'Het Hemels Mandaat' vormde de basis van de heerschappij van de Chinese keizers als vertegenwoordigers van de hemel op aarde. Onder deze illustere titel behandelt Barend ter Haar op overzichtelijke en heldere wijze de geschiedenis van het Chinese keizerrijk.  Meer

Based on a discussion of the Biological Weapons Convention of 1972, this book argues that a policy of nonproliferation might slow down the current trend towards worldwide deployment of biological weapons, but is ultimately doomed without a strengthened ban on them.  Meer

The basis of Chinese religious culture, and with that many aspects of daily life, was the threat and fear of demonic attacks. These were inherently violent and could only be counteracted by violence as well - even if this reactive violence was masked by euphemisms such as execution, expulsion, exorcisms and so on.  Meer