雅克·巴尔赞（Jacques Barzun） ◎美国“国宝级历史学家”； ◎50年来罕见登上《时代》周刊封面的思想家； ◎获法国政府颁授的最高荣誉——“荣誉军团勋章”； ◎2003年，获小布什颁授的“总统自由勋章”； ◎2010年，获奥巴马颁授的“国家人文勋章”。 美国著名史学大师，文化史研究的奠基人之一。1907年生于法国，1920年随父抵美，进入哥伦比亚大学研读历史与法律。毕业后即留校执教，历任塞思•洛历史学教授、教务长和院长。他是英国皇家艺术学会会员，并且曾两度担任美国艺术和文学学会主席。他一生致力于通过推行大学“通识教育”把欧洲的博雅文化传统引入美国，对推动美国现代的“通识教育”贡献极大。 巴尔赞在众多领域堪称权威，一生著作等身，出版有30余部著作，涉猎的内容可谓包罗万象，包括历史学、哲学、科学、文学、音乐、艺术；他曾两度荣获美国艺术和文学学...(展开全部)

Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500. In this account, Barzun describes what Western Man wrought from the Renaisance and Reformation down to the present in the d...(展开全部)

Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500. In this account, Barzun describes what Western Man wrought from the Renaisance and Reformation down to the present in the d...(展开全部)

Humour is without doubt a vital element of the human condition but it has rarely been the subject of serious historical research. Yet a closer look at jokes and other comic phenomena shows us that the nature of humour changes from one period to another, and that these changes can provide us with important insights into the social and cultural developments of the past. This impo...(展开全部)

This volume provides a survey of the history of architecture in Europe and North America, from ancient Greece to the present. Ian Sutton focuses both on the technological achievements of architects, and on aesthetic considerations, and stresses that architecture is both a part of history, and an art form in its own right. Arranged chronolgically, the book is divided into chapte...(展开全部)

Fredric Jameson's The Years of Theory introduces the major themes of French theory, including existentialism, structuralism, poststructuralism, semiotics, feminism, psychoanalysis, and Marxism. In a series of accessible lectures, Jameson places this effervescent period of thought in the context of its most significant political conjunctures, including the Liberation of Paris, t...(展开全部)

This book is a journey through our increasingly visual culture. A journey where we consider how technological change has influenced the way we think, the way we see and the way we communicate. We will look at the way that the development of language has gone hand in hand with the development of technology. The rise of alphabetic literacy – reading and writing – has reconfigured...(展开全部)

理查德·道金斯（Richard Dawkins，1941—　） 英国皇家科学院院士，牛津大学首席西蒙尼“公众理解科学教授”，进化论生物学家。他是英国著名科学作家，几乎每本书都是畅销书，并经常在各大媒体引起轰动。2005年，英国《前景》杂志会同美国《外交政策》杂志评选出在世的全球100名最有影响力的公共知识分子，道金斯赫然在列。 1976年出版的《自私的基因》是他最重要的代表作，他的基因观念颠覆了我们对自身的认知，深刻影响了整整一个时代。其他主要作品有《祖先的故事》《延伸的表型》《盲眼钟表匠》《地球上最伟大的表演》《解析彩虹》《魔鬼的牧师》《攀登不可能的山峰》《超越上帝》等。 黄可仁（Yan Wong） 英国进化论生物学家，在牛津大学师从道金斯，并与其合著《祖先的故事》。曾任教于利兹大学，现为广播电视主持人，致力于科学普及。

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