文字作者 鲍里斯·魏斯曼 英国杜伦大学法语系讲师。他曾在伦敦大学国王学院、伦敦政治经济学院学习法语和人类学，其博士论文研究列维- 斯特劳斯的美学思想。 插图作者 朱迪·格罗夫斯 艺术家、插画家和设计师。她同时也是本套丛书系列中的 《 维特根斯坦》 《 拉康》《柏拉图》《乔姆斯基》等书的插图作者。 译者 陈龙 毕业于中国人民大学文学院，现任教于中国社会科学院大学。

文字作者 鲍里斯·魏斯曼 英国杜伦大学法语系讲师。他曾在伦敦大学国王学院、伦敦政治经济学院学习法语和人类学，其博士论文研究列维- 斯特劳斯的美学思想。 插图作者 朱迪·格罗夫斯 艺术家、插画家和设计师。她同时也是本套丛书系列中的 《 维特根斯坦》 《 拉康》《柏拉图》《乔姆斯基》等书的插图作者。 译者 陈龙 毕业于中国人民大学文学院，现任教于中国社会科学院大学。

In a wide-ranging 2007 study of Claude Levi-Strauss's aesthetic thought, Boris Wiseman demonstrates not only its centrality within his oeuvre but also the importance of Levi-Strauss for contemporary aesthetic enquiry. Reconstructing the internal logic of Levi-Strauss's thinking on aesthetics, and showing how anthropological and aesthetic ideas intertwine at the most elemental l...(展开全部)

"Introducing Chaos" explains how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event, from the fluctuation of animal populations to the ups and downs of the stock market. It also examines the roots of chaos in modern mathematics and physics, and explores the relationship between chaos and complexity, the new unifying theory which suggests that all complex systems evolve fr...(展开全部)

"Introducing Chaos" explains how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event, from the fluctuation of animal populations to the ups and downs of the stock market. It also examines the roots of chaos in modern mathematics and physics, and explores the relationship between chaos and complexity, the new unifying theory which suggests that all complex systems evolve fr...(展开全部)

Philosophy is an exciting and accessible subject, and this engaging text acquaints students with the core problems of philosophy and the many ways in which they are and have been answered. Introducing Philosophy: A Text with Integrated Readings, Eighth Edition, insists both that philosophy is very much alive today and that it is deeply rooted in the past. Accordingly, it combin...(展开全部)

What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with related subjects such as psychiatry and psychotherapy? To waht extent is it scientific? Introducing Psychology answers all these questions and more, explaining what the subject has been in the past and what it is now. The main "schools" of thought and the sections within psychology a...(展开全部)

This accessible textbook provides a clear and practical introduction to phonology, the study of sound patterns in language. Designed for students with only a basic knowledge of linguistics, it teaches in a step-by-step fashion the logical techniques of phonological analysis and the fundamental theories that underpin it. Through over sixty graded exercises, students are encourag...(展开全部)