Appearing for the first time in English, the writings in this collection reflect some of the most innovative and influential work by Japanese intellectuals in recent years. The volume offers a rare and much-needed window into the crucial ideas and positions currently shaping Japanese thought ( shiso). In addressing the political, historical, and cultural issues that have domin...(展开全部)

丸山真男（1914-1996年），日本著名政治思想史学者，东京大学名誉教授，并获美国哈佛大学、普林斯顿大学分别授予名誉法学博士和名誉文学博士。其政治学被日本学界称为“丸山政治学”。著有《日本政治思想史研究》（1952年）、《现代政治的思想与行动》（1956-1957年）、《日本的思想》（1961年）、《忠诚与叛逆——转型期日本的精神状态》（1992年）等。 陈力卫，现为日本成城大学教授，译有《风土》（和辻哲郎著），列入商务印书馆“日本学术文库”出版。他同时为“日本学术文库”主编之一。

施米特1888年出生在德国西部的一个小镇，天主教徒，从小喜好文学、艺术、音乐、哲学、神学。在大学获得法学博士学位后，一边研究新康德主义法理学，一边写论瓦格纳的华彩文章。1916年，施米特发表了一部从政治哲学角度论诗人多伯勒的长诗《北极光》的专著，从此开始了其长达半个世纪的政治思想生涯。

施米特1888年出生在德国西部的一个小镇，天主教徒，从小喜好文学、艺术、音乐、哲学、神学。在大学获得法学博士学位后，一边研究新康德主义法理学，一边写论瓦格纳的华彩文章。1916年，施米特发表了一部从政治哲学角度论诗人多伯勒的长诗《北极光》的专著，从此开始了其长达半个世纪的政治思想生涯。

French philosopher Louis Pierre Althusser (1918 -1990) helped define the politico-theoretical conjuncture of pre- and post-1968. Today, there is a recrudescence of interest in his thought, especially in light of his later work, published in English as Philosophy of the Encounter (Verso, 2006). This has led to renewed debates on the reformulation of conflicting notions of materi...(展开全部)

In Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity Simon Critchley takes up three questions at the centre of contemporary theoretical debate: What is ethical experience? What can be said of the subject who has this experience? What, if any, is the relation of ethical experience to politics? These questions are approached by way of a critical confrontation with a number of major thinkers, includin...(展开全部)

In Ethics - Politics - Subjectivity, Simon Critchley takes up three questions at the centre of contemporary theoretical debate: What is ethical experience? What can be said of the subject who has this experience? What, if any, is the relation of ethical experience to politics? Through spirited confrontations with major thinkers, such as Lacan, Nancy, Rorty, and, in particular, ...(展开全部)

In Ethics - Politics - Subjectivity, Simon Critchley takes up three questions at the centre of contemporary theoretical debate: What is ethical experience? What can be said of the subject who has this experience? What, if any, is the relation of ethical experience to politics? Through spirited confrontations with major thinkers, such as Lacan, Nancy, Rorty, and, in particular, ...(展开全部)