This groundbreaking work by one of the world's foremost theoreticians of culture and scholars of Russian philosophy gives for the first time a systematic examination of the development of Russian philosophy during the late Soviet period. Countering the traditional view of an intellectual wilderness under the Soviet regime, Mikhail Epstein provides a comprehensive account of Rus...(展开全部)

Part dictionary and part encyclopedia, this book has become the standard reference work on the concepts of Marxism and the individuals and schools of thought that have subsequently contributed to the body of Marxist ideas.

Part dictionary and part encyclopedia, this book has become the standard reference work on the concepts of Marxism and the individuals and schools of thought that have subsequently contributed to the body of Marxist ideas.

Henri Lefebvre reviews the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels for analysis on the life and growth of the city, describing its transition from life under feudalism to modern industrial capitalism.

Henri Lefebvre reviews the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels for analysis on the life and growth of the city, describing its transition from life under feudalism to modern industrial capitalism.

The main theme of this collection of essays is the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom. The book offers a powerful defence of variety in our visions of life, and it also contains an updated bibliography of Berlin's publications.

以赛亚·伯林(1909—1997)　英国哲学家和政治思想史家,20世纪最著名的自由主义知识分子之一。出生于俄国里加的一个犹太人家庭,1920年随父母前往英国。1928年进入牛津大学攻读文学和哲学,1932年获选全灵学院研究员,并在新学院任哲学讲师,其间与艾耶尔、奥斯汀等参与了普通语言哲学的运动。二战期间,先后在纽约、华盛顿和莫斯科担任外交职务。1946年重回牛津教授哲学课程,并把研究方向转向思想史。1957年成为牛津大学社会与政治理论教授,并获封爵士。1966年至1975年担任牛津大学沃尔森学院院长。主要著作有《自由四论》（1969，后扩充为《自由论》）、《俄国思想家》(1978)、《反潮流》(1979)、《个人印象》(1980)、《扭曲的人性之材》（1990）、《现实感》(1996)、《浪漫主义的根源》（1999）、《启蒙的三个批评者》（2000）...(展开全部)

In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom - among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, Berlin brings to life original minds that ...(展开全部)