A conceptual update of affordance theory that introduces the mechanisms and conditions framework, providing a vocabulary and critical perspective. Technological affordances mediate between the features of a technology and the outcomes of engagement with that technology. The concept of affordances, which migrated from psychology to design with Donald Norman's influential 1988 bo...(展开全部)

A popular, entertaining, and insightful analysis of why some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them. B & W photographs and illustrations throughout.

New and emerging technologies, especially ones that infiltrate intimate spaces, relations, homes, and bodies, are often referred to as creepy in media and political discourses. In Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen, Neda Atanasoski and Nassim Parvin introduce a feminist theory of creep that they substantiate through critical engagement with smart homes, smart dust,...(展开全部)

New and emerging technologies, especially ones that infiltrate intimate spaces, relations, homes, and bodies, are often referred to as creepy in media and political discourses. In Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen, Neda Atanasoski and Nassim Parvin introduce a feminist theory of creep that they substantiate through critical engagement with smart homes, smart dust,...(展开全部)

Political change doesn't always begin with a bang; it often starts with just a whisper. From the discussions around kitchen tables that led to the dismantling of the Soviet bloc to the more recent emergence of Internet initiatives such as MoveOn.org and Redeem the Vote that are revolutionizing the American political landscape, consequential political life develops in small spac...(展开全部)

This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore the distinctive features of the American political economy. The introductory chapter provides a comparatively informed framework for analyzing the interplay of markets and politics in the United States, focusing on three key factors: uniquely fragmented and decentralized political institutions; an interest grou...(展开全部)

【美】山姆·高斯林（Sam Gosling） 美国心理学会（APA）青年心理学家年度杰出贡献奖得主、柏克莱大学心理博士、得克萨斯大学心理学副教授。 他的作品广泛出现于各大媒体上，比如《纽约时报》《今日心理》《华盛顿邮报》《早安美国》等。他的首部著作就被知名科学杂志New Sci entist选为年度好书，受到广大报纸、广播、电视等一流媒体的好评。高斯林博士的研究领域为性格差异，以及人们在日常生活中如何形塑对他人的印象。 首次创造的“房间研究”，由整体环境、摆放物品的特点精准判断物品主人的性格，被广大媒体赞誉为“观察教父”，受到广大报纸、广播、电视等一众媒体的好评。

In this essential rereading of Spinoza's (1632-1677) philosophical and political writings, Negri positions this thinker within the historical context of the development of the modern state and its attendant political economy. Through a close examination of Spinoza, Negri reveals turn as unique among his contemporaries for his nondialectical approach to social organization in a ...(展开全部)

A decade after the cold war ended, policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era in which dem ocracy and open trade would herald the "end of history." The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, sadly shattered these idyllic illusions, and John Mearsheimer's masterful new book explains why these harmonious visions remain utopian. To Mearsheimer,...(展开全部)

安东尼奥•奈格里（1933— ），意大利当代著名哲学家。毕业并任教于帕多瓦大学哲学系，曾因从事激进政治行动入狱，后流亡法国，在文森大学（巴黎八大）和国际哲学学院任教多年。他与迈克尔•哈特合作发表的三部曲《帝国》《诸众》和《大同世界》已成为当代政治学的经典；对斯宾诺莎政治哲学的激进阐释则构成其思想的基石，这方面的代表作有《野蛮的反常》《颠覆性的斯宾诺莎》和《斯宾诺莎那里的民主与永恒》。 赵文，北京大学文学博士，陕西师范大学文学院教授，主要从事西方批评理论、文学批评思想史、近代唯物主义思想史方面的研究工作，同时进行学术文献的翻译及相关研究。代表性译作有阿尔都塞《马基雅维利和我们》（收入《哲学与政治：阿尔都塞读本》）、阿甘本《无目的的手段》、巴利巴尔《斯宾诺莎与政治》、韦纳《福柯：其思其人》等。