Individualization argues that we are in the midst of a fundamental change in the nature of society and politics. This change hinges around two processes: globalization and individualization. The book demonstrates that individualization is a structural characteristic of highly differentiated societies, and does not imperil social cohesion, but actually makes it possible. Ulrich ...(展开全部)

Individualization argues that we are in the midst of a fundamental change in the nature of society and politics. This change hinges around two processes: globalization and individualization. The book demonstrates that individualization is a structural characteristic of highly differentiated societies, and does not imperil social cohesion, but actually makes it possible. Ulrich ...(展开全部)

Why do even well-educated people often understand so little about maths - or take a perverse pride in not being a 'numbers person'? In his now-classic book "Innumeracy", John Allen Paulos answers questions such as: why is following the stock market exactly like flipping a coin; how big is a trillion; how fast does human hair grow in mph; and, can you calculate the chances that ...(展开全部)

内容简介: 为什么甚至受过良好教育的人，仍然对数学了解得那么少？数盲的代价是什么？1998年约翰·艾伦·保罗士在他著名的畅销书出版时就声称：没有能力来合理地处理大量数据和概率问题，导致我们误传了政府的政策，扰乱了个人的决定，增加了对形形色色伪科学的感染。《数盲》让我们知道：我们忽视了什么？我们将从何做起？ 在充满刺激的关于数的概率的神秘故事的奇闻铁事中，保罗士自如地介入了现代生活的各个层面：从竞选的角逐到运动公的统计，从股票诈骗和报业心理学到节食的医药配方，性别歧视，保险，彩票和药物试验。《数盲》的读者将会领略到一串令人惊讶的事实，一系列有份量的思想，而最重要的是掌握了一个更清晰、更定量化地观察世界的方法。 This is the book that made "innumeracy" a household word, at least in so...(展开全部)

Why do even well-educated people often understand so little about maths - or take a perverse pride in not being a 'numbers person'? In his now-classic book "Innumeracy", John Allen Paulos answers questions such as: why is following the stock market exactly like flipping a coin; how big is a trillion; how fast does human hair grow in mph; and, can you calculate the chances that ...(展开全部)

内容简介: 为什么甚至受过良好教育的人，仍然对数学了解得那么少？数盲的代价是什么？1998年约翰·艾伦·保罗士在他著名的畅销书出版时就声称：没有能力来合理地处理大量数据和概率问题，导致我们误传了政府的政策，扰乱了个人的决定，增加了对形形色色伪科学的感染。《数盲》让我们知道：我们忽视了什么？我们将从何做起？ 在充满刺激的关于数的概率的神秘故事的奇闻铁事中，保罗士自如地介入了现代生活的各个层面：从竞选的角逐到运动公的统计，从股票诈骗和报业心理学到节食的医药配方，性别歧视，保险，彩票和药物试验。《数盲》的读者将会领略到一串令人惊讶的事实，一系列有份量的思想，而最重要的是掌握了一个更清晰、更定量化地观察世界的方法。 This is the book that made "innumeracy" a household word, at least in so...(展开全部)

李·埃利奥特·梅杰（Lee Elliot Major） 萨顿信托基金会的首席执行官，该基金会通过以实证为基础的项目、研究和政策倡导,促进英国的社会流动性。 斯蒂芬·梅钦（stephen Machin） 英国伦敦经济学院教授兼经济绩效研究中心主任。

An examination of the differences between collectivists (those who view themselves primarily as part of a whole, and who are motivated by the norms and duties imposed by the collective entity) and individualists (those who are motivated by their own preferences and needs).

译者张东辉，中国社会科学院哲学博士，著有《费希特的法权哲学》（中国社会科学出版社2011年版），通德文、英文，译有黑格尔《历史哲学》（商务印书馆即出），现为湖南科技大学法学院副教授。

In this collection of writings, Nobel laureate Friedrich A. Hayek discusses topics from moral philosophy and the methods of the social sciences to economic theory as different aspects of the same central issue: free markets versus socialist planned economies. First published in the 1930s and 40s, these essays continue to illuminate the problems faced by developing and formerly ...(展开全部)