For more than three decades, preeminent scholars in comparative literature and postcolonial studies have called for a return to philology as the indispensable basis of critical method in the humanities. Against such calls, this book argues that the privilege philology has always enjoyed within the modern humanities silently reinforces a colonial hierarchy. In fact, each of phil...(展开全部)

卡罗琳·帕克丝特，美国著名畅销书作家。毕业于美利坚大学创作研究所。大学毕业后，曾经在书店工作三年，而后才全心投入创作。她的作品散见于《北美评论》、《明尼苏达评论》、《夏威夷评论》、《新月评论》。《巴别塔之犬》是她正式出版的第一部小说，甫一出版即引起热烈回响，有书评家说她具有强烈的阿言德风格：雾气浓重的鬼魅深夜、古老的民间传说、给予人如梦般的阅读历程；更有书评家赞许她是美国新生代作家之中最耀眼的一位。卡罗琳．帕克斯特现今与丈夫及儿子住在华盛顿特区，第二本小说Lost & Found也已经在美出版。 何致和，1967年生于台北。文化大学英文系，东华大学创作与英语文学研究所毕业。短篇小说曾获联合报文学奖、宝岛小说奖、教育部文艺创作奖。着有小说集《失去夜的那一夜》、长篇小说《白色城市的忧郁》。另有《酸臭之屋》、《恶梦工厂》、《时间线》、《人骨拼图》、《战争魔...(展开全部)

卡罗琳·帕克丝特，美国著名畅销书作家。毕业于美利坚大学创作研究所。大学毕业后，曾经在书店工作三年，而后才全心投入创作。她的作品散见于《北美评论》、《明尼苏达评论》、《夏威夷评论》、《新月评论》。《巴别塔之犬》是她正式出版的第一部小说，甫一出版即引起热烈回响，有书评家说她具有强烈的阿言德风格：雾气浓重的鬼魅深夜、古老的民间传说、给予人如梦般的阅读历程；更有书评家赞许她是美国新生代作家之中最耀眼的一位。卡罗琳．帕克斯特现今与丈夫及儿子住在华盛顿特区，第二本小说Lost & Found也已经在美出版。 何致和，1967年生于台北。文化大学英文系，东华大学创作与英语文学研究所毕业。短篇小说曾获联合报文学奖、宝岛小说奖、教育部文艺创作奖。着有小说集《失去夜的那一夜》、长篇小说《白色城市的忧郁》。另有《酸臭之屋》、《恶梦工厂》、《时间线》、《人骨拼图》、《战争魔...(展开全部)

In France, a country that awards its intellectuals the status other countries give their rock stars, Michel Foucault was part of a glittering generation of thinkers, one which also included Sartre, de Beauvoir and Deleuze. One of the great intellectual heroes of the twentieth century, Foucault was a man whose passion and reason were at the service of nearly every progressive ca...(展开全部)

On 20 May 1961 Foucault defended his two doctoral theses; on 2 December 1970 he gave his inaugural lecture at the Collège de France. Between these significant dates, he published four books, travelled widely and wrote extensively on literature, the visual arts, linguistics and philosophy. He taught both psychology and philosophy, beginning his explorations of the question of se...(展开全部)

On 20 May 1961 Foucault defended his two doctoral theses; on 2 December 1970 he gave his inaugural lecture at the Collège de France. Between these significant dates, he published four books, travelled widely and wrote extensively on literature, the visual arts, linguistics and philosophy. He taught both psychology and philosophy, beginning his explorations of the question of se...(展开全部)

In Archaeology of Tibetan Books, Agnieszka Helman-Ważny explores the varieties of artistic expression, materials, and tools that have shaped Tibetan books over the millennia. Digging into the history of the bookmaking craft, the author approaches these ancient texts primarily through the lens of their artistry, while simultaneously showing them as physical objects embedded in p...(展开全部)

In this bracing and original book, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that the humanities - the academic disciplines that study the potential of the human - represent a 'dream of America.' They were, Harpham contends, invented after World War II as an expression of American culture and character, and were advanced by their supporters as an instrument of American national interests. A...(展开全部)

In this bracing and original book, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that the humanities - the academic disciplines that study the potential of the human - represent a 'dream of America.' They were, Harpham contends, invented after World War II as an expression of American culture and character, and were advanced by their supporters as an instrument of American national interests. A...(展开全部)

This book is a continuation of Giorgio Agamben's investigation of political theory, which began with the highly influential volume Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Having already traced the roots of the idea of sovereignty, sacredness, and economy, he now turns to a perhaps unlikely topic: the concept of the oath. Following the Italian scholar Paolo Prodi, Agamben see...(展开全部)