No one would contest that Fredric Jameson, one of the leading Marxist critics in the English-speaking world, has had an immense impact on the way we now understand the phenomenon of postmodernism. His classic work Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, has been widely acclaimed as the seminal analysis of postmodernity from a cultural, philosophical, and histo...(展开全部)

The German sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel (1858-1918) is recognized as a leading early twentieth-century European social theorist. This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with Simmel's basic essays on defining culture, its changes and its crisis. These are followed by more sp...(展开全部)

The German sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel (1858-1918) is recognized as a leading early twentieth-century European social theorist. This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with Simmel's basic essays on defining culture, its changes and its crisis. These are followed by more sp...(展开全部)

伊哈布•哈桑（Ihab Hassan，1925—2015）埃及裔美国人，文学评论家，威斯康辛大学密尔沃基校区教授，最早也最为重要的后现代主义研究者之一。两次荣获古根海姆研究基金。代表作有《后现代转向》《当代美国文学》《奥尔菲斯的解体》等。 译者简介 刘象愚，北京师范大学退 休 教授、博士生导师。长期从事比较文学与英美文学的教学与科研工作。著有：《比较文学与比较文化》《比较文学概论》（合著）等；编有《乔伊斯精选集》《爱伦坡精选集》等；译有《文学理论》（合译）、《比较文学与文学理论》《当代文学理论导读》等。

伊哈布•哈桑（Ihab Hassan，1925—2015）埃及裔美国人，文学评论家，威斯康辛大学密尔沃基校区教授，最早也最为重要的后现代主义研究者之一。两次荣获古根海姆研究基金。代表作有《后现代转向》《当代美国文学》《奥尔菲斯的解体》等。 译者简介 刘象愚，北京师范大学退 休 教授、博士生导师。长期从事比较文学与英美文学的教学与科研工作。著有：《比较文学与比较文化》《比较文学概论》（合著）等；编有《乔伊斯精选集》《爱伦坡精选集》等；译有《文学理论》（合译）、《比较文学与文学理论》《当代文学理论导读》等。

In the second half of the twentieth century the theme of culture has dominated the human sciences. The forms of contemporary culture demand a radical reappraisal of the terms of description of the modern world. We therefore need to consider our options when culture does not just provide the meaning of experience but is also the terms of that experience. This book reviews thes...(展开全部)

Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is described as one of the great sociologists of the 20th century. Born in Germany, Elias earned a doctorate in philosophy and then turned to sociology, working with Max Weber's younger brother, Alfred Weber, and with Karl Mannheim. He later fled the Nazi regime in 1935 and spent most of his life in Britain. He is best known for his book, "The Civilizin...(展开全部)

Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is described as one of the great sociologists of the 20th century. Born in Germany, Elias earned a doctorate in philosophy and then turned to sociology, working with Max Weber's younger brother, Alfred Weber, and with Karl Mannheim. He later fled the Nazi regime in 1935 and spent most of his life in Britain. He is best known for his book, "The Civilizin...(展开全部)

Jean Wahl (1888–1974), once considered by the likes of Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, Emmanuel Levinas, and Gabriel Marcel to be among the greatest French philosophers, has today nearly been forgotten outside France. Yet his influence on French philosophical thought can hardly be overestimated. Levinas wrote that “during over a half century of teaching and research, [Wahl] w...(展开全部)