FROM THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF "THE ECHO MAKER," A PLAYFUL AND PROVOCATIVE NOVEL ABOUT THE DISCOVERY OF THE HAPPINESS GENE When Chicagoan Russell Stone finds himself teaching a Creative Nonfiction class, he encounters a young Algerian woman with a disturbingly luminous presence. Thassadit Amzwar's blissful exuberance both entrances and puzzles the melancholic Ru...(展开全部)

玛莎·C.努斯鲍姆，被认为是“当代哲学界最具创新力和最有影响力的声音之一”，在古典学、伦理学、政治哲学、文学、法学、女性主义以及博雅教育等众多领域颇具造诣。她在哈佛大学获得博士学位，先后执教于哈佛大学、布朗大学、牛津大学，现为芝加哥大学法学、伦理学弗罗因德杰出贡献教授，并同时受聘于该校7个院（系）。作为美国当前最杰出、最活跃的公共知识分子之一，她的思想在美国、欧洲、澳大利亚都颇有影响。2012年，她荣获西班牙“阿斯图里亚斯王子奖”。2016年，她荣获素有“日本诺贝尔奖”之称的京都奖艺术与哲学类奖项，这个奖项尤其肯定了她所提出的能力进路。

玛莎·C.努斯鲍姆，被认为是“当代哲学界最具创新力和最有影响力的声音之一”，在古典学、伦理学、政治哲学、文学、法学、女性主义以及博雅教育等众多领域颇具造诣。她在哈佛大学获得博士学位，先后执教于哈佛大学、布朗大学、牛津大学，现为芝加哥大学法学、伦理学弗罗因德杰出贡献教授，并同时受聘于该校7个院（系）。作为美国当前最杰出、最活跃的公共知识分子之一，她的思想在美国、欧洲、澳大利亚都颇有影响。2012年，她荣获西班牙“阿斯图里亚斯王子奖”。2016年，她荣获素有“日本诺贝尔奖”之称的京都奖艺术与哲学类奖项，这个奖项尤其肯定了她所提出的能力进路。

We live in a culture of apology and forgiveness. But while there are a few thinkers who are critical of forgiveness as being too supine, and extol the virtues of retribution and 'getting even,' philosopher and intellectual Martha C. Nussbaum criticizes forgiveness from the other side: that in the realm of personal relations, forgiveness is at its heart inquisitorial and discipl...(展开全部)

We live in a culture of apology and forgiveness. But while there are a few thinkers who are critical of forgiveness as being too supine, and extol the virtues of retribution and 'getting even,' philosopher and intellectual Martha C. Nussbaum criticizes forgiveness from the other side: that in the realm of personal relations, forgiveness is at its heart inquisitorial and discipl...(展开全部)

The author of the breakout hit Here Comes Everybody reveals how new technology is changing us from consumers to collaborators, unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world. For decades, technology encouraged people to squander their time and intellect as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential. In Cognitive ...(展开全部)

The author of the breakout hit Here Comes Everybody reveals how new technology is changing us from consumers to collaborators, unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world. For decades, technology encouraged people to squander their time and intellect as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential. In Cognitive ...(展开全部)

This book examines the various encounters between Jean-Luc Marion and Jacques Derrida on "the gift," considers their many differences on "desire," and demonstrates how these topics hold the keys to some of phenomenology's most pressing structural questions, especially regarding "deconstructive" approaches within the field. The book claims that the topic of desire is a central l...(展开全部)

This book examines the various encounters between Jean-Luc Marion and Jacques Derrida on "the gift," considers their many differences on "desire," and demonstrates how these topics hold the keys to some of phenomenology's most pressing structural questions, especially regarding "deconstructive" approaches within the field. The book claims that the topic of desire is a central l...(展开全部)

A leading brain scientist's look at the neurobiology of pleasure-and how pleasures can become addictions. Whether eating, taking drugs, engaging in sex, or doing good deeds, the pursuit of pleasure is a central drive of the human animal. In The Compass of Pleasure Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David J. Linden explains how pleasure affects us at the most fundamental level: in our...(展开全部)