Is the history of the modern world the history of Europe writ large? Or is it possible to situate the history of modernity as a world historical process apart from its origins in Western Europe? In Part One of this posthumous collection of essays, Marshall G.S. Hodgson, a former professor of history at the University of Chicago, challenges adherents of both Eurocentrism and mul...(展开全部)

Is the history of the modern world the history of Europe writ large? Or is it possible to situate the history of modernity as a world historical process apart from its origins in Western Europe? In this posthumous collection of essays, Marshall G. S. Hodgson challenges adherents of both Eurocentrism and multiculturalism to rethink the place of Europe in world history. He argues...(展开全部)

威廉姆•J. 杜克（William J. Duiker），美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学东亚学名誉教授。学术兴趣极为广泛，主要研究领域为民族主义和亚洲革命，其作品Ho Chi Minh：A Life（Hyperion 2000）曾提名2001年普利策奖。 杰克森•J. 斯皮尔沃格（Jackson J. Spielvogel），美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学历史学名誉副教授。主要研究领域为宗教史、纳粹德国史和西方文明史，代表作有Western Civilization等。 译者 易丙兰， 北京大学历史学博士，现主要从事中国近现代史的教学科研工作。

Explore common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and identify key global patterns over time withTHE ESSENTIAL WORLD HISTORY: to 1500. This brief overview of world history covers political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis to help you gain an appreciation and understan...(展开全部)

威廉姆•J. 杜克（William J. Duiker），美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学东亚学名誉教授。学术兴趣极为广泛，主要研究领域为民族主义和亚洲革命，其作品Ho Chi Minh：A Life（Hyperion 2000）曾提名2001年普利策奖。 杰克森•J. 斯皮尔沃格（Jackson J. Spielvogel），美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学历史学名誉副教授。主要研究领域为宗教史、纳粹德国史和西方文明史，代表作有Western Civilization等。 译者 易丙兰， 北京大学历史学博士，现主要从事中国近现代史的教学科研工作。

Explore common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and identify key global patterns over time with THE ESSENTIAL WORLD HISTORY, 6e. This brief overview of world history covers political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis to help you gain an appreciation and understanding...(展开全部)

In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell (“for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me”). As László Krasznahoraki himself explains: “Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselve...(展开全部)

In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell (“for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me”). As László Krasznahoraki himself explains: “Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselve...(展开全部)

克拉斯诺霍尔卡伊·拉斯洛（Krasznahorkai László，1954— ），匈牙利当代 重要的作家之一，一九五四年生于匈牙利贝凯什州。一九八五年出版长篇小说《撒旦探戈》，备受文坛赞誉。一九八六年短篇小说集《仁慈的关系》问世，一九八七年移居德国柏林，一九八九年出版长篇小说《反抗的忧郁》，该小说于一九九三年获得德国年度 文学作品奖。二○○四年，拉斯洛获得匈牙利 重要的文学奖项科苏特奖，二○一五年被授予 布克奖，成为首位获此殊荣的匈牙利作家。拉斯洛的多部作品已被匈牙利 导演贝拉·塔尔改编为电影，由其代表作《撒旦探戈》改编的同名电影是电影 不朽的经典。《世界在前进》 出版于二○一三年，是拉斯洛写作生涯中的第二部短篇小说集，英译本入围二○一八年 布克奖短名单。