Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality-Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling perspective. He challenges any single discourse on the erotic. The scope of his inquiry ranges from Emily Bronte to Sade, from St. Therese to Claude Levi-Strauss and Dr. Kinsey; and the subjects he covers include prostitution, mythical ec...(展开全部)

Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality-Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling perspective. He challenges any single discourse on the erotic. The scope of his inquiry ranges from Emily Bronte to Sade, from St. Therese to Claude Levi-Strauss and Dr. Kinsey; and the subjects he covers include prostitution, mythical ec...(展开全部)

Jean Baudrillard is one of the most celebrated and most controversial of contemporary social theorists. This major work, appearing in English for the first time, occupies a central place in the rethinking of the humanities and social sciences around the idea of postmodernism. It leads the reader on an exhilarating tour encompassing the end of Marxism, the enchantment of fashion...(展开全部)

安妮拉．亞菲 Aniela Jaffé（1903-1991） 1903年出生於德國柏林猶太家庭，於漢堡大學（University of Hamburg）主修心理學，二戰時為逃避迫害移居瑞士，接受莉蓮．弗雷（Liliane Frey）的精神分析，而後被轉介給榮格，進行了長期的分析工作。 亞菲於1947至1955年擔任蘇黎世榮格學院秘書，為學院的早期規劃作出出色貢獻。1955至1961年擔任榮格私人秘書，是榮格晚年書信的整理者，也是廣為流傳的榮格回憶錄《記憶、夢和反思》（Memories, Dreams, Reflections）多數章節的執筆者。 亞菲亦是傑出的分析心理學者，極富創造力，精熟於榮格學說，在《人及其象徵》（Man and His Symbols）中寫了關於現代藝術的章節，也參與了榮格書信的德文、英文編輯工作。她的著作有《意義的神話》（...(展开全部)

查尔斯·科尔（Charles A.Corr）博士自1975年开始便在南伊利诺伊大学教授死亡与临终、儿童与死亡等课程。1978年。他成为死亡教育与咨询协会成员，及美国国家临终关怀及姑息治疗组织成员。科尔博士还是死亡、临终和悲痛事务国际工作组前主席和常任理事。 目前，他还是佛罗里达阳光海岸安养协会的董事会成员。这个协会是美国国家安养与照护组织中儿童安养照护服务的首席咨询机构，同时还是国家捐献者家庭理事会执行委员会成员。他的著作包括36本书和手册，例如《帮助儿童应对死亡：指导和资料》、《儿童与死亡》、《青少年与死亡》、《青少年的死亡与悲痛手册》等。 科尔博士的工作得到了死亡教育与咨询协会的认可，并被授予杰出个人贡献奖（1988）；国际儿童安养组织授予他世界儿童安养工作杰出贡献奖（1989）；之后他还获得了创立查尔斯·科尔基金的终身成就奖（1995）等等。 ...(展开全部)

This book is in the Cambria Sinophone World Series, headed by Victor Mair (University of Pennsylvania). In Chinese literary history, the construction of images of beautiful women by literati tended to reach a high tide during periods of political crisis. This study focuses on two related fin-de-siècle moments at the turns of the seventeenth century from the late Ming to the ear...(展开全部)

约翰•狄克森•卡尔（1906－1977） 史上最伟大的推理小说作家之一，举世公认的“密室推理之王”。其小说素以公平著称，线索隐蔽，解答惊人，具有超乎寻常的逻辑性、趣味性。他一生共设计了超过五十种密室，几乎每个都是构思精巧、无以复加；又兼其小说一贯具有的浓郁哥特风格，以及其谋篇布局的架构能力之强，自会让读者大呼过瘾，竞相传读。读推理，岂能不读密室；读密室，岂能不读卡尔！

This book demonstrates how Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on persons and actions, interpreting the world and the lives of the people who inhabit it. Taking central themes like characterization, death, and the gods, the author argues that current ideas of the limitations of "oral poetry" are unreal, and that Homer embodies a view of the world both unique and profo...(展开全部)