How can higher education today create a community of critical thinkers and searchers for the truth that transcends the boundaries of class, gender and nation? In this book the author argues that contemporary curricular reform is already producing such "citizens of the world" in its advocacy of diverse forms of cross-cultural studies. Nussbaum's defence of "the new education" is...(展开全部)

How can higher education today create a community of critical thinkers and searchers for the truth that transcends the boundaries of class, gender and nation? In this book the author argues that contemporary curricular reform is already producing such "citizens of the world" in its advocacy of diverse forms of cross-cultural studies. Nussbaum's defence of "the new education" is...(展开全部)

本书作者法里德·扎卡里亚是印度裔美国人，拥有耶鲁大学、哈佛大学教育背景，被认为是“这个时代最有影响力的外事政策顾问”，是美国舆论界非常重要的人物。他目前是《时代》周刊特约编辑，《华盛顿邮报》、《纽约时报》专栏作家，著有畅销书《后美国世界》（The Post-American World）和《自由的未来》（The Future of Freedom）。

A master practitioner gives us an entertaining tour of the historian's workshop and a spirited defense of the search for historical truth. E. H. Carr's What Is History? , a classic introduction to the field, may now give way to a worthy successor. In his compact, intriguing survey, Richard J. Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. ...(展开全部)

An analysis of the foundations of the authority of the state and the problems of political authority and moral autonomy in a democracy.

A master practitioner gives us an entertaining tour of the historian's workshop and a spirited defense of the search for historical truth. E. H. Carr's What Is History? , a classic introduction to the field, may now give way to a worthy successor. In his compact, intriguing survey, Richard J. Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. ...(展开全部)

什么是人？什么是人性？ 为什么有些人“灭绝人性”，有些人“人格高尚”？ “做人”很难，人生艰辛；无人不犯错，无人不生病，无人无苦楚，无人不死亡——那么，亿万苍生，千百年来，为何还要乐此不疲，努力“做人”？ 所有这些难题，有无数的人做了无数回答；也有无数的人并不在意，或不满意那些回答。 这本书给出的回答，肯定值得你注意，肯定值得你思考；至少，它会让你对这些问题再次产生兴趣，重新进行思考。 作者探索人性难题时的不惧繁难，分析人生处境时的透彻精辟；他对已有种种理论的了然于胸，对各派神学、哲学的取精用宏……使得此书成了我见过的全面、深刻、罪有启发性的探索人性的杰作。 ——何光沪（中国人民大学教授） （麦奎利）那耐心的心智工作，是同他人格的虔诚和谦卑不可分割的，他的榜样，一直都是许多人的灯塔！ ——罗万·威廉斯（Rowan Williams，剑桥大学教授，前坎...(展开全部)

A controversial analysis of what's ailing America's top colleges by the ex-dean of Harvard "whose knowledge of the subject vastly outstrips that of most commentators on higher education."( Washington Post Book World ) In Excellence without a Soul , Harry R. Lewis, a Harvard professor for more than thirty years and Dean of Harvard College for eight, draws from his experience t...(展开全部)

本书是美国著名经济学家 克鲁格曼 的最新力作。他在书中回顾了将近一个世纪的美国历史，从镀金年代的政治经济，直到布什年代的经济停滞。他认为，这是保守主义运动掌控美国政府的必然结果，婴儿潮时代美国中产阶级的成长则是受益于小 罗斯福 的新政。克鲁格曼指出，这两种方向的发展都非自然演进的结果，都是由组织化的政治运动所引导的，尤其是 20 世纪 70 年代以后不断加剧的两极分化和社会不公。他在书中深入地探讨了美国主张自由放任 资本主义 的 “ 保守主义运动 ” 对美国经济、社会和政治的不良影响，呼吁重新展开社会政策的公共辩论，主张政府应发挥好 维护社会稳定和社会公正的作用，同时警醒世人不要冷漠对待社会经济不平等议题，以致错失改革良机。 "The most consistent and courageo...(展开全部)