On Time and Being charts the so-called "turn" in Martin Heidegger's philosophy away from his earlier metaphysics in Being and Time to his later thoughts after "the end of philosophy." The title lecture, "Time and Being," shows how Heidegger reconceived both "Being" and "time," introducing the new concept of "the event of Appropriation" to help give his metaphysical ideas nonmet...(展开全部)

Elias's examples are characteristically framed in broad terms and yet vividly depicted in precise detail...The idea of an evolving nature governed by its own rules is in turn enhanced by the cognitive and practical mastery over time and space, diminishing the fantasy-content of myth while advancing the reality-congruence of scientific knowledge."" --Canadian Journal of Sociolog...(展开全部)

In this major study, now available in paperback, Lyotard develops his analysis of the phenomenon of postmodernity, and examines the philosophy of Kant, Heidegger, Adorno and Derrida. Lyotard claims that it is the task of literature, philosophy and the arts to bear witness to and explain the links between modernity, progress and humanity, and the difficult transition to postmode...(展开全部)

In this major study, now available in paperback, Lyotard develops his analysis of the phenomenon of postmodernity, and examines the philosophy of Kant, Heidegger, Adorno and Derrida. Lyotard claims that it is the task of literature, philosophy and the arts to bear witness to and explain the links between modernity, progress and humanity, and the difficult transition to postmode...(展开全部)

肯尼思·戈德史密斯（Kenneth Goldsmith）美国概念艺术家、诗人、网站编辑、网络电台主持，曾被纽约现代艺术博物馆（MoMA）授予“桂冠诗人”称号。他在宾夕法尼亚大学任教期间，推出了一个名为“在网上浪费时间”的课程，引起美国媒体的轰动。曾编著《我将是你的镜子：安迪·沃霍尔访谈精选》等书，目前与同为艺术家的妻子及两个儿子生活在纽约。

托马斯·赫托格（Thomas Hertog） 世界著名宇宙学家，比利时鲁汶大学教授、引力波中心主任，与霍金是多年的合作伙伴。他在比利时的团队主要致力于在弦论的基础上研究引力波和黑洞的物理本质。2014年获得欧洲研究理事会独立科研基金。2015年获得佛兰德科学研究基金资助。 他和霍金联合发表了霍金生前最后一篇关于多元宇宙的论文，本书也是在此基础上写作而成，代表了霍金科研生涯最后的成果。

What do variables really tell us? When exactly do inventions occur? Why do we always miss turning points as they transpire? When does what doesn't happen mean as much, if not more, than what does? Andrew Abbott considers these fascinating questions in Time Matters, a diverse series of essays that constitutes the most extensive analysis of temporality in social science today. Ra...(展开全部)

Sediments of Time features the most important essays by renowned German historian Reinhart Koselleck not previously available in English, several of them essential to his theory of history. The volume sheds new light on Koselleck's crucial concerns, including his theory of sediments of time; his theory of historical repetition, duration, and acceleration; his encounters with ph...(展开全部)