A giant of 20th century art criticism, Clement Greenberg (1909-1994) set the terms of critical discourse from the moment he burst onto the scene with his seminal essays "Avant-Garde and Kitsch" (1939) and "Towards a Newer Laocoon" (1940). In this work, which gathers previously uncollected essays and a series of seminars delivered at Bennington College in 1971, Greenberg provide...(展开全部)

This collection of five essays by Germany's most prominent and influential social thinker both links Luhmann's social theory to the question "What is modern about modernity?" and shows the origins and context of his theory. In the introductory essay, "Modernity in Contemporary Society," Luhmann develops the thesis that the modern epistemological situation can be seen as the con...(展开全部)

From the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Truman Capote—also available are Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Other Voices, Other Rooms (in one volume), In Cold Blood, and The Complete Stories Perhaps no twentieth-century writer was so observant and graceful a chronicler of his times as Truman Capote. Portraits and Observations is the...(展开全部)

Perhaps no twentieth century writer was so observant and elegant a chronicler of his times as Truman Capote. Whether he was profiling the rich and famous or creating indelible word-pictures of events and places near and far, Capote’s eye for detail and dazzling style made his reportage and commentary undeniable triumphs of the form. Portraits and Observations is the first v...(展开全部)

When we view a work of art, we often experience an emotional response, but the causes of our reactions are complex. Our knowledge of why we respond to art as we do is rooted in science—in psychology and biology. Eric R. Kandel traces the origins of this understanding to early twentieth-century Vienna, which gave rise to the concept of the “beholder’s share,” the realization tha...(展开全部)

From IDEO, the global innovation and design firm responsible for such landmark products as Apple's first computer mouse, comes a primer in the observation method that keeps their practice human-centered and ever ingenious. People unconsciously perform ultraordinary actions every day, from throwing a jacket over a chair back to claim the seat, or placing something in the teeth w...(展开全部)

It is a happy memory that associates the foundation of our Royal Academy with the delivery of these inaugural discourses by Sir Joshua Reynolds, on the opening of the schools, and at the first annual meetings for the distribution of its prizes.

As one who has written extensively about the interior life, meditation, and psychotherapy, Ken Wilber—the leading theorist in the field of integral psychology—naturally arouses the curiosity of his numerous readers. In response to this curiosity, this one-year diary not only offers an unprecedented entrée into his private world, but offers an introduction to his essential thoug...(展开全部)

- 作者简介 - 吉奥乔•阿甘本（Giorgio Agamben，1942— ），意大利哲学家，当代最富影响力的思想家之一，代表作为“神圣人”系列。拜德雅已出阿甘本著作：《语言的圣礼：誓言考古学》（“神圣人”Ⅱ，3）、《宁芙》、《奇遇》、《普尔奇内拉或献给孩童的嬉游曲》、《品味》、《什么是哲学？》。 - 译者简介 - 蓝江， 1977年出生，湖北荆州人，南京大学哲学系教授、博士生导师，南京大学马克思主义社会理论研究中心研究员，主要研究方向为国外马克思主义、当代欧陆激进左翼思想，著有《忠于事件本身：巴迪欧哲学思想导论》、《阿甘本五讲》等书，译有《语言的圣礼：誓言考古学》（“神圣人”II，3）、《宁芙》、《品味》、《什么是哲学？》、《巴迪欧：关键概念》等书。

- 作者简介 - 吉奥乔•阿甘本（Giorgio Agamben，1942— ），意大利哲学家，当代最富影响力的思想家之一，代表作为“神圣人”系列。拜德雅已出阿甘本著作：《语言的圣礼：誓言考古学》（“神圣人”Ⅱ，3）、《宁芙》、《奇遇》、《普尔奇内拉或献给孩童的嬉游曲》、《品味》、《什么是哲学？》。 - 译者简介 - 蓝江， 1977年出生，湖北荆州人，南京大学哲学系教授、博士生导师，南京大学马克思主义社会理论研究中心研究员，主要研究方向为国外马克思主义、当代欧陆激进左翼思想，著有《忠于事件本身：巴迪欧哲学思想导论》、《阿甘本五讲》等书，译有《语言的圣礼：誓言考古学》（“神圣人”II，3）、《宁芙》、《品味》、《什么是哲学？》、《巴迪欧：关键概念》等书。