SIGNS OF THE TIMES: THOMAS JACKSON AND THE CONTROVERSY OVER PRODIGIES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES I

Abstract

This article focuses on Hobbes's use of metaphor, particularly the larger structural metaphor of the artificial man in Leviathan. Hobbes claims to draw his political animal according to the figurative outlines of the natural one, despite the significant differences between these two bodies. In Part I we see the scientifically-minded Hobbes reject the old dualistic imagery of body and soul, act and will; but in Part II the politically-minded Hobbes appeals to exactly these dualistic distinctions in order to lend his radical vision of the state the numinous appeal of the medieval and Tudor formulations. An understanding of Hobbes's rhetorical strategy, and what I call his strategic use of dualism, can show how the recent linguistic turn in Hobbes studies can in fact re-open the much older debate on the overall unity of his philosophical system.     

印度软件产业的发展及启示

软件业是"知识经济"时代最典型的代表性行业,它已经成为各个国家重点产业部门之一。印度是发展中国家软件产业的大国,其软件产业出口仅此于美国,印度软件产业的发展有成功的经验,但也面临着许多新的问题。文章首先分析了印度软件产业的发展现状,印度软件产业的快速发展得益于软件园的建设、软件产业的发展政策、软件协会的作用、人才战略及良好的风险投资体制,但同时就印度软件产业发展仍面临的主要问题进行了分析。印度软件产业发展的经验与教训对于同是发展中国家的中国有着一定的参考意义,文章最后提出了中国软件产业发展思路与对策。     

文化力与综合国力关系研究

本文从系统论角度分析界定了综合国力的概念,指出文化力是综合国力的动力源,并阐明了大力发展文化力是综合国力可持续发展的关键所在。     

广东及周边地区骑楼发展的时空过程及动力机制

骑楼作为近代出现的底层有廊道可行人的沿街店屋式建筑,在广东及其周边地区城镇具有广泛影响和地域特征。从地域空间看,骑楼形成了不同的传播圈层,在东南亚一带以及我国的广东、广西、海南、福建、台湾等南海沿岸地区广有分布;从时间上看,广东骑楼的发展经历了形成发展到衰弱复兴等七个阶段;从文化方面看,它凝结了东方文化和西方文化的元素,成为南中国城镇具有特殊历史意义的典型景观形象。本文通过分析骑楼发展的时空过程,揭示了骑楼地域文化的形成和发展是"自下而上"的驱动力和"自上而下"的管治力双重作用的结果。     

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