The East in the West reassesses Western views of Asia. Traditionally many European historians and theorists have seen the societies of the East as 'static' or 'backward'. Jack Goody challenges these assumptions, beginning with the notion of a special Western rationality which enabled 'us' and not 'them' to modernise. He then turns to book-keeping, which several social and econo...(展开全部)

丹尼斯·谢尔曼是纽约城市大学约翰·杰伊刑事司法学院(John Jay College of Criminal Justice，the City University of New York)的历史学教授。他在加州大学伯克利分校获得了文学学士学位(1962年)和法学博士学位(1965年)，并在密歇根大学获得了哲学博士(1970年)。他是巴黎大学的访问学者(1978—1979年，1985年)。他曾获得福特基金会学术奖(Ford Foundation Prize Fellowship，1968—1969年，1969—1970年)，获得经济史研究中心学术奖(Council for Research on Economic History，1971—1972年)，获得国家人文科学基金会奖(National Endowment for the Humanitie...(展开全部)

The East in the West reassesses Western views of Asia. Traditionally many European historians and theorists have seen the societies of the East as 'static' or 'backward'. Jack Goody challenges these assumptions, beginning with the notion of a special Western rationality which enabled 'us' and not 'them' to modernise. He then turns to book-keeping, which several social and econo...(展开全部)

The West's centuries-old status as the center of global wealth and power is coming to an end. As the new powers—China and India from Asia and others from Africa and Latin America—rise to the top of the world's pecking order, how should the West react? Kishore Mahbubani argues passionately and provocatively that the West can no longer impose its power and ideals on the world at ...(展开全部)

Lost in the Funhouse is a collection of loosely connected short stories that was originally published by John Barth in 1968. These postmodern stories examine the art of fiction writing, among other things, and seem to undermine the conventional and predictable nature of fiction. In the fourteen stories, Barth presents a literary "funhouse," a dense maze that weaves in and out o...(展开全部)

Lost in the Funhouse is a collection of loosely connected short stories that was originally published by John Barth in 1968. These postmodern stories examine the art of fiction writing, among other things, and seem to undermine the conventional and predictable nature of fiction. In the fourteen stories, Barth presents a literary "funhouse," a dense maze that weaves in and out o...(展开全部)

Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning in the context of this collection.

阿伦·布洛克(Alan Bullock, 1914-2004)，英国著名历史学家，牛津大学原副校长。曾以《希特勒：暴政研究》一书享誉史学界，以针对教育与民主问题的“布洛克报告”闻名英国政坛。因其在学术与政治领域的杰出成就，他于1976年被英国皇室册封为终身贵族。