"... an easy read but with depth, so that you learn a great deal and, more important, start seeing things in a different way." -Geoffrey James, contributing editor at Inc. magazine “For years, I have experienced enterprises losing the wisdom of generations because of generational divides. This book offers hope and prescription for stemming that loss. It comes at a critical time...(展开全部)

米歇尔·塞尔（Michel Serres），当代哲学家，1930年生于一个农民、水手家庭。年轻时入航海学校，后转入巴黎高等师范学校，先后获数学、文学、哲学学士学位，1968年通过论文《莱布尼茨的方法及其数学模式》获文学博士学位。曾从事航海活动，后任巴黎大学、美国斯坦福大学教授。塞尔以独创的结构方法，将精密科学和人文科学紧密地联系在一起，治学注重个人感性经验，同时强调广泛、丰富的哲学探索；著作中包括数学、物理、生物、航海等多学科知识内容。1990年当选为法兰西学院院士。主要著作有《自然契约》《罗马，基础之书》《五种官能》《冷漠》《赫尔墨斯》（五卷）《关于儒勒·凡尔纳的青春》《雾中的信号，左拉》《雕像》《寄生虫》等。 蔡鸿滨，1956年于北京大学西语系法语专业毕业后留校任教，曾任法语教研室主任、西语系主任、校学术委员会评审委员会委员。上世纪60年代初在日...(展开全部)

A l'origine ce livre avait pour titre : Noise. Noise est un vieux mot, de l'ancien français, qui dit le bruit et la fureur, le tumulte des choses et la haine des hommes. Noise désigne le chaos. Ce livre tente de décrire d'aussi près que possible ce qui, dans la nature ou la culture, est chaotique et multiple. C'est un livre des commencements. Parce qu'il essaie d'écouter la for...(展开全部)

A teacher, a scholar, a philosopher, and an eyewitness to history, Sari Nusseibeh is one of our most urgent and articulate authorities on the conflict in the Middle East. From his time teaching side by side with Israelis at the Hebrew University through his appointment by Yasir Arafat to administer the Arab Jerusalem, he has held fast to the principles of freedom and equality f...(展开全部)

A teacher, a scholar, a philosopher, and an eyewitness to history, Sari Nusseibeh is one of our most urgent and articulate authorities on the conflict in the Middle East. From his time teaching side by side with Israelis at the Hebrew University through his appointment by Yasir Arafat to administer the Arab Jerusalem, he has held fast to the principles of freedom and equality f...(展开全部)

A prominent Palestinian's searching, anguished, deeply affecting autobiography, in which his life story comes to be the story of the recent history of his country. Sari Nusseibeh’s autobiography is a remarkable book—one in which his dramatic life story and that of his embattled country converge in a work of great passion, depth, and emotional power. Nusseibeh was raised to repr...(展开全部)

These extraordinary memoirs give us a rare view into what the Arab-Israeli conflict has meant for one Palestinian family over the generations. Nusseibeh also interweaves his own story with that of the Palestinians as a people, always speaking his mind, and apportioning blame where he feels it due. Hated by extremists on both sides, his is a rare voice. "This autobiography carri...(展开全部)

Born into a prominent family with deep roots in Jerusalem, Nusseibeh reluctantly became involved in politics, constantly aware that co-existence with Israel is possible. Hated by extremists on both sides, he has always held fast to the principles of freedom and equality which have guided all his decisions, no matter what the personal cost. His beautifully-written memoirs, inter...(展开全部)