In this fascinating work, Sidney Hook critiques "scientifically inadequate ways of belief" in the hope that, if we recognise the ways in which they are confused with "genuinely scientific ways of belief", society will be better positioned to assess rationally the social, political, and economic belief systems that vie for our allegiance. In reviewing the powerful ideas of Chris...(展开全部)

Every night we enter a mythic realm, a dark, primordial world of fear and desire. What this world offers, Anthony Stevens suggests, may well be the key to understanding our waking mysteries--ourselves, our society, and our history. A prominent psychiatrist and practicing Jungian analyst, Stevens views dreaming from both psychological and neurological perspectives to show how dr...(展开全部)

In this fascinating work, Sidney Hook critiques "scientifically inadequate ways of belief" in the hope that, if we recognise the ways in which they are confused with "genuinely scientific ways of belief", society will be better positioned to assess rationally the social, political, and economic belief systems that vie for our allegiance. In reviewing the powerful ideas of Chris...(展开全部)

Vedic Astrology has a wealth of myths and symbols, some in common with Western Astrology. Many of the secrets of life and consciousness can be discovered through them. Students of mythology will also find it helpful in unlocking the astrological keys to the great archetypes of the psyche. This book also explores the Nakshatras, the 27 lunar mansions, a unique aspect of the Vedi...(展开全部)

Now available in English for the first time, Jean Baudrillard's classic text was one of the first to focus on the process and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture. Originally published in 1970, the book still makes a vital contribution to current debates on consumption. Many of the themes which would make Baudrillard famous appear here for the first time. The book in...(展开全部)

让•鲍德里亚（Jean Baudrillard，1929－2007），法国哲学家，后现代社会思想大师，曾被称为后现代主义牧师。作为最先进的媒介和社会理论家，他也被法国学界推崇为新的麦克卢汉。从1988年起，鲍德里亚在英美学界获得广泛赞誉。其主要代表著作包括《物体系》《消费社会》《符号政治经济学批判》《生产之镜》《象征交换与死亡》等。

More than twenty years after Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method was first published in English, this extraordinary collection remains a classic. The book brings together essays about Renaissance witchcraft, National Socialism, sixteenth-century Italian painting, Freud's wolf-man, and other topics. In the influential centerpiece of the volume Carlo Ginzburg places historica...(展开全部)

让•鲍德里亚（Jean Baudrillard，1929－2007），法国哲学家，后现代社会思想大师，曾被称为后现代主义牧师。作为最先进的媒介和社会理论家，他也被法国学界推崇为新的麦克卢汉。从1988年起，鲍德里亚在英美学界获得广泛赞誉。其主要代表著作包括《物体系》《消费社会》《符号政治经济学批判》《生产之镜》《象征交换与死亡》等。

Now available in English for the first time, Jean Baudrillard's classic text was one of the first to focus on the process and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture. Originally published in 1970, the book still makes a vital contribution to current debates on consumption. Many of the themes which would make Baudrillard famous appear here for the first time. The book in...(展开全部)

Myths & Legends retells the stories central to every culture that have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Coverage extends from the well-known tales of the Ancient Greeks, which hold the key to the origin of such phrases as "Achille's heel," to the lesser-known, but richly colorful, myths of the Americas and the East. Topic spreads explore c...(展开全部)