Derek Parfit, who died in 2017, is widely believed to have been the best moral philosopher in well over a century. The twenty new essays in this book were written in his honour and have all been inspired by his work—in particular, his work in an area of moral philosophy known as 'population ethics', which is concerned with moral issues raised by causing people to exist. Until P...(展开全部)

This brilliant biography of the cult guitar player makes you forget everything you think you know about jazz improvisation, post punk and the avant-garde Derek Bailey was at the top of his profession as a dance-band and record-session guitarist when, in the early 1960s, he began playing an uncompromisingly abstract music. As the Joseph Holbrooke Trio, with bassist Gavin Bryars ...(展开全部)

Derek Parfit, who died in 2017, is widely believed to have been the best moral philosopher in well over a century. The twenty new essays in this book were written in his honour and have all been inspired by his work—in particular, his work in an area of moral philosophy known as 'population ethics', which is concerned with moral issues raised by causing people to exist. Until P...(展开全部)

This brilliant biography of the cult guitar player makes you forget everything you think you know about jazz improvisation, post punk and the avant-garde Derek Bailey was at the top of his profession as a dance-band and record-session guitarist when, in the early 1960s, he began playing an uncompromisingly abstract music. As the Joseph Holbrooke Trio, with bassist Gavin Bryars ...(展开全部)

作者｜迈克尔·查尔斯沃思 Michael Charlesworth 得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校艺术史教授。著有《19世纪英国和法国的风景与视觉》等。 译者｜黄琼瑶 上海交通大学与法国巴黎先贤祠-索邦大学联合培养博士生，研究方向为美学和视觉文化。

作者｜迈克尔·查尔斯沃思 Michael Charlesworth 得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校艺术史教授。著有《19世纪英国和法国的风景与视觉》等。 译者｜黄琼瑶 上海交通大学与法国巴黎先贤祠-索邦大学联合培养博士生，研究方向为美学和视觉文化。

At the time of his death in January 2017, Derek Parfit was widely regarded among philosophers as the best and most important moral philosopher in well over a century. He was also both legendarily eccentric and legendarily generous. In his later years he became increasingly reclusive in his obsessive struggle to develop his ideas and arguments about an extensive set of philosoph...(展开全部)

罗伯特·福格尔（Robert W. Fogel），美国著名经济学家、芝加哥经济学派代表人物之一、芝加哥大学教授、芝加哥大学商学院“人口经济学中心”（Center for Population Economics）主任；他用经济史的新理论及数理工具重新诠释了过去的经济发展过程，以他在计量经济史方面出色的工作荣获了1993年诺贝尔经济学奖。

罗伯特·福格尔（Robert W. Fogel），美国著名经济学家、芝加哥经济学派代表人物之一、芝加哥大学教授、芝加哥大学商学院“人口经济学中心”（Center for Population Economics）主任；他用经济史的新理论及数理工具重新诠释了过去的经济发展过程，以他在计量经济史方面出色的工作荣获了1993年诺贝尔经济学奖。

德里克·贾曼 (Derek Jarman,1942-1994) 是一位画家、舞台设计师和电影导演。20世纪60年代，他为剧场设计布景和服装，包括与弗雷德里克·艾什顿合作的《爵士日历》、与肯·罗素合作的《浪子生涯》。他在电影领域的作品跨越70年代、80年代和90年代，出品的电 影包括：《庆典》（Jubilee，1977）、《卡拉瓦乔》（Caravaggio,1986）、《花园》（The Garden,1990）和《蓝色》（Blue,1993）等。他出版的书包括：《舞蹈的岩礁》（Dancing Ledge,1984）、《贾曼的卡拉瓦乔》（Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio,1986）、《英伦末日》（The Last of England,1987）和自传《现代本性》（Modern Nature，1991）等。