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LikemostofuslivingintheWestIhavehaveponderedthisquestionfromtimetotime.Whydidthewestcomeoutinfront,andwillitlast?ShouldweallstartlearningChinese?Andwasitinevitable-wereWesternersmoreopen-minded,orharderworkin
作者简介
IanMorristeachesclassics,history,andarchaeologyatStanfordUniversity.BorninStoke-on-Trentin1960,henowlivesintheSantaCruzMountainsinCalifornia.HehasdirectedexcavationsinGreeceandItaly,andhaspublished11booksandmorethan80articles.Hismostrecentbook,"WhytheWestRules--ForNow:ThePatternsofHistory,andWhatTheyRevealAbouttheFuture"(ProfileBooks,2010),tellsthestoriesofEastandWestacross15,000years,fromthefinaldaysoftheIceAgeintothe22ndcentury,explainingwhytheWestcametodominatetherest--andwhatwillhappennext.Hisnextbook,called"War!WhatisItGoodFor?"willlookatwarfromprehumantimestoourown,makingtwocontroversialclaims--first,thatwarhashelpedhumanityaswellasharmingit;andsecond,thatwarisnowchangingoutofallrecognition.Thisbiographywasprovidedbytheauthorortheirrepresentative.
