In the west, the idea of autonomy is often associated with a sense of freedom – a self-interested state of being unfettered by rules or obligations to others. This original anthropological study explores a type of “obedient” autonomy that thrives on setbacks, blossoms as more rules are imposed, and flourishes in adversity. Obedient Autonomy analyzes this model, and explains its...(展开全部)

In the west, the idea of autonomy is often associated with a sense of freedom – a self-interested state of being unfettered by rules or obligations to others. This original anthropological study explores a type of “obedient” autonomy that thrives on setbacks, blossoms as more rules are imposed, and flourishes in adversity. Obedient Autonomy analyzes this model, and explains its...(展开全部)

This important new book develops a new concept of autonomy. The notion of autonomy has emerged as central to contemporary moral and political philosophy, particularly in the area of applied ethics. professor Dworkin examines the nature and value of autonomy and uses the concept to analyse various practical moral issues such as proxy consent in the medical context, paternalism, ...(展开全部)

It is widely accepted, both inside China and in the West, that contemporary Chinese history begins with the May Fourth Movement. Vera Schwarcz's imaginative new study provides China scholars and historians with an analysis of what makes that event a turning point in the intellectual, spiritual, cultural and political life of twentieth-century China.

舒衡哲（Vera Schwarcz） 著名汉学家，主要从事中国现代史研究。生于罗马尼亚，犹太人。现任教于美国康州威斯理安大学（Wesleyan University）。1980年曾作为首批美国留学生在北京大学中文系学习。除了历史研究之外，她还写作诗歌和短篇小说。 著有《中国启蒙运动》（1990）、《张申府访谈录》（Time for Telling Truth is Running Out: Conversations with Zhang Shenfu，1992）、《在断裂的时间之河架桥：论中国人和犹太人的文化记忆》（Bridge Across Broken Time: Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory，1998）、《漫漫回家路：一部中国日志》（Long Road Home: A China Journal，198...(展开全部)

It is widely accepted, both inside China and in the West, that contemporary Chinese history begins with the May Fourth Movement. Vera Schwarcz's imaginative new study provides China scholars and historians with an analysis of what makes that event a turning point in the intellectual, spiritual, cultural and political life of twentieth-century China.

One of the most striking phenomena in the recent history of China is the large number of Chinese youths who went abroad to study. Each year, from the beginning of this century, hun­ dreds and then thousands of young men and women broke away from the confines of their own culture and immersed themselves for a few years of study in the modernizing worlds of Japan, the United Stat...(展开全部)

One of the most striking phenomena in the recent history of China is the large number of Chinese youths who went abroad to study. Each year, from the beginning of this century, hun­ dreds and then thousands of young men and women broke away from the confines of their own culture and immersed themselves for a few years of study in the modernizing worlds of Japan, the United Stat...(展开全部)

The Death and Life of Chinese Civil Society examines how a group of Chinese intellectual elites referred to as the liberals or ziyou pai edified the civil society project beginning in the 1990s to build an independent space to constrain state power, increase political participation, and promote China’s democratization. In the early 2000s, activists in movements such as the env...(展开全部)

J.B.施尼温德系美国著名学者，也是世界范围内的西方伦理学史及康德伦理哲学的权威专家之一。曾执教于芝加哥、耶鲁、斯坦福等名校。后执教于约翰•霍普金斯大学直至退休。施尼温德教授曾任美国哲学学会东部分会的主席，是美国艺术与科学学院院士。 译者：张志平毕业于复旦大学哲学系，现执教于上海师范大学。