贝淡宁(Daniel A．Bell) 清华大学《北京)伦理学和政治理论教授。贝教授生于蒙特利尔，受学麦吉尔大学和牛津大学，曾在新加坡和香港的大学任教，还在普林斯顿大学和斯坦福大学从事研究工作。著有《社群主义及其批评》(牛津大学出版社1993年，生活·读书·新知三联书店2001年)，另有四本有关亚洲政治和哲学的著作均在普林斯顿大学出版社出版。他还在北京的《读书》、美国的《异见者》和《新闻周刊》等杂志发表文章，并在英国《卫报》之”自由评论博客”、美国《纽约时报》、《国际先驱者论坛报》、中国《环球时报》、加拿大多伦多《环球邮报》的媒体发表评论。他还接受了NPR、BBC、CBC以及中国数家媒体的专访。

What is it like to be a Westerner teaching political philosophy in an officially Marxist state? Why do Chinese sex workers sing karaoke with their customers? And why do some Communist Party cadres get promoted if they care for their elderly parents? In this entertaining and illuminating book, one of the few Westerners to teach at a Chinese university draws on his personal exper...(展开全部)

贝淡宁(Daniel A．Bell) 清华大学《北京)伦理学和政治理论教授。贝教授生于蒙特利尔，受学麦吉尔大学和牛津大学，曾在新加坡和香港的大学任教，还在普林斯顿大学和斯坦福大学从事研究工作。著有《社群主义及其批评》(牛津大学出版社1993年，生活·读书·新知三联书店2001年)，另有四本有关亚洲政治和哲学的著作均在普林斯顿大学出版社出版。他还在北京的《读书》、美国的《异见者》和《新闻周刊》等杂志发表文章，并在英国《卫报》之”自由评论博客”、美国《纽约时报》、《国际先驱者论坛报》、中国《环球时报》、加拿大多伦多《环球邮报》的媒体发表评论。他还接受了NPR、BBC、CBC以及中国数家媒体的专访。

What is it like to be a Westerner teaching political philosophy in an officially Marxist state? Why do Chinese sex workers sing karaoke with their customers? And why do some Communist Party cadres get promoted if they care for their elderly parents? In this entertaining and illuminating book, one of the few Westerners to teach at a Chinese university draws on his personal exper...(展开全部)

A philosopher’s case for the importance of good—if ethically questionable—humor. A good sense of humor is key to the good life, but a joke taken too far can get anyone into trouble. Where to draw the line is not as simple as it may seem. After all, even the most innocent quips between friends rely on deception, sarcasm, and stereotypes and often run the risk of disrespect, mean...(展开全部)

Television is a central dimension in our everyday lives and yet its meaning and its potency varies according to our individual circumstances, mediated by the social and cultural worlds which we inhabit. In this fascinating book, Roger Silverstone explores the enigma of television and how it has found its way so profoundly and intimately into the fabric of our everyday lives. Hi...(展开全部)

Television is a central dimension in our everyday lives and yet its meaning and its potency varies according to our individual circumstances, mediated by the social and cultural worlds which we inhabit. In this fascinating book, Roger Silverstone explores the enigma of television and how it has found its way so profoundly and intimately into the fabric of our everyday lives. Hi...(展开全部)

Society and Economy—a work of exceptional ambition by the founder of modern economic sociology—is the first full account of Mark Granovetter’s ideas about the diverse ways in which society and economy are intertwined. The economy is not a sphere separate from other human activities, Granovetter writes. It is deeply embedded in social relations and subject to the same emotions, ...(展开全部)