弗雷德里克·格鲁（Frédéric Gros），生于1965年，法国哲学家，30岁即成为教授，任职于巴黎政治学院、巴黎十二大等学府，学术研究领域涵盖精神医学史、刑罚哲学、西方战争思想等。他曾负责编辑哲学家米歇尔·福柯在法兰西公学院讲授的几堂课，是法国中生代福柯研究的重要代表。著作包括《福柯与疯狂》《创造与疯狂》《暴力的状态：论战争终结》等。

丽贝卡•索尔尼 现居旧金山。 多年来她为杂志及包括纽约惠特尼美术馆及丹佛美术馆在内的美术馆，撰写过不少关于视觉艺术、公共空间，景观、环境等议题的文章。 除本书外，索尔尼著有《移栖之书》、《荒野之梦》等多部作品。2010年被 “Utne Reader”杂志评为“25位改变你人生的人”之一。

丽贝卡•索尔尼 现居旧金山。 多年来她为杂志及包括纽约惠特尼美术馆及丹佛美术馆在内的美术馆，撰写过不少关于视觉艺术、公共空间，景观、环境等议题的文章。 除本书外，索尔尼著有《移栖之书》、《荒野之梦》等多部作品。2010年被 “Utne Reader”杂志评为“25位改变你人生的人”之一。

Drawing together many histories-of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores-Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking. Arguing that the history of walking includes walking for pleasure as well as for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, Solnit focuses on the ...(展开全部)

Drawing together many histories-of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores-Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking. Arguing that the history of walking includes walking for pleasure as well as for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, Solnit focuses on the ...(展开全部)

This is a book about ten women over the past three hundred years who have found walking essential to their sense of themselves, as people and as writers. Wanderers traces their footsteps, from eighteenth-century parson’s daughter Elizabeth Carter— who desired nothing more than to be taken for a vagabond in the wilds of southern England—to modern walker-writers such as Nan Sheph...(展开全部)

This is a book about ten women over the past three hundred years who have found walking essential to their sense of themselves, as people and as writers. Wanderers traces their footsteps, from eighteenth-century parson’s daughter Elizabeth Carter— who desired nothing more than to be taken for a vagabond in the wilds of southern England—to modern walker-writers such as Nan Sheph...(展开全部)

Period of "The Enlightenment". Surveys French and German phases, emphasizing Rousseau and Kant.

Surveillance cameras. Airport security lines. Barred shop windows. We see manifestations of societal fears every day, and daily news reports on the latest household danger or raised terror threat level continually stoke our sense of impending doom. In "A Philosophy of Fear", Lars Svendsen explores the underlying ideas and issues behind this powerful emotion, as he investigates ...(展开全部)

This book addresses the topic of software design: how to decompose complex software systems into modules (such as classes and methods) that can be implemented relatively independently. The book first introduces the fundamental problem in software design, which is managing complexity. It then discusses philosophical issues about how to approach the software design process, and i...(展开全部)