Coconut Crisis in Kerala? Mainstream Narrative and Alternative Perspectives

India's oilseeds sector, which includes its coconut economy, experienced drastic changes in the wake of agricultural liberalization in the mid‐1990s. A persistent coconut crisis ‘narrative’ emerged after sharp price declines between 2000 and 2002 in which small farmers in the state of Kerala, India's main coconut producer, were identified as victims of the liberalized importation of cheap palm oil. This article describes this crisis narrative based on a literature review of academic and official reports, and challenges its problem analysis by juxtaposing it with information from ethnographic research with local farmers and traders. The research indicates that local labour shortages and increased regional competition also had a strong impact on Kerala's coconut market, production and processing, which varied from region to region. Furthermore, small farmers, with their diversified livelihoods, did not recognize a ‘crisis’ as such. Drawing upon the ‘advocacy coalition framework’, the article also indicates reasons for the emergence and persistence of the coconut crisis narrative and points to complex processes of restructuring social space in the age of globalization.     

《法苑珠林》与君臣观

隋唐时代,随着中国封建社会进入了鼎盛时期,佛教的发展,也在中国佛教史上达到了顶峰.如果说唐代佛教繁荣的标志是其思想内涵的丰富,那么其外在的表现形式之一就是类书在佛教典籍中的使用.类书体例自魏晋南北朝出现后,在佛教典籍中也逐渐兴起,许多高僧大德的著述使用了类书体例.     

想念红妹

仲春二月,天气乍阴乍晴,寒意没有马上要减退的样子,校园里还是一片灰黄,望得久了,有一种眼酸的感觉。柳枝藏芽,生怕冻坏了嫩生生的身体,山雀也更愿躲在窝里享清福,不想出来活动,     

中古时期肥水与巢湖流域连通问题考辨

本文重点讨论在中古时期是否存在沟通肥水、巢湖两流域河道(包括自然与人工)的问题。《水经注》认为存在,而且不止一条。后人踵其说而不加考察,最终积非成是。本文在仔细梳理历代正史、地理书、古地图和方志的基础上,结合前人研究成果、实地考察资料,主要从历史文献记载和实际地理状况两方面进行考证分析,对自《水经注》以来的这种说法加以否定。本文认为在中古时期,肥水、巢湖两流域始终是没能连通的。     

The origins of the modern emotions: Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and the embodied mind

In the history of European ideas, Princess Elisabeth is conventionally viewed as little more than a curiosity, a clever but ultimately unimportant exiled princess who became the confidant, critic, and muse of a far more famous man, René Descartes. Contrary to this view, however, this article argues that Elisabeth made a significant contribution to the development of western philosophy in her own right. Drawing on her letters to Descartes, as well the diaries and correspondence of her associates and a range of secondary sources, it demonstrates that an early understanding of the modern emotions akin to that which later found form in the work of the moral sentiment theorists can be found in Elisabeth’s thought. In particular, drawing on her understanding of the embodied mind, Elisabeth of Bohemia began to develop a hybrid understanding of the passions, identified a role for the emotions in the pursuit of virtue, and began to reconceive the relationship between reason and the emotions that had until then dominated seventeenth-century thought.     

清代的嫁妆

嫁妆,是女子出嫁时娘家陪送的财物,亦称“嫁装”、“妆奁”、“嫁资”等。中国传统社会,嫁妆于婚姻意义重大。首先,它在女子出嫁时必不可少,无论家庭贫富,人们都会尽力为女儿筹办嫁妆;其次,嫁妆的多少直接影响到婚姻的缔结,丰厚的嫁妆往往使女性在婚姻市场上得到更高身价;再次,嫁妆给家庭及社会带来一系列影响,如助长了整个社会的奢靡之风、导致婚后的奁产纠纷等。本文拟从嫁妆问题入手,探讨清代贫富家庭的嫁妆差异、嫁妆对家庭生活的影响,以及由嫁妆引发的社会经济问题。一清代嫁妆可分为生活用品和不动产两类。其中,生活用品是嫁妆最基本…     

为改革开放树碑立传的佳志——《天津经济技术开发区志》读后

入伏初日,收到了自渤海湾畔寄来的《天津经济技术开发区志》（以下简称《泰达志》）,顿时眼前一亮,尽管暑热难耐,然疲乏之气顿消。细细品读,不禁有感而发。     

10年来华侨支援祖国抗战研究述评

学术界对华侨支援祖国抗战的研究已经相当深入,截至1995年抗战胜利50周年时,已经出版全面论述华侨支援祖国抗战的研究著作5部①,专题研究著作2部,文章有二三百篇,详细情况请见笔者撰写出版的有关研究综述②.下面将1995年至2005年,即从抗战胜利50周年到60周年这10年间,华侨支援祖国抗战研究的新进展作一介绍.     

新世纪以来中德世界城市全球化模式对比分析

城市全球化逐渐从跨国资本主导下的单一化模式向国家特性作用下的多元化发展转变。本文对比分析了新世纪以来中国和德国世界城市全球化的过程、格局、规模、产业和动力,揭示出国家特性作用下的差异化城市全球化模式。结果表明：①中国城市全球化起步较晚但发展迅速。②中国世界城市呈现“大分散,小集聚”的格局,全球化要素具有分散化趋势。③中国世界城市经济的总量大但平均规模小,企业总部集中分布于北京。④中国世界城市一、二次产业产值比重大,金融地产、社会公共服务业和总部经济发展滞后。⑤中国城市全球化是国家政府主导下依托跨国投资生产并出口初级工业品的被动全球化,未来须发挥高级生产者服务、研发服务和社会服务的动力作用。