Using Fred S. Siebert, Theodore Peterson, and Wilbur Schramm's classic "Four Theories of the Press" as their point of departure, the authors consider what the role of journalism ought to be in a democratic society. They examine the philosophical underpinnings and political realities of journalism, thereby identifying four distinct yet overlapping roles for the media: 'monitoria...(展开全部)

As a form of power, subjection is paradoxical. To be dominated by a power external to oneself is a familiar and agonizing form power takes. To find, however, that what "one" is, one's very formation as a subject, is dependent upon that very power is quite another. If, following Foucault, we understand power as "forming" the subject as well, it provides the very condition of its...(展开全部)

As a form of power, subjection is paradoxical. To be dominated by a power external to oneself is a familiar and agonizing form power takes. To find, however, that what "one" is, one's very formation as a subject, is dependent upon that very power is quite another. If, following Foucault, we understand power as "forming" the subject as well, it provides the very condition of its...(展开全部)

This book is a major contribution to the history of philosophy in the later medieval period (1250-1350). It focuses on cognitive theory, a subject of intense investigation during these years. In fact many of the issues that dominate philosophy of mind and epistemology today - intentionality, mental representation, scepticism, realism - were hotly debated in the later medieval p...(展开全部)

What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations? In The State of Democratic Theory, Ian Shapiro offers a critical assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, lays out his distinctive alternative, and explores its implications for policy and political action.</p> Some accounts of democracy's purposes fo...(展开全部)

Liberal democracy is in recession, and authoritarianism is on the rise. The ties that ought to bind open markets to free and fair elections are being strained, even spurned, even in democracy's notional heartlands, such as England and America. Around the world, powerful voices argue that capitalism is better without democracy. Other voices argue that democracy is better without...(展开全部)

坦特教授是可持续发展研究的先行者，可持续国际的创会会员,曾任新墨西哥大学人类学教授。远在“可持续发展”一词未为人知时，坦特教授已经开展了这方面的研究。早在二十年前，即出版了其成名著《复杂社会的崩溃》，该书运用网络理论、能量经济和复杂性理论对玛雅文明和罗马帝国的崩溃进行了研究。