龙马图腾与华夏审美意识

李泽厚先生在其《美的历程》中，将“龙飞凤舞”喻为“在中国大地上高高飞扬着的史前期的两面光辉的、具有悠久历史传统的图嘴旗帜”。从烛阴、女娲的神怪传说，到甲骨文、金文中有角的龙蛇字样；从青铜器上的各式夔龙再到《周易》中的“飞龙在天”、“或饮于渊”、“见龙在田”，一直到汉代艺术中的人首蛇身诸形象，“龙”这一特殊的图嗨佯式以其神秘的力量长久地吸引、凝聚蕾华夏民族，乃至成为立国之象征。无独有偶。     

任鸿隽对科学与国运的探讨

在中国现代化的进程中,许多有识之士都认识到了科学技术的重要作用。任鸿隽早年曾是激进的革命救国论者,然而,辛亥革命的失败     

Praying for (the) Community: Disasters,Ritual and Solidarity in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic

ABSTRACT

Organised in the wake of disasters, early modern emergency rituals were intended to persuade God to waive further punishment. However, this article shows that these rituals were as much about communities as about God. Based on a close reading of prayer day letters, sermons, and instruction manuals from the eighteenth-century Dutch Republic, it proposes a Durkheimian interpretation of the rituals. For a day, participants collectively lived through an emotional disaster experience. This experience was then converted into (financial) solidarity with the victims.