Smashing such stereotypes as "the monolithic Middle East" or "the Western Mind," Amartya Sen examines the much-misunderstood concept of identity. The world may be more riven by murderous violence than ever before; yet Amartya Sen, the galvanizing Nobel Laureate, proposes in this sweeping philosophical work that the brutalities are driven as much by confusion as by inescapable ...(展开全部)

"The Geography of Ethnic Violence" is the first among numerous distinguished books on ethnic violence to clarify the vital role of territory in explaining such conflict. Monica Toft introduces and tests a theory of ethnic violence, one that provides a compelling general explanation of not only most ethnic violence, civil wars, and terrorism but many interstate wars as well. Thi...(展开全部)

No theme has been more central to international philosophical debates than that of community: from American communitarianism to Habermas's ethic of communication to the French deconstruction of community in the work of Derrida and Nancy. Nevertheless, in none of these cases has the concept been examined from the perspective of community's original etymological meaning: "cum mun...(展开全部)

资中筠，1951年清华大学西方语言文学系毕业。国际政治及美国研究专家，资深学者、翻译家。中国社会科学院荣誉学部委员。曾任中国社会科学院美国研究所所长、《美国研究》主编、研究员。 参与创办《美国研究》杂志和中华美国学会，创立“中美关系史研究会”并任第一、第二届会长。 主要著作：《追根溯源：战后美国对华政策的缘起与发展，1945-1950》、《战后美国外交史：从杜鲁门到里根》、《二十世纪的美国》（主编《冷眼向洋：百年风云启示录》之一）、《资中筠集》（学术论文）。随笔集：《斗室中的天下》、《锦瑟无端》、《读书人的出世与入世》、《学海岸边》（与陈乐民合集）、《资中筠自选集》（五卷），《美国十讲》、《老生常谈》等。 翻译有巴尔扎克（法国）、薇拉•凯瑟（美国）、阿兰•德波顿（英国）等人的著作。

资中筠，1951年清华大学西方语言文学系毕业。国际政治及美国研究专家，资深学者、翻译家。中国社会科学院荣誉学部委员。曾任中国社会科学院美国研究所所长、《美国研究》主编、研究员。 参与创办《美国研究》杂志和中华美国学会，创立“中美关系史研究会”并任第一、第二届会长。 主要著作：《追根溯源：战后美国对华政策的缘起与发展，1945-1950》、《战后美国外交史：从杜鲁门到里根》、《二十世纪的美国》（主编《冷眼向洋：百年风云启示录》之一）、《资中筠集》（学术论文）。随笔集：《斗室中的天下》、《锦瑟无端》、《读书人的出世与入世》、《学海岸边》（与陈乐民合集）、《资中筠自选集》（五卷），《美国十讲》、《老生常谈》等。 翻译有巴尔扎克（法国）、薇拉•凯瑟（美国）、阿兰•德波顿（英国）等人的著作。

Most of us believe that we are unique and coherent individuals, but are we? The idea of a "self" has existed ever since humans began to live in groups and become sociable. Those who embrace the self as an individual in the West, or a member of the group in the East, feel fulfilled and purposeful. This experience seems incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific evidence r...(展开全部)

Most of us believe that we are an independent, coherent self--an individual inside our head who thinks, watches, wonders, dreams, and makes plans for the future. This sense of our self may seem incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific evidence reveals that it is not what it seems--it is all an illusion. In The Self Illusion, Bruce Hood reveals how the self emerges du...(展开全部)