We inhabit a time of crisis—totalitarianism, environmental collapse, and the unquestioned rule of neoliberal capitalism. Philosopher Jean Vioulac is invested in and worried by all of this, but his main concern lies with how these phenomena all represent a crisis within—and a threat to—thinking itself. In his first book to be translated into English, Vioulac radicalizes Heidegge...(展开全部)

Theories of Truth provides a clear, critical introduction to one of the most difficult areas of philosophy. It surveys all of the major philosophical theories of truth, presenting the crux of the issues involved at a level accessible to nonexperts yet in a manner sufficiently detailed and original to be of value to professional scholars. Kirkham's systematic treatment and metic...(展开全部)

One measure, perhaps, of a book's worth, is its intergenerational pliancy: do new readers acquire it and interpret it afresh down through the ages? The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated and introduced by Gregory Hays, by that standard, is very worthwhile, indeed. Hays suggests that its most recent incarnation--as a self-help book--is not only valid, but may be close to...(展开全部)

A synthesis of forty years' work by France's leading sociologist, this book pushes the critique of scholarly reason to a new level. It is a brilliant example of Bourdieu's unique ability to link sociological theory, historical information, and philosophical thought. Pascalian Meditations makes explicit the presuppositions of a state of "scholasticism," a certain leisure liberat...(展开全部)

皮埃尔·布尔迪厄,法国社会学家、人类学家。他以习性、场、象征暴力等概念为中心创立了建构主义的结构主义理论，致力于分析社会等级的再生产机制和再生产过程中的文化和象征因素。他的思想对人文科学和社会科学尤其是战后法国社会学产生了很大影响。主要著作有《继承人》（1964）、再生产（1970）、《区分》（1979）、《实践意识》（1981）、《国家贵族（1989）、《科学的科学与反思性》（2001）等。

In this major new work, Bourdieu pushes the critique of scholastic reason to a point which most questionings leave untouched.

何塞•奥尔特加•伊•加塞特(1883-1955)，20世纪西班牙哲学家、思想家、文艺批评家、随笔作家。其作品涵盖存在主义、历史哲学、艺术理论、文学理论、对西班牙民族性的批判等方面。奥尔特加的著述在西语世界乃至20世纪西方思想史中占有重要地位。代表作有《大众的反叛》《堂吉诃德沉思录》《艺术的去人性化》等。 王军，北京大学西葡语系教授，主要从事西语国家文学研究。著作有《诗与思的激情对话》《二十世纪西班牙小说》《西班牙当代女性成长小说》。 蔡潇洁，文学博士，首都师范大学西班牙语系副教授，主要从事现当代西班牙文学与文化研究。

In the first in a new series of easily digestible, commute-lengthbooks of original philosophy, renowned thinker John D. Caputo explores the many notions of 'truth', and what it really means Riding to work in the morning has has become commonplace. We ride everywhere. Physicians and public health officials plead with us to get out and walk, to get some exercise. People used to l...(展开全部)

"Between Two Worlds" is an authoritative commentary on - and powerful reinterpretation of - the founding work of modern philosophy, "Descartes' Meditations". Philosophers have tended to read Descartes' seminal work in an occasional way, examining its treatment of individual topics while ignoring other parts of the text. In contrast, John Carriero provides a sustained, systemati...(展开全部)

Frank O'Hara was one of the great poets of the twentieth century and, along with such widely acclaimed writers as Denise Levertov, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, and Gary Snyder, a crucial contributor to what Donald Allen termed the New American Poetry, "which, by its vitality alone, became the dominant force in the American poetic tradition." This collection demonstrates beau...(展开全部)