Zu Wim Wenders 70. Geburtstag »Wings of Desire« heißt die englische Fassung von Wim Wenders Himmel über Berlin, einem der größten Erfolge des deutschen Nachkriegsfilms. Es sind die geflügelten Engel Damiel und Cassiel, die das chaotische Treiben der Menschen auf der Erde betrachten und lieben lernen. Damiels Sehnsucht, die ihn zu der Zirkuskünstlerin Marion hinzieht, wird am En...(展开全部)

In 1921, at the age of eleven, Isaiah Berlin arrived in England from Riga, Latvia. By the time he was thirty he was at the heart of British intellectual life. He has remained its commanding presence ever since, and few would dispute that he was one of Britain's greatest thinkers. His reputation extends worldwide--as a great conversationalist, intellectual historian, and man of ...(展开全部)

In 1921, at the age of eleven, Isaiah Berlin arrived in England from Riga, Latvia. By the time he was thirty he was at the heart of British intellectual life. He has remained its commanding presence ever since, and few would dispute that he was one of Britain's greatest thinkers. His reputation extends worldwide--as a great conversationalist, intellectual historian, and man of ...(展开全部)

In 1905 the young Swiss writer Robert Walser arrived in Berlin to join his older brother Karl, already an important stage-set designer, and immediately threw himself into the vibrant social and cultural life of the city. Berlin Stories collects his alternately celebratory, droll, and satirical observations on every aspect of the bustling German capital, from its theaters, cabar...(展开全部)

阿尔弗雷德·德布林(1878—1957)，德国作家，德国语言大师和文坛巨匠。最初以历史小说《华伦斯坦》（1920）获得成功。后期重要的小说有《柏林，亚历山大广场》《王伦三跳》《华伦斯坦》《山、海和巨人》等。

From the bestselling author of Istanbul Passage—called a “fast-moving thinking man’s thriller” by The Wall Street Journal—comes a sweeping, atmospheric novel of postwar East Berlin, a city caught between political idealism and the harsh realities of Soviet occupation. Berlin 1948. Almost four years after the war’s end, the city is still in ruins, a physical wasteland and a poli...(展开全部)

作者简介：特奥多·阿多尔诺（Theodor W. Adorno，1903—1969），又译阿多诺。德国哲学家、社会学家、音乐理论家，法兰克福学派第一代的主要代表人物，社会批判理论的奠基者。主要著作有《启蒙的辩证法》《否定的辩证法》《美学理论》等。 译者简介：夏凡，1972年生，江苏南通人，哲学博士。致力于19世纪和20世纪的欧洲哲学思想研究，力求继承马克思和阿多尔诺的社会批判理论传统。

瓦尔特·本雅明（1892—1940），德国文学家、思想家，因其博学和敏锐而享誉世界，被视为20世纪前半期德国重要的文学评论家，被誉为“欧洲后一位知识分子”。他学术视野开阔，学术眼光独到，著作宏富，著有《德意志悲苦剧的起源》、《德国浪漫派的艺术批评概念》、《可技术复制时代的艺术作品》、《评歌德的<亲和力>》、《摄影小史》、《柏林童年》、《德意志人》等名著，尚留下六册书信集。作为众所周知的思想家，其论著丰富的解释力吸引越来越多学者的目光，俨然成为重审现代性与欧洲文化史的关键节点。