Deng Xiaoping: Economist,Diplomat, Reformer

正Dear Readers,Forum is a column that provides a space for varying perspectives on contemporary Chinese society.We invite you to submit personal viewpoints on past and current topics(in either English or Chinese).yanwei@bjreview.com Please provide your name and address along with your comments Deng Xiaoping’s role as the father of reform in modern China is historically secure.In his vast biography of the Chinese leader published in 2011,American academic     

The Study on Richard Shusterman's Philosophy of Art

Shusterman's philosophy of art based on the pragmatism philosophy and the reconstruction of aesthetic experience, and with “inclusively disjunctive stance” as its theoretical method reinterpreted the issues such as “the end of art” and the definition of art and the popular art and so on. His philosophy of art focused on strengthening the understanding and experience of art. It also emphasized the continuity between art and life, so it reflected the vivid and pragmatic color.     

Australia’s Army Nurse: Locating a Woman as the Heart of Sacrifice in the Hall of Memory

This article contests the misconception that the Hall of Memory of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, represents an irreligious space. While accommodating the expectations of a post-secular society, this belief fails to recognise the influence of Christianity upon the generation that experienced World War I and developed the memorial practices that arose in response to it. Veteran-artist M. Napier Waller embedded complex religious symbolism in the scheme of three windows he designed and executed for the hall. Drawing on his individual experience of battle, personal philosophy of art and the medieval customs of his forebears, Waller told the story of Australia’s experience of the war and aligned a nation’s sacrifice with that of Christ: His Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension are symbolised in the south, west and east windows, respectively. The inclusion of a nurse was central to Waller’s plans and required he manipulate the men creating the memorial to achieve his goal. In doing so, he neutralised the greatest threat to his vision: its founder, Charles Bean, and located a woman of many identities—a Martial Madonna—as the heart of national sacrifice in Australia’s premier war memorial.     

Countervisions of Modernity: David Roberts,The Total Work of Art in European Modernism

David Roberts's The Total Work of Art in European Modernism extends and deepens the analysis of the counter-paradigm of redemptively inspired art to modernism's own pre-occupation with secularization. It addresses the imbalance in social and critical theory whereby progressive secular rationalization has been elevated to the sole logic of modernity, and the romantic redemptive tradition has been reduced to a marginal counter-enlightenment. The total work of art paradigm allows Roberts to demonstrate how the programme of modernity has been constituted by internal tensions and antinomies from the very beginning.     

Kenya's foreign policy in context (1963–2015)

Kenya matters regionally and globally. It is the economic powerhouse of East Africa and a long-standing hub for multilateral diplomacy; its positioning in a turbulent region has fashioned its profile as an anchor state in African peace and security. Until recently, Kenya's foreign policy orientation has situated it as a benign regional leader, but pressing developments in the regional and international environments have edged it towards a more assertive foreign policy position. This study constitutes a multilevel review of Kenya's foreign policy in the period 1963–2015, beginning with Jomo Kenyatta through to the current president, Uhuru Kenyatta. After evaluating contexts pertinent to the analysis of Kenya’s foreign policy, the fundamental principles, objectives and pillars of the current foreign policy are unpacked.     

论群体性事件处置中的说服艺术

群体性事件基本上属于人民内部矛盾.因此,公安机关在处置过程中.应最大限度地运用解决人民内部矛盾的方法和手段.群体性事件处置中说服的条件是事件态势处于相对控制之下,说服的原则主要有平等性原则、针对性原则、可信性原则和感染性原则.说服方法有标签效应法、"自己人"效应法、亲情效应法和威信效应法等.     

略论处理突发事件的方法和艺术

在现阶段,正确处理突发事件是领导工作面临的一项重要课题。本联系领导工作的实际,从马克思主义哲学的高度,对突发事件产生的原因、突发事件的特点以及处理突发事件一般方法和艺术等问题进行了分析,试图大体勾画一个处理突发事件的方法论框架。     

Camera,Colony, Künstlerroman: Photography in Three Australian Novels

This article traces the practices of photography that have been portrayed in three Australian artists’ novels: Patrick White’s The Vivisector, David Malouf’s Harland’s Half Acre, and Gail Jones’s Sixty Lights. Photography’s shifting status in relation to art, modes of knowledge, modes of production, and methods of relating to space suggest a growing discomfort in the nation’s literary imagination towards colonial art’s mobilisation of the imagination to authorise “sacred” settler belonging.     

"意境"表现与"意象"召唤--古典园林与少数民族村寨的审美文化比较

中国古典私家园林和少数民族的村寨是两种不同类型而风格迥异的建筑文化.前者讲究"意境"的表现,后者意在"意象"的召唤.每种文化内部最核心和最高的哲学理念都可能通过建筑表征出来.古典园林的意境是古代文人士大夫胸臆中天道体会的投射.侗族村寨的环境安排和建筑营建亦体现了该民族悠远的文化记忆和该民族的宇宙论.侗族村寨的风水、鼓楼、风雨桥、民居的整体奇妙地隐喻和象征着龙的意象.总之,作为一种最物质性的建筑其内在理念却是该文化中最核心的精神.     

英语课堂提问策略

课堂提问一直是英语教学的重要组成部分,恰当的课堂提问可以激发学生的学习兴趣和创造力,使学生成为课堂的主体。然而目前我国外语教学课堂提问所存在的问题却不容忽视,本文就存在的五个问题,根据衡量提问有效性的标准分别论述了所应采取的解决办法,使课堂提问真正成为开发学生思维,提高学生创新能力的主渠道。