A critical assessment of the preoccupations of contemporary society and the political crisis posed by cynicism. Melancholic and introspective, ironical and apolitical, the urban cynic is a myth of our time. A casualty of modernization? Or a product of postmodernism? In this original and provocative book, Timothy Bewes undertakes a descent into the modern cynical consciousness, ...(展开全部)

A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present. Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly—“I hate to be a cynic, but..."—before making their pronouncements. Narrowly opportunistic, always on the take, contemporary cynicism has nothing positive to contribute. The ...(展开全部)

A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present. Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly—“I hate to be a cynic, but..."—before making their pronouncements. Narrowly opportunistic, always on the take, contemporary cynicism has nothing positive to contribute. The ...(展开全部)

When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. The regulation of desire turns from an irritating necessity into an assault against in...(展开全部)

This volume explores irony and cynicism as part of the social life of local communities in China, and specifically in relation to the contemporary Chinese state. It collects ethnographies of irony and cynicism in social action, written by a group of anthropologists who specialise in China. They use the lenses of irony and cynicism - broadly defined to include resignation, resis...(展开全部)

This volume explores irony and cynicism as part of the social life of local communities in China, and specifically in relation to the contemporary Chinese state. It collects ethnographies of irony and cynicism in social action, written by a group of anthropologists who specialise in China. They use the lenses of irony and cynicism - broadly defined to include resignation, resis...(展开全部)

苏珊·哈克，美国迈阿密大学的哲学教授，她于牛津大学获得学士和硕士学位，于剑桥大学获得博士学位，曾先后任教于剑桥大学和华威大学。苏珊·哈克教授著有《变异逻辑》、《逻辑哲学》、《证据与探究:走向认识论的重构》、《变异逻辑与模糊逻辑》、《一位热情的稳健派的宣言:不时髦的论文集》，以及本书《理性地捍卫科学》。2004年，她被选入Peter J. King的100 Philosophers: The Life and Work of the Worlds Greatest Thinkers (New York: Barron.， 2004);次年，她被Sunday Independent (London) 誉为历来最重要的10位女性哲学家之一。

苏珊·哈克，美国迈阿密大学的哲学教授，她于牛津大学获得学士和硕士学位，于剑桥大学获得博士学位，曾先后任教于剑桥大学和华威大学。苏珊·哈克教授著有《变异逻辑》、《逻辑哲学》、《证据与探究:走向认识论的重构》、《变异逻辑与模糊逻辑》、《一位热情的稳健派的宣言:不时髦的论文集》，以及本书《理性地捍卫科学》。2004年，她被选入Peter J. King的100 Philosophers: The Life and Work of the Worlds Greatest Thinkers (New York: Barron.， 2004);次年，她被Sunday Independent (London) 誉为历来最重要的10位女性哲学家之一。