巫术的魔力
第五节 大地守护神的普泛化
第四章 石祖：性器崇拜及其遗迹
第一节 从高禖石说到石主
第二节 石祖与乞子
第三节 生殖崇拜仪式及其遗留
第四节 石祖观念及其变形
第五章 石狮子：洪水的预言家
第一节 忠诚的守卫者
第二节 陆沉传说的启示
第三节 石龟也曾是洪水的预言家
第四节 民俗文化变迁：从石龟到石狮子
第六章 敖包与玛尼堆
第一节 敖包——守护神
第二节 玛尼堆——公众祭坛
第三节 异中之同与同中之异
第七章 石神与神石寻踪
第一节 与图腾崇拜、灵物崇拜和祖先崇拜
有关的石神
第二节 作为社神和村寨保护神的神石
第三节 水旱札瘥和祈雨之神石
第四节 辟邪和镇压不祥之神石
第五节 誓石
第六节 石头的幻化与灵性
后记
补记

听八旬奶奶讲述她和妈妈的故事。
1914年，世上有了“秋园”这个人。1918年，汉语有了“她”这个字。秋园，她来过，挣扎过，绝望过，幸福过。今天，她80岁的女儿，把普普通通的她，讲给世界听。
“我写了一位普通中国女性一生的故事，写了我们一家人如何像水中的浮木般挣扎求生，写了中南腹地那些乡间人物的生生死死。我知道自己写出的故事如同一滴水，最终将汇入人类历史的长河。”

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, China has vastly expanded its urbanization processes in an effort to reduce the inequalities between urban and rural areas. Centered on the mountainous region of Chongqing, which serves as an experimental site for the country’s new urban development policies, The End of the Village analyzes the radical expansion of urbanization and its consequences for China’s villagers. It reveals a fundamental rewriting of the nation’s social contract, as villages that once organized rural life and guaranteed rural livelihoods are replaced by an increasingly urbanized landscape dominated by state institutions.
Throughout this comprehensive study of China’s “urban–rural coordination” policy, Nick R. Smith traces the diminishing autonomy of the country’s rural populations and their subordination to larger urban networks and shared administrative structures. Outside Chongqing’s urban centers, competing forces are at work in reshaping the social, political, and spatial organization of its villages. While municipal planners and policy makers seek to extend state power structures beyond the boundaries of the city, village leaders and inhabitants try to maintain control over their communities’ uncertain futures through strategies such as collectivization, shareholding, real estate development, and migration.
As China seeks to rectify the development crises of previous decades through rapid urban growth, such drastic transformations threaten to displace existing ways of life for more than 600 million residents. Offering an unprecedented look at the country’s contentious shift in urban planning and policy, The End of the Village exposes the precarious future of rural life in China and suggests a critical reappraisal of how we think about urbanization.

《魂兮归来:中国灵魂信仰考察》介绍灵魂信仰是人对自身以及周围世界的一种错误认识和幼稚经验的产物。灵魂信仰的许多古老的因子至今仍然保留在人的头脑之中，成为传统文化中相当稳定的组成部分。中国的魂魄学说带有鲜明的哲学思辨色彩，同时又有强烈的世俗特色，与鬼神崇拜、生死观念紧密相联。在上层文化中，形成了一整套以孝和道德伦理为核心，尊卑分明、长幼有序的礼俗制度;在下层文化中，制约着人的生老病死、婚丧嫁娶，规范着人的行为。作者以考古、文献和田野资料为依据，从民俗学、人类学等视角对中国灵魂信仰观念和实践做了全面深入的梳理和考察，建构了中国灵魂信仰的理论体系。

这是一本有关圆圈可视化的百科全书，圆圈是一个宇宙性象征符号，代表了完美、统一、运动和无限，唤起人们内心的平静与安宁。在自然界中，大到星球，小到细胞、细菌，圆圈无处不在。它们是奇迹的来源，也很快成为人类文明的重要指导原则，在艺术、宗教、语言、技术、建筑、哲学和科学领域中得到广泛应用，其中最具代表性的就是轮子。轮子是人类发展史上最伟大的十大发明之一，它改变了人类用双脚定义的空间，推动了人类生产方式的变革和思维方式的升华。
本书从信息可视化角度出发，以案例分析的方式，勾勒了圆圈数千年演进的历史，展示了不同文化背景下圆圈应用的多样性和丰富性，并从符号学的角度探究了这一普遍现象背后所隐藏的规律。本书融科普与审美教育于一体，从人类定居以来的居住地、村落以及城市，到为了与他人更好地交流而创造的表意文字和符号，近300幅美国国会图书馆、英国国家博物馆等收藏的难得一见的精美插图，让读者在领略多姿多彩的圆圈之美的同时，感受人类文明生生不息的创造魅力。

The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities and Art History offers a broad survey of cutting-edge intersections between digital technologies and the study of art history, museum practices, and cultural heritage.
The volume focuses not only on new computational tools that have been developed for the study of artworks and their histories but also debates the disciplinary opportunities and challenges that have emerged in response to the use of digital resources and methodologies. Chapters cover a wide range of technical and conceptual themes that define the current state of the field and outline strategies for future development. This book offers a timely perspective on trans-disciplinary developments that are reshaping art historical research, conservation, and teaching.
This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, historical theory, method and historiography, and research methods in education.

Explores the work of Guo Xiang, a Neo-Taoist thinker who developed a radical philosophy of freedom and spontaneity.
The Penumbra Unbound is the first English language book-length study of the Neo-Taoist thinker Guo Xiang (d. 312 C.E.), commentator on the classic Taoist text, the Zhuangzi. The author explores Guo's philosophy of freedom and spontaneity, explains its coherence and importance, and shows its influence on later Chinese philosophy, particularly Chan Buddhism. The implications of his thought on freedom versus determinism are also considered in comparison to several positions advanced in the history of Western philosophy, notably those of Spinoza, Kant, Schopenhauer, Fichte, and Hegel. Guo's thought reinterprets the classical pronouncements about the Tao so that it in no way signifies any kind of metaphysical absolute underlying appearances, but rather means literally "nothing." This absence of anything beyond appearances is the first premise in Guo's development of a theory of radical freedom, one in which all phenomenal things are "self-so," creating and transforming themselves without depending on any justification beyond their own temporary being.

Guided by Aristotelian theories, medieval philosophers believed that nature abhors a vacuum. Medieval art, according to modern scholars, abhors the same. The notion of horror vacui—the fear of empty space—is thus often construed as a definitive feature of Gothic material culture. In The Absent Image, Elina Gertsman argues that Gothic art, in its attempts to grapple with the unrepresentability of the invisible, actively engages emptiness, voids, gaps, holes, and erasures.
Exploring complex conversations among medieval philosophy, physics, mathematics, piety, and image-making, Gertsman considers the concept of nothingness in concert with the imaginary, revealing profoundly inventive approaches to emptiness in late medieval visual culture, from ingenious images of the world’s creation ex nihilo to figurations of absence as a replacement for the invisible forces of conception and death.
Innovative and challenging, this book will find its primary audience with students and scholars of art, religion, physics, philosophy, and mathematics. It will be particularly welcomed by those interested in phenomenological and cross-disciplinary approaches to the visual culture of the later Middle Ages.

该书运用分析哲学的当代理论对宋明理学作了系统研究，以期为理学中的许多传统哲学观念提供一个新的解释学门径，其宗旨是提取宋明理学的哲学精髓并使之与当代的哲学论述联系起来。作者希望通过形而上学、心灵和道德三个概念在宋明理学中的呈现，展示如何可以哲学地从事理学的研究，其中对宋明理学核心人物思想和学说的梳理新意叠出，文本解读细致，论证推理缜密，是宋明理学研究的上乘之作，对于理解宋明理学的发展线索以及理学与西方分析哲学传统的关系、理学的哲学维度等都能提供不可多得的理论视角和方法启示。

A wide-ranging study that illuminates the connection between epidemic diseases and societal change, from the Black Death to Ebola
This sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbreaks have shaped society, from the Black Death to today. In a clear and accessible style, Frank M. Snowden reveals the ways that diseases have not only influenced medical science and public health, but also transformed the arts, religion, intellectual history, and warfare.
A multidisciplinary and comparative investigation of the medical and social history of the major epidemics, this volume touches on themes such as the evolution of medical therapy, plague literature, poverty, the environment, and mass hysteria. In addition to providing historical perspective on diseases such as smallpox, cholera, and tuberculosis, Snowden examines the fallout from recent epidemics such as HIV/AIDS, SARS, and Ebola and the question of the world’s preparedness for the next generation of diseases.

20世纪九十年代，年轻的人类学家唐·库里克，只身走入巴布亚新几内亚热带雨林中，位于一片沼泽地中央，人口仅两百的小村庄嘉普恩，记录一门濒临消亡的当地语言——泰雅博语。到达后他就深深领悟到，如果不理解说这种话的当地人的日常生活，就不可能真正学会这门语言：你必须要了解他们如何与自己的孩子沟通，如何争吵、八卦和开玩笑。在这段跨越三十年的时光中，他反反复复拜访当地，每次都停留数周到半年多的时间不等，亲眼见证了语言环境日渐稀薄，记录下他所能学习到的一切。与此同时，他也发现自己已经义无反顾地融入了嘉普恩村民的生活与世界，与他们的悲欢和命运产生了交融。
本书英文版出版当年，即入选美国《时代周刊》推荐当季必读书目和《美国国家地理》当季最佳旅行类图书，受到媒体广泛关注和读者好评。

第五屆女性R-18文學賞受賞作
角田光代、三浦紫苑絕讚不已！
獲選為新潮社2011年度選書「新潮100」
樹德科技大學人類性學研究所客座教授阮芳賦　專文導讀
知名作家郝譽翔、人氣部落客草莓圖騰　淒豔推薦
不上門的男人，有什麼好留戀？
不上床的男人，有什麼好期待？
連吻都不曾吻過的雙脣又能說出什麼真心話？
她們極盡所能取悅男人，把身體當成最珍貴的商品，
夜夜販售自己的風華與青春，
枕冷衾寒之際，屢屢啃噬寂寞內心的，
仍是懸念著的那個人、那些遺憾、那段回不去的過去……
江戶末期，新吉原的山田樓裡有一群遊女，懷抱著無法成真的戀情，只得如花盛開，然後寂寞凋謝。
身體是她們最珍貴的商品，即便天天過著生張熟魏、送往迎來的日子，卻總在耳鬢廝磨之際幻想正和心愛的人翻雲覆雨。這裡畢竟是個只允許男人做夢的地方，她們的夢想終究只是不能說的祕密。
盡情地哭吧！哭到眼淚流乾為止。
如果讓所有的眼淚都流乾，連心靈也乾枯一片的話，
反而比較輕鬆。
不過是想跟普通女孩子一樣談一段普通的戀愛呀！偏偏越是普通，越是遙不可及。她們是最豔麗的花朵，香氣襲人，甜美芳醇，卻註定在開到荼靡之後自謝自落，無人聞問。
吉原，是個牢籠，籠住的不只是現在，連未來也是。

内容简介：
本书是当代爱尔兰“严肃小说（Literary Fiction）”作家约翰•班维尔的“科学四部曲”（Science Trilogy，前三部分别为《哥白尼博士》《开普勒》《牛顿信札》）”的最后一部，主人公是一位虚构的出身贫寒、性格孤僻的数学天才盖布里埃•斯旺。
小说以斯旺的自述形式展开，以一场发生在“大房子”里的地陷而引起的火灾为界，分为前后两部分。第一部分介绍了斯旺的成长历程和遇到诱惑者菲利克斯并与之在“大房子”里交往的经历，后一部分介绍了差点被火烧死的斯旺的恢复过程，以及受菲利克斯介绍而从事无所成的非法数学工作，并为爱人非法提供药物，最后逃离的经历。
本书是经典诗剧《浮士德》的现代版诠释。斯旺想通过数字探寻世界的模式，可他为之工作的那位教授最后得出的结论却是这个世界没有这样一种模式。菲利克斯，一位长着狐狸似的脸的狡猾男青年正是他的魔鬼梅菲斯特，引导斯旺去做各种事情。但比起《浮士德》，本书的基调则更加黑暗，塑造的角色形象也更加阴郁。
本书充斥着各种奇妙的想象、符号以及精彩的语言。作为一位语言大师，班维尔的这部作品中的每一句话也都非常优美，像一首首散文诗，并为情节增色。
总的来说，本书是《浮士德》的一部优秀的现代版改编作品，在原创性、文学性和故事性上都十分优秀。
媒体评论：
“寓言，需要智力的惊悚小说，哥特式的狂放之作，象征主义的 谜题……本书中的一个符号绝不仅仅是个符号……像一个无法解 决的文学魔方……小说本身相应地体现了自己的主题，即体认一 个明确的象征主义秩序的冲动，不断地受挫于文学文本因偶然性 及可能的结构而变化着的条件……一件真正的艺术品。”
——《星期日独立报》
“《诱惑者》使得一切最高级的形容词都远不足以表达对它的赞美……无可争议的语言大师，简洁的停顿和黑色的幽默，班维尔 是一个最别具匠心的作家……他是一名魔术师……这位极富天 赋、几乎是有邪恶的天赋的艺术家又一次令人期待的惊人而大胆的展示。”
——《消费导刊》（TIME OUT）
“文笔优美……构思精妙……你不得不阅读一遍以上的书……这本优秀的小说。”
——《笨拙》杂志（PUNCH）
“现今在爱尔兰很少有几个作家的新作能受到如此大的期待……一位热爱文字的人所展示的深刻优美的文字……班维尔的伟大雄心没有动摇……一口气读完《诱惑者》，它值得你这么做。”
——《爱尔兰时报》

Dogopolis presents a surprising source for urban innovation in the history of three major cities: human-canine relationships.
Stroll through any American or European city today and you probably won’t get far before seeing a dog being taken for a walk. It’s expected that these domesticated animals can easily navigate sidewalks, streets, and other foundational elements of our built environment. But what if our cities were actually shaped in response to dogs more than we ever realized?
Chris Pearson’s Dogopolis boldly and convincingly asserts that human-canine relations were a crucial factor in the formation of modern urban living. Focusing on New York, London, and Paris from the early nineteenth century into the 1930s, Pearson shows that human reactions to dogs significantly remolded them and other contemporary western cities. It’s an unalterable fact that dogs—often filthy, bellicose, and sometimes off-putting—run away, spread rabies, defecate, and breed wherever they like, so as dogs became a more and more common in nineteenth-century middle-class life, cities had to respond to people’s fear of them and revulsion at their least desirable traits. The gradual integration of dogs into city life centered on disgust at dirt, fear of crime and vagrancy, and the promotion of humanitarian sentiments. On the other hand, dogs are some people’s most beloved animal companions, and human compassion and affection for pets and strays were equally powerful forces in shaping urban modernity. Dogopolis details the complex interrelations among emotions, sentiment, and the ways we manifest our feelings toward what we love—showing that together they can actually reshape society.

The twentieth anniversary edition of The Spiral Dance celebrates the pivotal role the book has had in bringing Goddess worship to the religious forefront. This bestselling classic is both an unparalleled reference on the practices and philosophies of Witchcraft and a guide to the life&ndash;affirming ways in which readers can turn to the Goddess to deepen their sense of personal pride, develop their inner power, and integrate mind, body, and spirit. Starhawk's brilliant, comprehensive overview of the growth, suppression, and modern&ndash;day re&ndash;emergence of Wicca as a Goddess&ndash;worshipping religion has left an indelible mark on the feminist spiritual consciousness. </P>
In a new introduction, Starhawk reveals the ways in which Goddess religion and the practice of ritual have adapted and developed over the last twenty years, and she reflects on the ways in which these changes have influenced and enhanced her original ideas. In the face of an ever&ndash;changing world, this invaluable spiritual guidebook is more relevant than ever.</P>

湖南省保存了豐富的道教文化遺產。作者研究湖南道教二十餘年，還收藏了大量的神像、神圖、科儀本和法器等。鑒於很多國內外學者不會辨別和區分道士和法師神像的情況，他特意編寫了這本書，旨在揭示中國歷史上道士和法師的神化現象。在作者的收藏中，僅僅是來自湖南省新化縣的道士和法師神像就有一百二十多尊。這些神像雕刻於清代至民國年間。通過多年的田野調查和對神像臟箱內開光文書「意旨」的研究，他描述和分析了每尊神像的身份。作者希望這部道教微觀歷史可以激發一代代的學者繼續研究湖南神像

Perhaps the world's most distinctive tree, ginkgo has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than two hundred million years. A living link to the age of dinosaurs, it survived the great ice ages as a relic in China, but it earned its reprieve when people first found it useful about a thousand years ago. Today ginkgo is beloved for the elegance of its leaves, prized for its edible nuts, and revered for its longevity. This engaging book tells the full and fascinating story of a tree that people saved from extinction – a story that offers hope for other botanical biographies that are still being written.
Inspired by the historic ginkgo that has thrived in London's Kew Gardens since the 1760s, renowned botanist Peter Crane explores the evolutionary history of the species from its mysterious origin through its proliferation, drastic decline, and ultimate resurgence. Crane also highlights the cultural and social significance of the ginkgo: its medicinal and nutritional uses, its power as a source of artistic and religious inspiration, and its importance as one of the world's most popular street trees. Readers of this extraordinarily interesting book will be drawn to the nearest ginkgo, where they can experience firsthand the timeless beauty of the oldest tree on Earth.

中国传统城市变革过程中，都城的变化是引人注目的，并且具典型意义。人的变化是所有变化的核心。城市社会阶层经常与其他问题综合或混合研究，对城市社会阶层的独立和整体认识带来缺憾。唐宋时期城市社会阶层中的中下阶层是本书研究的重点，但并没有对各个阶层进行逐一或面面俱到的研究，而是采取了切入式的方式，对诸如流入都城的工匠、肆虐于街市的“恶少”、上下其手的“京吏”、本地化的军、日益崛起的城市商人等进行了重点研究。书中涉及如何认识“唐宋变革论”、如何认识中国古代的市民及市民社会、如何认识城市社会建设重心下移及城市社会治理、如何认识唐后期财税改革等问题，都是由唐入宋时代的重要问题，并且有进一步拓展和深入研究的空间。希望本书对当前现代化进程中城市发展变化引起的城市社会结构尤其是中下阶层群体变化过程中面临的新问题提供历史借鉴。

《历代名画记》是晚唐士人张彦远的代表作。作为画史之开端与绘画百科全书，它对中国的绘画、艺术理论有莫大的影响。本书不仅向读者展示了《历代名画记》的成书过程，也图文并茂地介绍、解读了绘画作者的人物评价与作品评价之间的关系、儒家思想与老庄思想共通的“气”之思想与用笔理论等，以及这部名著的种种魅力。