Publishing and the classics: Paley’s Natural theology and the nineteenth-century scientific canon

This article seeks a new way to conceptualise the ‘classic’ work in the history of science, and suggests that the use of publishing history might help avoid the antagonism which surrounded the literary canon wars. It concentrates on the widely acknowledged concept that the key to the classic work is the fact of its being read over a prolonged period of time. Continued reading implies that a work is able to remain relevant to later generations of readers, and, although some of this depends upon the openness of the original text, much more depends on the actions of subsequent publishers and editors in repackaging the work for later audiences.This is illustrated through an examination of the long publishing history of William Paley’s Natural theology (1802). Over the course of the century, Natural theology was read as a work of gentlemanly natural theology, as a work which could be used in a formal or informal education in science, and as a work of Christian apologetic. These transformations occurred because of the actions of the later publishers and editors who had to make the work suit the current interests of the literary marketplace. Comparisons are made to Constitution of man, Vestiges of the natural history of creation and Origin of species.     

反抗文明中的野蛮——对略萨《绿房子》的后殖民解读

2010年诺贝尔文学奖获得者略萨的小说《绿房子》选择皮乌拉的第一家妓院作为“文明社会”和土著聚居区的交错点，让代表“融合”的各个阶层、各种血统的人物在此粉墨登场，后殖民批评层面的内容充斥于字里行间。一方面，作者利用几个事件穿插叙述，体现了拉丁美洲所承受的殖民影响，塑造了男性视角下的女性形象；另一方面，间于“中心”与“边缘”的尴尬身份使得后殖民话语在其创作中如影随形。不同于以往的是，本文将剖析焦点由小说的文本结构转向其精神意蕴。     

《睇向斋逞臆谈》点校献疑

《睇向斋逞臆谈》是非常有价值的近代史料笔记,中华书局2007年所出点校本存在数量较多的字、词、标点等方面的错误,因此很有对其再进行一番校勘的必要。     

客家围屋的建筑理念与现代小区规划

客家围屋是客家人特有的住宅建筑类型,其中蕴含的建设设计理念在现在看来也不失先进.当前城市处于高速发展阶段,城市建设的方式也在逐渐转型.而客家围屋的一些特有建筑模式,对于市民居住环境的改善,仍然有着参考借鉴的意义.     

基于CAS理论的出版企业技术创新行为模式研究

基于复杂适应系统(CAS)理论,分析了出版企业技术创新系统是一个复杂适应性系统,论述了出版企业技术创新的行为模式。其中,基于复杂的刺激-反应原理,构建了出版企业技术创新系统的主体行为模式;基于复杂的适应-学习原理,构建了出版企业技术创新系统的整体行为模式;基于复杂的层次-涌现原理,构建了出版企业技术创新系统的演化行为模式。复杂性科学的非线性、非均衡、复杂整体论的新的思维模式,为研究出版企业技术创新的行为模式提供了一种新的视角。