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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

奎因 （W.V.O.Quine.1908－ 美国当代著名哲学家。 1933－1978年在哈佛大学工作， 历任讲师、教授、高级研究员 和讲座教授。主要著作有：《从 逻辑的观点看》（1953），《语词 和对象》（1960），《逻辑哲学》 （1970），等等。

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.

阿尔封斯·德·拉马丁（Alphonse de Lamartine，1790—1869），十九世纪法国浪漫主义文学的代表作家，著有《沉思集》、《新沉思集》、《诗与宗教和谐集》、《天使谪凡记》和《格耶齐耶拉》等作品。 张秋红，1939年生，江苏省东台人，著有诗文选《幽兰》，译有《雨果诗选》、《兰波诗选》、《卡门》、《曼侬》等作品。