In this collection of essays, five previously published and three new in this volume, a western historian of Chinese art examines the received ideas of art history from the vantage point of another culture. On the premise that what we feel a need to explain and how we explain it alike depend on what we assume to be normal, the essays all adopt a comparative approach. Whatever b...(展开全部)

For this collection, Stocking has written comments on each of the eight essays included, as well as an introduction providing autobiographical and historiographical context and an afterword reconsidering major themes of the essays in relation to the recent past and present situation of academic anthropology. The essays themselves address the work and influence of Franz Boas and...(展开全部)

Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) was perhaps the most influential anthropologist of our time, but his influence extended far beyond his field to encompass all facets of contemporary life. Nowhere were his gifts for directness, humor, and steady revelation more evident than in the pages of "The New York Review of Books", where for nearly four decades he shared his acute vision of the...(展开全部)

Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) was perhaps the most influential anthropologist of our time, but his influence extended far beyond his field to encompass all facets of contemporary life. Nowhere were his gifts for directness, humor, and steady revelation more evident than in the pages of the "New York Review of Books," where for nearly four decades he shared his acute vision of the...(展开全部)

The Primacy of Perception brings together a number of important studies by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that appeared in various publications from 1947 to 1961. The title essay, which is in essence a presentation of the underlying thesis of his Phenomenology of Perception, is followed by two courses given by Merleau-Ponty at the Sorbonne on phenomenological psychology. "Eye and Mind" ...(展开全部)

The unifying theme of these essays is Lord Acton's concept of liberty. Included are his two famous essays on the history of freedom (The History of Freedom in Antiquity; and The History of Freedom in Christianity) as are writings on the tradition of liberty in England, America, and Europe.

Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (October 10, 1873 – December 30, 1962) was an influential American philosopher and intellectual historian, who founded the field known as the history of ideas. Lovejoy was born in Berlin, Germany while his father was doing medical research there. Eighteen months later, his mother committed suicide, whereupon his father gave up medicine and became a clergym...(展开全部)

Anthony Vidler, an internationally recognized scholar, theorist, and critic of modern and contemporary architecture, is widely known for his essays on the most pressing issues and debates in the field. This volume brings together a collection of such writings—including the iconic, long unavailable “Scenes of the Street”—into one volume. Scenes of the Street and Other Essay...(展开全部)

This classic collection of essays by E.P. Thompson, one of Englands most renowned socialist voices, remains a staple text in the history of Marxist theory. The bulk of the book is dedicated to Thompsons famous polemic against Louis Althusser and what he considers the reductionism and authoritarianism of Althusserian structuralism. In lively and erudite prose, Thompson argues fo...(展开全部)

艾尔弗雷德•诺思•怀特海（Alfred North Whitehead，1861-1947），英国数学家、逻辑学家、哲学家和教育理论家；过程哲学创始人，他创立了20世纪最庞大的形而上学体系。 怀特海与罗素合著的《数学原理》，标志着人类逻辑思维的巨大进步，被称为永久的伟大学术著作之一；罗素起初是他的学生，后来他们成为同事和朋友。 出身于教育世家，他的祖父是当地一位有名望的教育家，曾任当地一所私立学校的校长。他的父亲先后从事教育、宗教工作，十分关心教育事业。受家庭的影响，他对教育很感兴趣。 他早年就读并留校于英国剑桥大学，中年任教职于英国伦敦大学，晚年受聘于美国哈佛大学。《教育的目的》（1929）是他的教育代表作，其深刻的教育思想得到了广泛认同，并影响深远，闪耀着不朽的智慧光芒。