If humanity cannot live with the dangers and responsibilities inherent in freedom, it will probably turn to authoritarianism. This is the central idea of Escape from Freedom, a landmark work by one of the most distinguished thinkers of our time, and a book that is as timely now as when first published in 1941. Few books have thrown such light upon the forces that shape modern s...(展开全部)

First published in 1935, "On Escape" represents Emmanuel Levinas's first attempt to break with the ontological obsession of the Western tradition. In it, Levinas not only affirms the necessity of an escape from being, but also gives a meaning and a direction to it. Beginning with an analysis of need not as lack or some external limit to a self-sufficient being, but as a positiv...(展开全部)

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The harrowing true story of one man’s life in—and subsequent escape from—North Korea, one of the world’s most brutal totalitarian regimes. Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly ...(展开全部)

With superb skill and feeling, Graham Greene retraces the experiences and encounters of his extraordinary life. His restlessness is legendary; as if seeking out danger, Greene travelled to Haiti during the nightmare rule of Papa Doc, Vietnam in the last days of the French, Kenya during the Mau Mau rebellion. With ironic delight he recalls his time in the British Secret Service ...(展开全部)

Review "Escape from Rome presents a fascinating account of why modernity appeared first in Western Europe―it was precisely the failure of the Roman project and not its legacy that allowed the emergence of a decentralized and competitive system that became the ultimate platform for modern economic growth. A challenging and counterintuitive hypothesis."―Francis Fukuyama, author o...(展开全部)

马克·金维尔（Mark Kingwell），多伦多大学哲学教授，加拿大非常活跃的社会评论家、资深意见领袖，《哈珀斯》杂志编辑，《环球邮报》《女王季刊》撰稿人。他是一位多产作家，出版作品19部，发表论文数十篇，曾在1997年获得著名的“斯皮茨奖”，2002年“全国杂志奖—论文写作奖”，2004年“专栏奖”。2018年获封加拿大皇家学会院士、英国皇家艺术学会院士。研究领域：社会与政治哲学、建筑与设计哲学、艺术哲学、20世纪欧洲大陆哲学。

格雷厄姆·格林（1904-1991），英国大师级小说家。他悲观厌世到极点，却又最关注灵魂的挣扎和救赎；他作品中的“恶”无处不在，暴力、犯罪、背叛、堕落比比皆是，可最惊心动魄的却是个人内心的道德和精神斗争；他作品中的人物卑琐、绝望至极点，可是污泥中却能绽放人性的光彩；他称得上是20世纪最严肃最悲观最具宗教意识的作家，可同时又是讲故事的圣手，是20世纪整个西方世界最具明星效应的大师级作家之一，是英国20世纪读者最多的小说家之一。