Convention was immediately recognized as a major contribution to the subject and its significance has remained undiminished since its first publication in 1969. Lewis analyzes social conventions as regularities in the resolution of recurring coordination problems-situations characterized by interdependent decision processes in which common interests are at stake. Conventions ar...(展开全部)

Convention was immediately recognized as a major contribution to the subject and its significance has remained undiminished since its first publication in 1969. Lewis analyzes social conventions as regularities in the resolution of recurring coordination problems-situations characterized by interdependent decision processes in which common interests are at stake. Conventions ar...(展开全部)

"Convention" was immediately recognized as a major contribution to the subject and its significance has remained undiminished since its first publication in 1969. Lewis analyzes social conventions as regularities in the resolution of recurring coordination problems - situations characterized by interdependent decision processes in which common interests are at stake. Here, conv...(展开全部)

Convention was immediately recognized as a major contribution to the subject and its significance has remained undiminished since its first publication in 1969. Lewis analyzes social conventions as regularities in the resolution of recurring coordination problems-situations characterized by interdependent decision processes in which common interests are at stake. Conventions ar...(展开全部)

One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s value Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, is uniquely poised to take on the challe...(展开全部)

[英] 特里•伊格尔顿（Terry Eagleton） 英国学者、批评家，国际文学理论界的领军人物、著名公共知识分子。在学术界，伊格尔顿是一位极富创造力和批判性的左派理论家，他最驰名的作品《文学理论导论》，是全球范围内的文学入门必读经典。目前，他是英国兰开斯特大学英语文学的特聘教授。 几十年来，他的作品是一代人文读者的乐趣和灵感之源。由于文才广博、作品丰富，有人说伊格尔顿生涯中“写了三辈子的作品”。他凭借《文学理论导论》《人生的意义》《文学阅读指南》几本极具感染力的通俗读物，成为全球人文学生乃至广大年轻读者的导师。其更为严肃的理论著作，如《马克思为什么是对的》《理论之后》《后现代主义的幻象》《审美意识形态》等，在文学和文化研究界也具有相当的影响力。

Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, is uniquely poised to take on the challenge. In this keenly analytical and acerbically funny book, he explores how culture and our conceptualizations of it have e...(展开全部)

How should we assess the social structures that govern human conduct and settle whether we are bound by their rules? One approach is to ask whether those social arrangements (e.g. our family structures) reflect pre-conventional facts about our nature. If they do, compliance will serve our interests because these rules are not just conventions. Another approach is to ask whether...(展开全部)

Includes a complete copy of the Constitution. Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. "The best popular history of the Constitutional Convention available."--Library Journal From the Paperback edition.