Tracing the roots of the modern American University in German philosophy and in the work of British thinkers such as Newman and Arnold, Bill Readings argues that historically the integrity of the modern university has been linked to the nation-state, which it has served by promoting and protecting the idea of a national culture. However, now the nation-state is in decline, and ...(展开全部)

凯文•鲍尔斯 Kevin Powers 美国小说家、诗人，1980年生于弗吉尼亚州里士满，出身于蓝领家庭，父亲是工厂工人。17岁应召入伍，2004年2月至2005年3月在伊拉克摩苏尔和塔拉法尔服役。退伍后，就读于弗吉尼亚州立大学，获得本科学位后；在得克萨斯大学奥斯丁分校获得文科硕士，后来在该校米切纳中心担任诗歌研究员。2012年，出版第一部作品《黄鸟》（The Yellow Birds），获得了海明威奖、《卫报》首作奖，以及美国国家图书奖的最终入围书目。

凯文•鲍尔斯 Kevin Powers 美国小说家、诗人，1980年生于弗吉尼亚州里士满，出身于蓝领家庭，父亲是工厂工人。17岁应召入伍，2004年2月至2005年3月在伊拉克摩苏尔和塔拉法尔服役。退伍后，就读于弗吉尼亚州立大学，获得本科学位后；在得克萨斯大学奥斯丁分校获得文科硕士，后来在该校米切纳中心担任诗歌研究员。2012年，出版第一部作品《黄鸟》（The Yellow Birds），获得了海明威奖、《卫报》首作奖，以及美国国家图书奖的最终入围书目。

Across the West, hard-right leaders are surging to power on platforms of ethno-economic nationalism, Christianity, and traditional family values. Is this phenomenon the end of neoliberalism or its monstrous offspring? In the Ruins of Neoliberalism casts the hard-right turn as animated by socioeconomically aggrieved white working- and middle-class populations but contoured by ne...(展开全部)

On the Museum's Ruins presents Douglas Crimp's criticism of contemporary art, its institutions, and its politics alongside photographic works by the artist Louise Lawler to create a collaborative project that is itself an example of postmodern practice at its most provocative. Crimp elaborates the new paradigm of postmodernism through analyses of art practices broadly conceived...(展开全部)

作者残雪，原名邓小华。先锋派文学的代表人物，其作品以关注女性内心的状态为特征，是具有鲜明个性化创造风格的作家，她着眼于深层的精神世界，不断开拓和挖掘，在中国文学界是一个极为独特的存在。她的很多作品很早就被海外文学界翻译和介绍，代表作《黄泥街》、《苍老的浮云》等。

Between 1991 and 2015, Josef Koudelka completed an epic journey across twenty countries bordering the Mediterranean, stopping at over 200 Greek and Roman archaeological sites, relentlessly researching the beauty of the ancient world. Before the Magnum photographer, nobody had attempted to make such a comprehensive photographic record of these artefacts with so much persistence ...(展开全部)

How have ruins become so valued in Western culture, and so central to our art and literature? Covering a vast chronological and geographical range, from ancient Egyptian inscriptions to twentieth-century memorials, Susan Stewart seeks to answer this question as she traces the appeal of ruins and ruins images, and the lessons that writers and artists have drawn from their haunti...(展开全部)

It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.' Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed hopeless romantic Florentino Arizo's impassioned advances and married Dr. Juvenal Urbino instead. During that half century, Florentino has fallen into the arms of many delighted women, but has love...(展开全部)

'It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.' Fifty-one years have passed since Fermina rebuffed Florentino and married Juvenal Urbino instead. Swearing his love to her, he lives for the day when he can court her again. When Fermina's husband is killed, Florentino seizes his chance to declare his enduring love. But can youn...(展开全部)