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Civilizations Review: Comparative Civilizations Review No. 79 Full Issue COMPARATIVE CIVILIZATIONS REVIEW No. 79 Fall 2018 Editor's Note From the President Environmental Crime and Civilization: Identification; Impacts; Threats and Rapid Response Peer Reviewed Articles Comparing Post-Expansion Integration Policies of the Early Roman Republic and the Early Chu State from a Geopolitical Perspective Policies Through Which Central Eurasian Nations Are Promoting Their Civilizational Experiences: An Exercise in ‘Soft Power’ and Global Image Making The Russian Euro-Asian Movement and Its Geopolitical Consequences Jihad: Peaceful Applications for Society and the Individual 48th Annual Conference Photos Proceedings Book Reviews International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations Published by BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018 1 Comparative Civilizations Review, Vol. 79 [2018], No. 79, Art. 17 Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Joseph Drew Peter Hecht Morgan State University University of Virginia [email protected] [email protected] Executive Editor Book Review Editor Norman Rothman David Wilkinson University of Maryland University College University of California Los Angeles Senior Editor Digital Media Editor Carolyn Carpentieri Potter Connie Lamb Harvard and Columbia Universities Brigham Young University Outreach Editor Technical Editor Tseggai Issac Thomas Rienzo University of Missouri Western Michigan University Peer Review Editors Leland Barrows Stefan Gunther Voorhees College Strayer University Mary Frances Lebamoff John Berteaux University of Maryland Monterey Bay State University University College John Grayzel Independent Scholar ISCSC Leadership Lynn Rhodes President Michael Andregg Vice-President Peter Hecht Executive Director https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol79/iss79/17 2 Civilizations Review: Comparative Civilizations Review No. 79 Full Issue Table of Contents Editor's Note Joseph Drew ............................................................................................................................ 1 From the President Environmental Crime and Civilization: Identification; Impacts; Threats and Rapid Response – June 2018 Lynn Rhodes ........................................................................................................................... 6 Peer-Reviewed Articles Comparing Post-Expansion Integration Policies of the Early Roman Republic and the Early Chu State from a Geopolitical Perspective Pengfei Su .............................................................................................................................. 19 Policies Through Which Central Eurasian Nations Are Promoting Their Civilizational Experiences: An Exercise in ‘Soft Power’ and Global Image Making Alicia Campi .......................................................................................................................... 47 The Russian Euro-Asian Movement and Its Geopolitical Consequences Piotr Eberhardt ....................................................................................................................... 76 Jihad: Peaceful Applications for Society and the Individual Norman C. Rothman .............................................................................................................. 97 48th Annual ISCSC Conference Introduction by Lynn Rhodes, ISCSC President ............................................................. 109 Photos of Conference .......................................................................................................... 111 Proceedings .......................................................................................................................... 114 United States How to Escape Thucydides’s Trap: A Dialogue Among Sages Michael Andregg, ISCSC Vice President ................................................................. 114 Iran Civilizational Solutions for Relations Between the Middle East and the West — Religious Commonalities Rather Than Sharia Differences Mohammad Reza Bahmani....................................................................................... 130 Islam and Christianity: Their Respective Roles in Civilizational Clashes Habib A. Babaei ....................................................................................................... 137 China Civilization, Violence, and Criminal Law (Abstract) Xia Yong and Chen Dan ........................................................................................... 141 Published by BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018 3 Comparative Civilizations Review, Vol. 79 [2018], No. 79, Art. 17 Table of Contents (cont.) 48th Annual ISCSC Conference Proceedings (cont.) The Concept and Path of Criminal Protection in Ancient China's Ecological Civilization (Abstract) Dong-bangjun ........................................................................................................... 143 Sixty Years of the Performances of Shakespeare’s Plays on the Stage in China Li Weimin .................................................................................................................. 144 The Ghost Image in Traditional China and in Western Countries (Abstract) Li Tianlu .................................................................................................................... 156 Ross’s “American Pastoral” and “Human Stain”: Reflections on the Mental Problems of Modern Society (Abstract) Shi Yuanhui ............................................................................................................... 157 The Concept of Environmental Crime (Abstract) Zhou Ling and Liu Xiaomeng ................................................................................... 158 Expansion and Innovation of Chinese Translation Studies in Cross-Cultural Contexts (Abstract) Jiang Zhihui .............................................................................................................. 159 The Patrons of Lin Shu’s Translations and Their Influence (Abstract) He Aijun and He Haiqin ........................................................................................... 160 Interpretation of Wallace Stevens’ Poetry from Heidegger’s Philosophy of Death (Abstract) Jiang Zhihui .............................................................................................................. 161 Tea Book: Publishing Process and International Promotion of “Best Book Design from All Over the World” (Abstract) Wang Xiaoyan .......................................................................................................... 168 Differences Between Chinese and Western Viewpoints on Life and Death as Reflected by the Hungry Ghost Festival and Halloween (Abstract) Tian Wanqing ............................................................................................................ 169 The New Construction of Marxist Confucianism in the Context of Globalization Guo Yingjie ............................................................................................................... 170 Sorokin Foundation Letter of Support for the ISCSC from the Pitirim A. Sorokin Foundation ...................... 177 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol79/iss79/17 4 Civilizations Review: Comparative Civilizations Review No. 79 Full Issue Table of Contents (cont.) Book Reviews Graham Allison, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. John Pomfret, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present. Henry Holt & Co., 2016. Howard W. French, Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China’s Push for Global Power. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. Reviewed by Michael Andregg ............................................................................................. 178 Eric H. Cline, 1177 B.C. - The Year Civilization Collapsed. Princeton University Press, 2015. Reviewed by Mariana Tepfenhart ......................................................................................... 184 Eric Ashley Hairston, The Ebony Column: Classics, Civilization, and The African American Reclamation of the West. Stanford University Press, 2014 Reviewed by John Berteaux .................................................................................................. 188 Niccolo Leo Caldararo, Big Brains and the Human Superorganism: Why Special Brains Appear in Hominids and Other Social Animals. Rowman & Littlefield, 2017 Reviewed by Andrew Targowski .......................................................................................... 191 François Guizot, The History