The Western Humanities（西文人文读本注释版）

The Western Humanities（西文人文读本注释版）
作　者： 罗伊·T·马修斯 德维特·普拉特 胡鹏 苏政
出版社： 海南出版社
丛编项： 英文大学人文经典教材
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标　签： 公共课 教材 研究生/本科/专科教材
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作者简介

　　Roy T. Matthews，F. DeWitt Platt本书作者是美国大学西方人文史专业的教授，书中把整个西方历史从人文成就的角度进行了重新梳理和展示。书中将西方的经济、社会、政治、军事的历史与文学艺术、科学、哲学、宗教等知识的发展融会贯通，从宏观和微观角度对西方人文史进行立体的把握。书中着重于两大范畴的文化表达：一是思想观念范畴，如哲学、历史、宗教、科学等等；二是文化作品范畴，如艺术、音乐、戏剧、文学和电影等等。作者是把西方人文历史放到国际互动的大背景下进行介绍和评价，细致入微地介绍了西方文明的起源、发展、演变，以及在这个过程中对其他地区人文成就的吸收与融合。

内容简介

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.

图书目录

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

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