Written in political exile by one of Argentina's greatest statesmen and intellectuals, this work is ostensibly a biography of the gaucho "barbarian" Juan Facundo Quiroga. It is also a complex and passionate investigation of the dialectic of civilization and barbarism. Sarmiento explores the impact of Argentinian geography on the life of the gaucho, chronicles the upbringing and...(展开全部)

A classic work of Latin American literature, Domingo Sarmiento's "Facundo" has become an integral part of the history, politics, and culture of Latin America since its first publication in 1845. Partially translated into English when it was first published, this foundational text appears here for the first time in its entirety. An educator and writer, Sarmiento was President of...(展开全部)

作者：多明戈·福斯蒂诺·萨米恩托，阿根廷政治家、教育家、作家，他因反对阿根廷独裁者罗萨斯而遭受迫害，多次流亡智利，并在流亡期间著成《法昆多——文明与野蛮》，揭露罗萨斯的残暴统治。1868-1874年，萨米恩托任阿根廷总统。1875年被选为参议员，1879年担任内政部长和全国教育总监。另有回忆录《外省忆旧》、游记《欧洲、非洲和美洲之行》及论著《论公众教育》《美洲的种族冲突与和谐》等。萨米恩托被誉为阿根廷的“民族教育之父”，他逝世的9月11日被定为拉丁美洲的教师节。 译者：史维，女，四川大学外国语学院副教授，四川大学拉美研究所负责人，美国亚利桑那州立大学访问学者。研究方向：美国拉美裔文学文化、拉美文化。主编《中国与阿根廷——迈向命运共同体》，参与编写《发展模式与战略变化——当代美国问题研究》，翻译阿根廷社科著作《法昆多》等。

Elucidates the difference knowledge makes to our existence as civilized people. Advancing detailed criticism of philosophy's usual approach to knowledge, Knowledge and Civilization offers a new, original way of framing philosophical questions about knowledge. It describes a redirection in the philosophy of knowledge, away from textbook problems of epistemology, toward an ec...(展开全部)

Elucidates the difference knowledge makes to our existence as civilized people. Advancing detailed criticism of philosophy's usual approach to knowledge, Knowledge and Civilization offers a new, original way of framing philosophical questions about knowledge. It describes a redirection in the philosophy of knowledge, away from textbook problems of epistemology, toward an ec...(展开全部)

"Technics and Civilization" first presented its compelling history of the machine and critical study of its effects on civilization in 1934 - before television, the personal computer, and the Internet even appeared on our periphery. Drawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture, Lewis Mumford explained the origin of the machine age and traced its social resu...(展开全部)

刘易斯·芒福德（Lewis Mumford，1895-1990年），是《日晷》杂志的副总编辑，社会学评论(伦敦)的代理主编以及美国文学年报的几位主编之一。他于1935年至1937年担任纽约市高等教育董事会董事，1938年至1944年担任美国教育理事会理事。芒福德先生还 是美国哲学学会会员和美国艺术与科学院院士。

刘易斯·芒福德（Lewis Mumford，1895-1990年），是《日晷》杂志的副总编辑，社会学评论(伦敦)的代理主编以及美国文学年报的几位主编之一。他于1935年至1937年担任纽约市高等教育董事会董事，1938年至1944年担任美国教育理事会理事。芒福德先生还 是美国哲学学会会员和美国艺术与科学院院士。