罗纳德·英格尔哈特（Ronald Inglehart, 1934—2021），美国著名政治学家，曾执教于美国密歇根大学，20世纪70年代起致力于政治文化的研究，成为80年代末政治文化复兴的重要推动者和领航者。 他主持的“世界价值观调查”项目提供了目前唯一 一个研究范围覆盖世界上约90%人口的民众价值观数据库，提出的“后物质主义理论”亦影响深远。由于贡献杰出，他成为少数入选美国艺术与科学院院士的社会科学学者之一，并于2011年荣获政治学领域里最重要的“约翰·斯凯特政治学奖”。 代表作品有《静悄悄的革命：西方民众变动中的价值与政治方式》《现代化与后现代化：43个国家的文化、经济与政治变迁》《发达工业社会的文化转型》等。

Cultural Evolution argues that people's values and behavior are shaped by the degree to which survival is secure; it was precarious for most of history, which encouraged heavy emphasis on group solidarity, rejection of outsiders, and obedience to strong leaders. For under extreme scarcity, xenophobia is realistic: if there is just enough land to support one tribe and another tr...(展开全部)

An insider’s account of the videogame industry telling how gaming can become a force for good Everything To Play For asks if videogames can achieve egalitarian goals instead of fuelling hyper-materialist, reactionary agendas. Combining cultural theory and materialist critiques with accessible language and personal anecdotes, industry insider Marijam Did engages both novices and...(展开全部)

'Masterful . . . [Thompson] illuminates both the fascinating coders and the bewildering technological forces that are transforming the world in which we live.' - David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z. Facebook's algorithms shaping the news. Uber's cars flocking the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of computer code. Coders ...(展开全部)

克里希那穆提（J.Krishanmurti，1895－1986），印度的著名哲学家，20世纪最伟大的的心灵导师，在西方有着广泛而深远的影响。他主张真理纯属个人了悟，一定要用自己的光荣照亮自己。他一生的教诲皆在帮助人类从恐惧和无明中彻底解脱，体悟慈悲与至乐的境界。他的六十多册著作，都是由空性流露的演讲和讲话集结而成，目前已经译成了47种语言出版。 他是最卓越的宗教人物，是我所见过最美的人类。——乔治·萧伯纳（George Bernard Shaw，1856-1950） 当他时入我的屋内时，我禁不住对自己说：“我绝对是菩萨无疑了！”——纪伯伦（Kahlil Gibran，1883-1931） 克里希那穆提是我知道的惟一能完全摒弃自我的人，和他相识是人生最光荣的事！——亨利·米勒（Henry Miller，1891-1980） 那是我听过的最难忘的演讲，就...(展开全部)

傑米‧巴特利特（Jamie Bartlett） 德莫斯智庫社群媒體分析中心（Center for the Analysis of Social Media）的主任，專門分析線上社會運動，以及科技對社會的影響。其他著作包含《黑暗網路》與《歐威爾vs恐怖份子》（Orwell Versus the Terrorists）。他現居倫敦。 ■譯者簡介 朱崇旻 曾在美國居住九年，以閱讀為樂，現於台北讀生化科技。喜歡翻譯時推敲琢磨的過程，並認為無論是什麼題材的書，譯者都應該忠實表達出作者的立場。興趣包含寫小說、武術、室內布置和冬眠。

A look deep inside the new Silicon Valley, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Everything Store Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or a walking into a stranger's home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous, but today it's as common as ordering a book online. Uber and Airbnb have ushered in a new era: redefining neighborhoods, challenging t...(展开全部)

How did civilized life begin? How did government arise? These questions have intrigued philosophers and historians since ancient times. In this volume, Elman R. Service, an anthropologist widely known for his studies of evolution and social organization, uses a unique mix of ethnology, history, and archaeology in exploring the origins and early development of political organiza...(展开全部)

The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civilizations. While several of these are well known, for all those that have been recorded, many have been unjustly forgotten. Our history is overflowing with different cultures that have all evolved over time, sometimes dissolving or reforming, though ultimately shaping the way we con...(展开全部)