In New Jersey Dreaming pioneering anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner turns her attention to the question of how social class is lived in the United States and, specifically, within her own peer group. Ortner returns to her Newark roots to present an in-depth look at Weequahic High School's Class of 1958, of which she was a member. Exploring her classmates' recollected experiences ...(展开全部)

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Once considered a mere caretaker for collections, the curator is now widely viewed as a globally connected auteur. Over the last twenty-five years, as international group exhibitions and biennials have become the dominant mode of presenting contemporary art to the public, curatorship has begun to be perceived as a constellation of creative activities not unlike artistic praxis....(展开全部)

塞巴斯蒂安·马拉比 美国外交关系委员会保罗·沃尔克国际经济高阶研究员，曾任《金融时报》编辑并两度入围新闻领域的“奥斯卡”普利策奖。其著作包括《格林斯潘传》（The Man Who Knew）、《富可敌国》（More Money Than God）等。

塞巴斯蒂安·马拉比 美国外交关系委员会保罗·沃尔克国际经济高阶研究员，曾任《金融时报》编辑并两度入围新闻领域的“奥斯卡”普利策奖。其著作包括《格林斯潘传》（The Man Who Knew）、《富可敌国》（More Money Than God）等。

Bestselling author Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to the worlds that exist within their dreams.

Bestselling author Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to the worlds that exist within their dreams.

卡罗斯•卡斯塔尼达（Carlos Castaneda，1925—1998)， 美国作家，秘鲁人，以唐望故事系列而著名。他出生在南美洲，年幼时随父母移居美国，后就读于加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)人类学系，以“印第安人使用的药用植物”作为其人类学研究重点。1960年，在为论文收集资料时，他结识了一位雅基族印第安老人唐望，之后被唐望收为巫术门徒。 卡斯塔尼达刚开始不信巫术，但以理性的态度巨细无遗地记录下了唐望教授巫术的过程。1968年，他出版第一本著作《唐望的教诲——雅基文化的知识系统》。该书在当时的美国文化界造成轰动，唤醒了美国文化对印第安传统智慧的兴趣，成为意想不到的畅销书。《时代周刊》曾于1973年3月以封面专题的形式报道卡斯塔尼达的故事，将其当成一种文化现象来讨论。之后的三十多年，卡斯塔尼达陆续出版了一系列的唐望故事，对当代美国的灵性思潮影响巨大...(展开全部)

Described by Noam Chomsky as 'a very important book', Guy Standing's The Precariat has achieved cult status as the first account of this emerging class of people, facing lives of insecurity, moving in and out of jobs that give little meaning to their lives. Guy Standing warns that the rapid growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. It is a dangerous class b...(展开全部)