A Lover's Discourse, at its 1978 publication, was revolutionary: Roland Barthes made unprecedented use of the tools of structuralism to explore the whimsical phenomenon of love. Rich with references ranging from Goethe's Werther to Winnicott, from Plato to Proust, from Baudelaire to Schubert, A Lover's Discourse artfully draws a portrait in which every reader will find echoes o...(展开全部)

The language we use when we are in love is not a language we speak, for it is addressed to ourselves and to our imaginary beloved. It is a language of solitude, of mythology, of what Barthes calls an 'image repertoire'. This book revives beyond the psychological or clinical enterprises which have characterised such researches in our culture - the notion of the amorous subject. ...(展开全部)

A brave young woman negotiates Beijing life in search of love and friendship in the daring new novel by Xiaolu Guo, Orange Prize shortlisted author and 'one of China's most successful literary exports' (Guardian)

近年来，中国作家用英语创作的小说在西方越来越受关注。最近在英国出版的《20 Fragments of A Ravenous Youth》（笔者草译为‘一个饥俄青年的20片断’）是来自北京的作家和电影制作者郭小橹的新作。 作品描述的是一个名叫芬芳的农村姑娘，千里迢迢来到北京寻求她的艺术梦，并立志要征服这个城市的故事。 为了打进影视圈，芬芳不惜在片场充当群众演员，在剧场扫地；她不停的换工作，也不停的换男人，而她对成功的饥饿如同她健硕的胃口，永远得不到满足。 作者以直接了当、诙谐尖锐的笔调塑造了一个集愤怒、无奈、坚强、脆弱于一身的现代中国女性形象，这对西方的阅读市场不能不说是一种文化冲击。在此之前，郭小橹于2007年发表的第一部用英语写作的小说 《A Concise Chinese - English Dictionary for Lovers》 ( 笔者...(展开全部)

'I concluded that I was a substance whose whole essence or nature resides only in thinking, and which, in order to exist, has no need of place and is not dependent on any material thing.' Descartes's A Discourse on the Method of Correctly Conducting One's Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences marks a watershed in European thought; in it, the author provides an informal inte...(展开全部)

Discourse Studies is the largest, most complete, most diverse and only multidisciplinary introduction to the field. A combined Second Edition of two seminal texts in the field (the 1997 titles Discourse as Social Interaction and Discourse as Structure and Process) this essential handbook: * is fully updated from start to finish to cover contemporary debates and research litera...(展开全部)

This volume contains a new translation, with a historical introduction by the translators, of two works written under the pseudonym Johannes Climacus. Through Climacus, Kierkegaard contrasts the paradoxes of Christianity with Greek and modern philosophical thinking. In Philosophical Fragments he begins with Greek Platonic philosophy, exploring the implications of venturing beyo...(展开全部)

In recent years a series of scandals have challenged the traditional political reliance on public constitutional law and human rights as a safeguard of human well-being. Multinational corporations have violated human rights; private intermediaries in the internet have threatened freedom of opinion, and the global capital markets unleashed catastrophic risks. All of these phenom...(展开全部)

This volume contains a new translation, with a historical introduction by the translators, of two works written under the pseudonym Johannes Climacus. Through Climacus, Kierkegaard contrasts the paradoxes of Christianity with Greek and modern philosophical thinking. In Philosophical Fragments he begins with Greek Platonic philosophy, exploring the implications of venturing beyo...(展开全部)