In this major new work the leading philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that philosophical materialism has failed to meet the key scientific, theoretical and political challenges of the modern world, from relativity theory and quantum physics to Freudian psychoanalysis and the failure of twentieth-century Communism. To bring materialism up to date, Žižek proposes a new foundation fo...(展开全部)

作者简介： 齐泽克（Slavoj Žižek），1949年生，当代欧美著名哲学家。斯洛文尼亚卢布尔雅那大学社会学研究所资深教授，也是欧美诸多大学和研究机构的客座教授。深受黑格尔哲学、马克思主义和拉康精神分析理论的影响。擅长通过解读通俗文化现象阐释上述哲学理论，并以黑格尔哲学、马克思主义和拉康精神分析理论解释最新的社会文化活动。主要著作有《意识形态的崇高客体》《视差之见》《少于空无》《绝对反冲》等数十种。 译者简介： 季广茂，1963年生，山东人氏，北京师范大学文艺学研究中心研究员，北京师范大学文学院教授。分别于1984、1987、1997于聊城师范学院、山东师范大学、北京师范大学获得文学学士、硕士和博士学位。1999年任教授，2001年任博士生导师。发表过几篇论文，写过和译过几本书，是齐泽克在中国最早的译者。对比较诗学、西方哲学及文化理论有较为浓厚的...(展开全部)

In this major new work the leading philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that philosophical materialism has failed to meet the key scientific, theoretical and political challenges of the modern world, from relativity theory and quantum physics to Freudian psychoanalysis and the failure of twentieth-century Communism. To bring materialism up to date, Žižek proposes a new foundation fo...(展开全部)

For the Swiss-born architect and city planner Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887–1965), architecture constituted a noble art, an exalted calling in which the architect combined plastic invention, intellectual speculation, and higher mathematics to go beyond mere utilitarian needs, beyond "style," to achieve a pure creation of the spirit which established "emotional r...(展开全部)