商品簡介
This book argues that a primitive society is formed on the basis of kinship ties while a civilized society is formed on the basis of language. Yu presents a new theory about the importance of language in the growth of the state.
作者簡介
Xing Yu is a political scientist who taught at two universities in China in the 1980s and 1990s. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in art from Sichuan Foreign Languages Institute in Chongqing, China in 1982, and a master’s degree in law from Fudan University in Shanghai, China in 1985. He now works as a freelance writer and translator in British Columbia, Canada.
