1.The State:General Considerations Scholars have long being interested in the state and the running of it.Among them,there were philosophers,historians,sociologists and anthropologists.We may go as far back as to Conf...1.The State:General Considerations Scholars have long being interested in the state and the running of it.Among them,there were philosophers,historians,sociologists and anthropologists.We may go as far back as to Confucius and Lao Tze,or to the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle 1,and if we want to stay closer to our time,we can mention the Italian political scientist Machiavelli,who wrote in the 16 th century Il Principe(The Prince),展开更多
1.Introduction*Since the first time Easter Island was explored,scholars have been arguing and speculating about the date of the natives’arrival,the nature and purpose of the larger statues,its actual number of inhabi...1.Introduction*Since the first time Easter Island was explored,scholars have been arguing and speculating about the date of the natives’arrival,the nature and purpose of the larger statues,its actual number of inhabitants,the reasons for the progressive deforestation of the island,etc.All of this has received various explanations which are considered influential factors in determining social and cultural changes in the lives of the islanders(a question to be surveyed in the last section of this article.)However,the lack of sufficient data makes it difficult to reach to a definitive conclusion;the best that we can hope for is to give reasonable and temptative hypotheses.展开更多
文摘1.The State:General Considerations Scholars have long being interested in the state and the running of it.Among them,there were philosophers,historians,sociologists and anthropologists.We may go as far back as to Confucius and Lao Tze,or to the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle 1,and if we want to stay closer to our time,we can mention the Italian political scientist Machiavelli,who wrote in the 16 th century Il Principe(The Prince),
文摘1.Introduction*Since the first time Easter Island was explored,scholars have been arguing and speculating about the date of the natives’arrival,the nature and purpose of the larger statues,its actual number of inhabitants,the reasons for the progressive deforestation of the island,etc.All of this has received various explanations which are considered influential factors in determining social and cultural changes in the lives of the islanders(a question to be surveyed in the last section of this article.)However,the lack of sufficient data makes it difficult to reach to a definitive conclusion;the best that we can hope for is to give reasonable and temptative hypotheses.
