Civilizational breakthrough of ＂axial time,＂ implemented ＂human band＂ in the middle of the first millennium BC practically simultaneously in different latitudes of our planet--this is the time of the birth of scie...Civilizational breakthrough of ＂axial time,＂ implemented ＂human band＂ in the middle of the first millennium BC practically simultaneously in different latitudes of our planet--this is the time of the birth of science and arts, the development of language as a literary tradition, the becoming of Myth as an active picture of the world--a subjective objective, a philosophical understanding of what is the person and being that surrounds him and what he creates, and formation of knowing the world by the word and deed of the subject and, at the same time, the thinking object possessing political reflection. However, political reflection has one significant drawback--the brevity of historical memory, which should from time to time be brought to life, refreshing the milestones of events and the wisdom of others＇ reflections, so that cognitive dissonances do not arise freely （arbitrarily） or malicious aforethought of political phenomena （war, state, strategist-politician, political power, etc.）, breaking the membrane of human hostel---ethos, the philosophy of culture, art with science and the craving for work. The 20th century （and lasting the first quarter of the 21 st century）, is as a vivid illustration of endless wars and permanent revolutions, as an age of world and local conflicts, demonstrating an indissoluble connection with the ancient myth, the 20th scattered the teeth of mythology, rehashing the world and the principles of the state, destroying boundaries and the empire, unleashing new wars, multiplying ethnic conflicts, sweeping away valued reference point and changing anthropological signs, disagreeing with the essential in man： depriving the Word and the Cause.展开更多
In this new book,A Survey of Agon in Ancient Greece,Wang Daqing makes an exhaustive examination on the history of agon based on his research on this subject over the last ten years.Almost one half of the content of th...In this new book,A Survey of Agon in Ancient Greece,Wang Daqing makes an exhaustive examination on the history of agon based on his research on this subject over the last ten years.Almost one half of the content of this book has already been separately published.Therefore there are some overlapping narratives in several chapters.Nevertheless it is not appropriate to define this monograph as a collection of papers,because the various themes mentioned in this volume are interrelated.Taken as a whole,the research amounts to a comprehensive study of agon.This new monograph is characterized by its systematic,logical and practical nature.展开更多
文摘Civilizational breakthrough of ＂axial time,＂ implemented ＂human band＂ in the middle of the first millennium BC practically simultaneously in different latitudes of our planet--this is the time of the birth of science and arts, the development of language as a literary tradition, the becoming of Myth as an active picture of the world--a subjective objective, a philosophical understanding of what is the person and being that surrounds him and what he creates, and formation of knowing the world by the word and deed of the subject and, at the same time, the thinking object possessing political reflection. However, political reflection has one significant drawback--the brevity of historical memory, which should from time to time be brought to life, refreshing the milestones of events and the wisdom of others＇ reflections, so that cognitive dissonances do not arise freely （arbitrarily） or malicious aforethought of political phenomena （war, state, strategist-politician, political power, etc.）, breaking the membrane of human hostel---ethos, the philosophy of culture, art with science and the craving for work. The 20th century （and lasting the first quarter of the 21 st century）, is as a vivid illustration of endless wars and permanent revolutions, as an age of world and local conflicts, demonstrating an indissoluble connection with the ancient myth, the 20th scattered the teeth of mythology, rehashing the world and the principles of the state, destroying boundaries and the empire, unleashing new wars, multiplying ethnic conflicts, sweeping away valued reference point and changing anthropological signs, disagreeing with the essential in man： depriving the Word and the Cause.
文摘In this new book,A Survey of Agon in Ancient Greece,Wang Daqing makes an exhaustive examination on the history of agon based on his research on this subject over the last ten years.Almost one half of the content of this book has already been separately published.Therefore there are some overlapping narratives in several chapters.Nevertheless it is not appropriate to define this monograph as a collection of papers,because the various themes mentioned in this volume are interrelated.Taken as a whole,the research amounts to a comprehensive study of agon.This new monograph is characterized by its systematic,logical and practical nature.
