巴枯宁(1814～1876)(Bakunin，Mikhail Aleksandrovich)俄国革命者，国际无政府主义运动活动家和理论家。1814年5月30日生于贵族家庭,1876年7月1日卒于伯尔尼。1836～1840年在莫斯科研究哲学，1838 年发表《〈 黑格尔中学讲演录〉译者序言》，推崇黑格尔唯心主义哲学。1840年秋侨居国外，开始从事政治活动。在德国、瑞士、比利时、法国接触各种社会主义流派的代表人物，特别受到P.-J.蒲鲁东和W.魏特林的思想影响。1842年发表《德国的反动》一文，宣传资产阶级民主主义思想。巴枯宁积极参加欧洲1848年革命。4月到柏林策划武装暴动。6月参加在布拉格举行的斯拉夫人代表大会，发表《新斯拉夫政策的基础》一文，宣扬泛斯拉夫主义，鼓吹建立斯拉夫联邦。1849年5月因参加并领导德累斯顿起义被捕。1851年被引渡给俄国沙皇...(展开全部)

Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) is one of the most significant German Jewish philosophers of the twentieth century. Published in German in 1920 and now finally available in English for the first time, Hegel and the State is a major contribution to the understanding of Hegel's political and social thought and a profound analysis of the intellectual currents that shaped the German s...(展开全部)

Paul Wetherly provides a timely and forceful restatement of the classical Marxist theory of the state. The book develops an analytical approach that draws on, but also provides criticism of, G.A. Cohen's functional interpretation of Marx's theory of history. Cohen's treatment of the 'base-superstructure' connection is rather limited, in contrast to the detailed argument in resp...(展开全部)

This book examines the impact of states and their policies on visual art. States shape the role of art and artists in society, influence the development of audiences, support artistic work, and even affect the very nature of artistic production. The book contrasts developments in the United States with art policies in Britain and in the social democratic states of Norway and Sw...(展开全部)

Since its publication this important study has become established as a central work on the vast and contested subject of modern nationalism. Placing historical evidence within a general theoretical framework, John Breuilly argues that nationalism should be understood as a form of politics that arises in opposition to the modern state. In this updated and revised edition, he ext...(展开全部)

In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, the October Revolution swept him to supreme power. In the short intervening period he spent in Finland, he wrote his impassioned, never-completed masterwork "The State and Revolution". This powerfully argued book offers both the rationale for the new regime...(展开全部)

Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) is one of the most significant German Jewish philosophers of the twentieth century. Published in German in 1920 and now finally available in English for the first time, Hegel and the State is a major contribution to the understanding of Hegel's political and social thought and a profound analysis of the intellectual currents that shaped the German s...(展开全部)

保罗·戴维斯，英国物理学家，主要研究现代宇宙学。University of Newcastle upon Tyne的理论物理学教授。

How did the universe begin and how will it end? What is matter? What is mind, and can it survive death? What are time and space, and how do they relate to ideas about God? Is the order of the universe the result of accident or design? The most profound and age-old questions of existence -- for centuries the focus of religion and philosophy -- may soon be answered through ...(展开全部)

This book presents an explanation of how recent discoveries of the new physics are revolutionizing our view of the world and, in particular, throwing light on many of the questions formerly posed by religion.