Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability Studies Keywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportatio...(展开全部)

Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and produces a vocabulary that is in equal parts rigorous and intuitive. Critical Terms for Media Studies defines, and at times, redefines, what this new and hybrid area aims to do, illuminating the key concepts behind its liveliest debates and most...(展开全部)

The second edition of this widely used text has been carefully rewritten to ensure that it is up-to-date with cutting-edge debates, evidence, and policy changes. Since the book's initial publication, there has been an expansion of interest in disability in the social sciences, and disability has come to play an increasingly prominent role in political debates. The new edition t...(展开全部)

In twenty essays on subjects such as noise, acoustics, music, and silence, Keywords in Sound presents a definitive resource for sound studies, and a compelling argument for why studying sound matters. Each contributor details their keyword's intellectual history, outlines its role in cultural, social and political discourses, and suggests possibilities for further research. Key...(展开全部)

Francis Bacon was one of most elusive and enigmatic creative geniuses of the 20th century. However much his avowed aim was to simplify both himself and his art, he remained a deeply complex person. Bacon was keenly aware of this underlying contradiction, and whether talking or painting, strove consciously towards absolute clarity and simplicity, calling himself ‘simply complica...(展开全部)

This book not only introduces Deleuze's ideas, it also demonstrates the ways in which his work can provide new readings of literary texts.

Robert Lowell, with Elizabeth Bishop, stands apart as the greatest American poet of the latter half of the twentieth century--and "Life Studies and For the Union Dead "stand as among his most important volumes. In "Life Studies," which was first published in 1959, Lowell moved away from the formality of his earlier poems and started writing in a more confessional vein. The titl...(展开全部)

While providing an introduction to basic principles and strategies, this volume also explores the philosophy and methodology underlying the actual practice of participant observation. Taking a thoroughly practical approach to the methods of participant observation, Jorgensen illustrates these methods with both classic and current research studies. By using the materials in this...(展开全部)

Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in how these fields analyze digital technologies, but many of its key examples do no...(展开全部)

作者亚历山大•柯瓦雷（1892-1964），俄裔法国哲学家、科学史家。在科学史方面，柯瓦雷享有不亚于科学史之父乔治•萨顿的地位。柯瓦雷的著作和他在普林斯顿研究院的科学史讲座，揭示了一种新的科学史研究方法，它不同于萨顿百科全书式的大综合，而是以科学思想为线索从整体上展现科 学史，从而使科学史研究具备了极强的思想魅力，吸引了一大群富有才华的学子转向科学史并将之引为毕生的事业。柯瓦雷及其科学思想史学派所描绘的关于“科学革命”的雄伟画卷，深深地影响了并且至今仍强烈地影响着一般社会受众。换言之，为社会受众所普遍接受的是柯瓦雷式的科学史。 译者张卜天，杰出青年译者，有译著近40部。热爱哲学和科学史方面的翻译，研究方向为西方中世纪和近代早期科学思想史，研究领域主要集中在近代科学的起源和科学革命，特别关注现代性的起源，科学与哲学、神学的关系和互动，中世纪晚期和文...(展开全部)