This book focusses on the teaching and learning of Chinese as a second language (CSL) in contemporary Taiwan. It explores linguistic, social, and pedagogical perspectives and offers unique insights into Taiwan’s diverse language landscape, from international students to immigrant learners.Readers will gain an in-depth understanding of how Mandarin is taught and learned in Taiwan, benefiting from the book’s linguistic approach and its examination of multilingualism, teacher educatio...

这本书的文章是封控三年期间所写，但它们的写作并非随性而至，而是基于明确的问题意识。汪晖、项飙和张旭东都可以归为所谓的"新左派"，新左派在两个层面上构成了自由主义在理论上的对手，一是他们的理论可用于为国家主义背书（尽管他们自己不一定是明目张胆的国家主义者），二是他们的理论的对于有志于学术和变革的年轻人有着巨大的吸引力，因而与自由主义有着直接的竞争关系。对于年轻人的另一种关注构成了本书的第二类文章，那就是"小粉红"或"民粹主义"的研究。海内外学术界目前对"小粉红"的研究还在初步阶段，大多都将其等同于"极端民族主义者"，然而这只是其中一个面向，作者认为，将小粉红定义为"民粹主义者"，或许更为贴切。与以往对中国"民粹主义"的研究不同，作者并没有把重点放在民粹的"反精英"倾向，而是与"仇外"（ xenophobia）联系起来，并且深入挖掘了国家权力和国内外环境对于民粹的塑造作用。所谓的"少数派"，是指那些与国家主义趋势背道而驰者，这当然也包括作者本人，第三组文章记录了作者及其他"少数派"如何反思国家主义，以及抵御国家主义...

The doctrine of deification or theosis has been gaining interest among scholars for some time. Yet most publications on the topic have focused on Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions and have subsumed the discussion under the category of soteriology. If "being transformed into the same image" (2 Corinthians 3:18) is truly essential to the Christian life, a fuller understanding of this biblical concept is needed for Christians of all traditions.In this vo...

Mixed Emotions and Indigenous Language Maintenance in Post-Disaster Reconstruction Communities examines the interplay between emotions and Indigenous language maintenance among Paiwan families after they relocated to post-disaster reconstruction communities in Taiwan. In the view of sociocultural theory, mixed emotions mediate social action by connecting language resources and family language maintenance experiences. Against the context of Indigenous families and reconstruction co...

Betwixt and Between Liminality and Marginality: Mind the Gap offers an interdisciplinary thinking on “the marginal” within society. Using the framework of Victor Turner’s earlier notions of liminality, the book both challenges Turner’s symbolic anthropology, and celebrates its continued influence across disciplines, and under new theoretical constraints.Liminality in its simplest forms provides language for meaningful approaches to articulate transition and change. It also represent...

De-Whitening Intersectionality: Race, Intercultural Communication, and Politics re-evaluates how the logic of color-blindness as whiteness is at play in the current scope of intersectional research on race, intercultural communication, and politics. Calling for a re-centering of difference by exploring the emergence and inception of intersectionality concepts, the coeditors and contributors distinguish between the uses of intersectionality that seem inclusive versus those that actually ena...

In this book, the author adopts the methodology of 'discussing philosophy by studying history of philosophy'. The chapters in the book discuss the essential content of The Study of Renxue Ontology, Ren's development in pre-Qin (before 206BC) and Han period (206BC–220BC), Ren theories in Song Dynasty (960–1279) and Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). It covers topics ranging from Confucius and Mencius' classic theories to Li Zehou's ontology of emotions as well as the development of Ren in the histor...

「讀書」這件事被社會型塑的太過艱澀而不可親近了，讀Facebook的訊息其實也是一種「讀」，分享貼文上面寫上一些你對這篇分享文章的想法其實也是一種「筆記」。讀書其實有很多形式，只是我們最容易有刻板印象的就是坐在角落揮汗如雨的讀，但是，如果連想起來都覺得很痛苦的話，你怎麼會想要「去讀書」甚至「一直讀書」？如果我們升學管道就是那幾個，不免俗地必須接受大考們的洗禮時，我們要用甚麼姿態、甚麼心境、怎麼準備這些生命必經之事？

"This publication assembling the practices and discourses of 'Asian contemporary performance' is assuredly a statement of 'the world we have made' for the now and the future, as well as a means of connecting TPAC and other 'worlds.' "－Ruo-Yu LIU, Chairwoman of Taipei Performing Arts Center"While it is now hardly unusual to find choreographers working in an exhibition setting, or visual artists performing on a stage, it is still rare to see practitioners from the differ...

天气炎热，发热头痛，咽喉肿痛，于是凉茶成了人们首选饮品。然而，好多人饮用多次，热症依然不减。为什么？我们该如何使用清热药物，进入一个健康、清凉世界？暑天清热，希望通过凉茶治疗病症，需辨证用药，如在凉茶中加减其他相关药物等，不然就会出现“药茶”不对症。新加坡中医学研究院院长，本地资深中医师郭美伶女士首次亲临指导，为本书传授了部分本地特色清凉药膳，帮助读者减缓热症折磨。如，双花饮、藿香紫苏饮等。凡是以清解里热为主的药物，称为清热药。它具有清热泻火、清热解毒、清热燥湿、清热凉血和清虚热等功效。本书通过中英解析，图文并茂，深入浅出地详细介绍常用清热药、泻下药和化湿药共55味，并配合药物提供了57例药膳制作方法和食材照片，帮助读者认识清热药物，学会制作清热药膳，从而揭开消暑解痛，养生保健的奥秘。This volume introduces 55 well-known balancing herbs and other substances commonly used in TCM. It explains the medicinal effects of these ...

Biotechnology of Major Cereals focuses on the recent advances and future prospects in cereal biotechnology. The first part of the book covers the world's major cereals and focus on new developments and trends. The second part is technology rather than species-led, detailing fundamental developments in technologies and significant target traits.

The fourth title in the series, Essential Chinese Medicine: Relieving Wind, covers practical aspects related to the treatment of ailments associated with rheumatism and edema, which afflict the old and increasingly the mature generation. This volume features 49 medicinal materials that are antirheumatic, diuretic and interior-warming. Supported by photographs of the medicinal herbs and recipes, the book covers various aspects related to the herbs: source, producing areas, nature and flavou...