尼克拉斯．盧曼（Niklas Luhmann 1927-1998） 德國當代最著名的社會學家之一。二次大戰時服役於德國空軍，一九四五年被盟軍所俘至戰俘營，戰後在佛萊堡（Freiburg）大學攻讀法律，先後通過兩次國家考試，並服務於行政機關。六○年代初期至美國哈佛大學隨美國社會學功能論大師派深思做客座研究，之後任教於德國史派爾（Speyer）行政高等學校，一九六七年在明斯特（Muenster）大學提出博士論文與教授資格論文，一九六八年起任教於新成立的畢勒費爾德（Bielefeld）大學社會系，於一九九三年退休。九○年代中期興起一股「盧曼熱潮」。盧曼與哈柏瑪斯進行論戰，並釐清「系統與環境」的觀念。其系統理論從區分開始，進而發展出一套涵蓋連接溝通理論、演化理論的龐大社會系統論，此又可分為幾個層次：一般系統論、一般社會理論、功能分化的社會理論、系統論對各社會...(展开全部)

This important contribution to the sociology of religion provides an analysis that clarifies the often ironic interaction between religion and society.Berger is noted for his concise and lucid style.

This important contribution to the sociology of religion provides an analysis that clarifies the often ironic interaction between religion and society.Berger is noted for his concise and lucid style.

Influential scholar Peter L. Berger explores the sociological underpinnings of religion and the rise of a modern secular society Acclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger carefully lays out an understanding of religion as a historical, societal mechanism in this classic work of social theory. Berger examines the roots of religious belief and its gradual dissolution in m...(展开全部)

This self-contained treatment of nonrelativistic many-particle systems discusses both formalism and applications in terms of ground-state (zero-temperature) formalism, finite-temperature formalism, canonical transformations, and applications to physical systems. 149 figures. 8 tables. 1971 edition.

This self-contained treatment of nonrelativistic many-particle systems discusses both formalism and applications in terms of ground-state (zero-temperature) formalism, finite-temperature formalism, canonical transformations, and applications to physical systems. 149 figures. 8 tables. 1971 edition.

For junior/senior-level courses in Religion and Society in departments of Sociology and Religious Studies. Using an unbiased, balanced approach, the 8th edition of this text puts religion in its social context by discussing the impact of society on religion and helps students understand the role and function of religion in society that occur regardless of anyone's claims about ...(展开全部)

For junior/senior-level courses in Religion and Society in departments of Sociology and Religious Studies. Using an unbiased, balanced approach, the 8th edition of this text puts religion in its social context by discussing the impact of society on religion and helps students understand the role and function of religion in society that occur regardless of anyone's claims about ...(展开全部)

This is the first in a series of books in which one of the most influential of contemporary art theorists revised from within the conceptions underlying the history of art. The author's basic idea is that the rigor of linear perspective cannot encompass all of visual experience and that it could be said to generate an oppositional factor with which it interacts dialectically: t...(展开全部)

This is the first in a series of books in which one of the most influential of contemporary art theorists revised from within the conceptions underlying the history of art. The author's basic idea is that the rigor of linear perspective cannot encompass all of visual experience and that it could be said to generate an oppositional factor with which it interacts dialectically: t...(展开全部)