Humanities and Social Sciences

Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2018

  • A Bibliophile & Merchant in Shanghai During Modern Times: Zhang Zhiming

    Zhu Jieli, Wang Xirong

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2018
    Pages: 137-142
    Received: Aug. 27, 2018
    Accepted: Sep. 26, 2018
    Published: Oct. 26, 2018
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    Abstract: Zhang Zhiming was a famous merchant as Ningbo Gang and bibliophile in Shanghai during modern times. He liked ancient books and collected them, established successively private library named “Gu Huan Room” in Tokyo and Shanghai. This paper introduces Zhang’s life story and circle of friends, analyses the thoughts, characteristic, usage and dissemina... Show More
  • Challenges of the Aging Policies in Spain

    Esther Sitges Macia, María del Carmen Segura, Enrique Conejero Paz

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2018
    Pages: 143-149
    Received: Sep. 25, 2018
    Accepted: Oct. 25, 2018
    Published: Nov. 19, 2018
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    Abstract: Rapid population aging and the constant rise in human longevity represent one of the greatest social, cultural, economic and political transformations of today, especially in developed countries and, as a consequence of this, population aging has become one of the most important challenges for modern societies. In this regard, the World Health Orga... Show More
  • Truth, Way, and Life: Pragmatic Reflections on the Concept of Truth

    Lars Albinus

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2018
    Pages: 150-158
    Received: Sep. 27, 2018
    Accepted: Oct. 19, 2018
    Published: Nov. 28, 2018
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    Abstract: The present article opts for a pragmatic understanding of truth with a special focus on religion as a complex of belief and practice. Although the principle of accordance seems pertinent to the concept of truth, the argument is that there is no single definition of truth, which can account for the range of its actual use. The aim is to drive home t... Show More
  • War, Population Growth, Inequality, and the History of the World State Idea: The Causes of World Wars and Global Governance Evolution over the Long Duree

    Anna Cornelia Beyer

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2018
    Pages: 159-172
    Received: Oct. 10, 2018
    Accepted: Nov. 02, 2018
    Published: Nov. 30, 2018
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    Abstract: Humanity has experienced three major periods of war – 500Bc the Greek wars, 1600AD the Thirty Years War and 1900AD the Two World Wars. These were the most significant times of war in human history, as far as is known to Western science. IR scientists do not know much about other regions in the world. All of these major periods of war brought forth ... Show More
  • Feasibility Analysis of Levying Education Tax Based on Property in China——Gray System Prediction Model Using Shandong Province Data

    Xiao Feng, Ke Gao

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2018
    Pages: 173-181
    Received: Nov. 13, 2018
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    Published: Dec. 12, 2018
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    Abstract: Education is the cornerstone of a country's development and the mainstay of national competitiveness. A high-quality education system is not only the need for the construction of an innovative country, but also the foundation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Since the 21st century, the growth of China's fiscal education funds has ac... Show More