The theme of this book is the conflict that arose in the early nineteenth century between the literary and scientific intellectuals of Europe, as they competed for recognition as the chief analysts of the new industrial society in which they lived. Sociology was conceived as the third major discipline, a hybrid of the scientific and literary traditions. The author chronicles th...(展开全部)

"The exploration of the social conditions that facilitate or retard the search for scientific knowledge has been the major theme of Robert K. Merton's work for forty years. This collection of papers [is] a fascinating overview of this sustained inquiry. . . . There are very few other books in sociology . . . with such meticulous scholarship, or so elegant a style. This collecti...(展开全部)

"The exploration of the social conditions that facilitate or retard the search for scientific knowledge has been the major theme of Robert K. Merton's work for forty years. This collection of papers [is] a fascinating overview of this sustained inquiry. . . . There are very few other books in sociology . . . with such meticulous scholarship, or so elegant a style. This collecti...(展开全部)

Franco Moretti 弗朗哥·莫莱蒂 意大利文学史学家、理论家。1972年毕业于罗马大学现代文学专业，曾于萨莱诺大学和维罗纳大学任教，2000年起任教于斯坦福大学。2014年凭借《远读》荣获“美国国家书评人协会奖”。他创办了小说研究中心和文学实验室，并提出了“世界文学体系”和“远读”两个重要概念。代表作有《布尔乔亚》《远读》《世界之路》《现代史诗》《欧洲小说地图：1800—1900》《表图、地图、树图》等。 译者简介 朱康，文学博士，副教授，毕业于华东师范大学中文系，现任教于华东师范大学国际汉语文化学院，研究方向为中国现当代文学、西方批评理论。著有《现实主义的变奏：当代视域中的文学批评与文化分析》，译有《词语的肉身》（主译）、《根本恶》（合译）、《布尔乔亚》等。

"The bourgeois ... Not so long ago, this notion seemed indispensable to social analysis; these days, one might go years without hearing it mentioned. Capitalism is more powerful than ever, but its human embodiment seems to have vanished. 'I am a member of the bourgeois class, feel myself to be such, and have been brought up on its opinions and ideals, ' wrote Max Weber, in 1895...(展开全部)