Helios and Dionysus

Author: Chen Yan
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: Civilization and culture are two concepts that are interrelated yet distinct. Civilization refers to the degree to which humans, using means such as science and technology, transform the objective world, regulate group relationships through systems like law and morality, and regulate their own emotions through forms like religion and art, thereby maximizing the satisfaction of basic needs and achieving comprehensive development. Culture, on the other hand, refers to the era-specific characteristics, regional styles, and national patterns exhibited by humans in the process of transforming the objective world, coordinating group relationships, and regulating their own emotions.
Content of the Book:
Formal and Seated Thoughts, Civilization and Culture, China and the West, Tradition and Modernity, Cities and Villages, Fringe Academia, Totems and Bloodline, Philosophy and Gender, Causality and Yin-Yang, Construction and Deconstruction, Flogging a Dead Horse in Exploration, Humanity and Academia, Values and Methods, Accumulation and Breakthrough, Shadowboxing in Descriptions, The Tolerance of the Sages, The Manner of the Literary Masters, Anecdotes of the Eccentric.