A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence . "At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. Human Accomplishment is about those great things, falling in the domains known as the arts and sciences, and the people who did them.' So begins Charles Murray's unique account of human excellence, from the age...(展开全部)

This volume provides a history of how the human has been constituted as a subject of scientific inquiry in China from the seventeenth century to the present.

Eight-time national chess champion and international martial arts champion Josh Waitzkin lays out his battle-tested principles of learning and performance to give readers the same tools for excellence and success--in whatever field they pursue--that have propelled Waitzkin himself to the top of his game.

From Blackstone chairman, CEO, and co-founder Stephen A. Schwarzman, a long-awaited book that uses impactful episodes from Schwarzman's life to show readers how to build, transform, and lead thriving organizations. Whether you are a student, entrepreneur, philanthropist, executive, or simply someone looking for ways to maximize your potential, the same lessons apply.

昆廷·斯金纳(Skinner, Quentin)，1940年生，英国剑桥大学钦定近代史讲座教授，是西方学术界思想史研究主流“剑桥学派”的代表人物，其在学术界的地位如芬兰学者帕罗内所说，在思想史研究中掀起了“斯金纳的革命”。

昆廷·斯金纳(Skinner, Quentin)，1940年生，英国剑桥大学钦定近代史讲座教授，是西方学术界思想史研究主流“剑桥学派”的代表人物，其在学术界的地位如芬兰学者帕罗内所说，在思想史研究中掀起了“斯金纳的革命”。

The past quarter of a century has seen dramatic developments in social and political thought. These essays offer an indispensable introduction to some of the most influential amongst them. Quentin Skinner's Introduction traces broad transformations such as the erosion of empiricist assumptions and the undermining of the positivist ideal of the unification of the sciences by the...(展开全部)

In The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences eleven scholars widely known for their interdisciplinary work investigate one of the most striking developments in the intellectual world today: the return to history by a wide range of academic disciplines. From ''new historicism'' in literary theory, to ''ethnohistory,'' to ''historical sociology,'' these new approaches have resulted...(展开全部)

This volume provides a history of how “the human” has been constituted as a subject of scientific inquiry in China from the seventeenth century to the present. Organized around four themes—“Parameters of Human Life,” “Formations of the Human Subject,” “Disciplining Knowledge,” and “Deciphering Health”—it scrutinizes the development of scientific knowledge and technical interest...(展开全部)

For the past fifty years anxiety over the problem of naturalism has driven debates in social theory. One side pursues the idea of social science as another kind of natural science, while the other radically rejects the possibility of objective and explanatory knowledge. All of the various developments in social scientific theory since then have reflected this dichotomy between ...(展开全部)