The Western Humanities（西文人文讀本注釋版）

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作　者：	（美）羅伊·T·馬修斯德維特·普拉特著，胡鵬，蘇政注
出版社：	海南出版社
叢編項(xiàng)：	英文大學(xué)人文經(jīng)典教材
標(biāo)　簽：	公共課教材研究生/本科/專(zhuān)科教材

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ISBN：	9787544349550	出版時(shí)間：	2013-04-01	包裝：	平裝
開(kāi)本：	16開(kāi)	頁(yè)數(shù)：	780	字?jǐn)?shù)：

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　　Chronologically organized， The Western Humanities presents thecultural achievements of western civilization—art， music， history，literature， theater， film and the other arts—within theirhistorical context. By examining the historical and materialconditions that influenced the form and content of the arts andliterature， the authors provide students a deeper understanding ofthe meaning of cultural works and a broader basis for appreciatingthe humanities. Hundreds of illustrations appear throughout thetext， "Slices of Life" boxes bring to life the events of the day，and brief sections at the end of each chapter describe the culturallegacy of the era discussed.

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　　Roy T. Matthews，F(xiàn). DeWitt Platt本書(shū)作者是美國(guó)大學(xué)西方人文史專(zhuān)業(yè)的教授，書(shū)中把整個(gè)西方歷史從人文成就的角度進(jìn)行了重新梳理和展示。書(shū)中將西方的經(jīng)濟(jì)、社會(huì)、政治、軍事的歷史與文學(xué)藝術(shù)、科學(xué)、哲學(xué)、宗教等知識(shí)的發(fā)展融會(huì)貫通，從宏觀(guān)和微觀(guān)角度對(duì)西方人文史進(jìn)行立體的把握。書(shū)中著重于兩大范疇的文化表達(dá)：一是思想觀(guān)念范疇，如哲學(xué)、歷史、宗教、科學(xué)等等；二是文化作品范疇，如藝術(shù)、音樂(lè)、戲劇、文學(xué)和電影等等。作者是把西方人文歷史放到國(guó)際互動(dòng)的大背景下進(jìn)行介紹和評(píng)價(jià)，細(xì)致入微地介紹了西方文明的起源、發(fā)展、演變，以及在這個(gè)過(guò)程中對(duì)其他地區(qū)人文成就的吸收與融合。

圖書(shū)目錄

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION：
Why Study Cultural History?
A HUMANITIES PRIMER：
How to Understand the Arts
1
PREHISTORY AND
NEAR EASTERN
CIVILIZATIONS
PREHISTORY AND EARLY CULTURES
Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period
Technology in Early Cultures
Stone Age Technology Bronze Age Technology
Iron Age Technology
THE CIVILIZATIONS OF THE TIGRIS AND
EUPHRATES RIVER VALLEY： MESOPOTAMIA
The Sumerian， Akkadian， and Babylonian Kingdoms
The Cradle of Civilization
Writing Religion
ENCOUNTER The Phoenicians and the Alphabet
Literature Law
SLICE OF LIFE “A Sumerian Father Lectures His Son”
Anonymous， from clay tablets
Science， Mathematics， and Medicine Art and
Architecture
THE CIVILIZATION OF THE NILE RIVER VALLEY：
EGYPT
Continuity and Change over Three Thousand Years
A Quest for Eternal Cultural Values
Religion Writing and Literature Science and Medicine
SLICE OF LIFE Life's Instruction Book for Egyptians
Anonymous， from A Papyrus Text
Architecture ~ Sculpture， Painting， and Minor
Arts
HEIRS TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN AND EGYPTIAN
EMPIRES
The Hittites
The Assyrians
The Medes
The Persians
THE LEGACY OF EARLY NEAR EASTERN
CIVILIZATIONS
KEY CULTURAL TERMS
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING

2
AEGEAN CIVILIZATIONS
The Minoans， the Mycenaeans，
and the Greeks of the Archaic
Age
PRELUDE： MINOAN CIVILIZATION，
3000-1100 B.C.E.
BEGINNINGS： MYCENAEAN CWILIZATION，
1900-1100 KC.E.
Technology in Minoan Crete and Mycenae
INTERLUDE： THE DARK AGES， 1100-800 B.C.E.
THE ARCHAIC AGE， 800-479 B.C.E.
Political， Economic， and Social Structures
The Greek PolLs： Sparta and Athens
Technology in Archaic Greece
The Persian Wars
THE EMERGENCE OF GREEK GENIUS： THE
MASTERY OF FORM
Religion
Literature
Epic Poetry Lyric Poetry
ENCOUNTER Near Eastern Art and Greek Pottery
Philosophy， Science， and Medicine
Natural Philosophy
SLICE OF LIFE The Worlds of Women and Men in Ancient
Greece Sappho， “He Seems to Be a God” and Alcaeus，
“Longing for Home”
Medicine
Architecture
Sculpture
THE LEGACY OF ARCHAIC GREEK
CWILIZATION
……