Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is described as one of the great sociologists of the 20th century. Born in Germany, Elias earned a doctorate in philosophy and then turned to sociology, working with Max Weber's younger brother, Alfred Weber, and with Karl Mannheim. He later fled the Nazi regime in 1935 and spent most of his life in Britain. He is best known for his book, "The Civilizin...(展开全部)

Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is described as one of the great sociologists of the 20th century. Born in Germany, Elias earned a doctorate in philosophy and then turned to sociology, working with Max Weber's younger brother, Alfred Weber, and with Karl Mannheim. He later fled the Nazi regime in 1935 and spent most of his life in Britain. He is best known for his book, "The Civilizin...(展开全部)

Elucidates the difference knowledge makes to our existence as civilized people. Advancing detailed criticism of philosophy's usual approach to knowledge, Knowledge and Civilization offers a new, original way of framing philosophical questions about knowledge. It describes a redirection in the philosophy of knowledge, away from textbook problems of epistemology, toward an ec...(展开全部)

Elucidates the difference knowledge makes to our existence as civilized people. Advancing detailed criticism of philosophy's usual approach to knowledge, Knowledge and Civilization offers a new, original way of framing philosophical questions about knowledge. It describes a redirection in the philosophy of knowledge, away from textbook problems of epistemology, toward an ec...(展开全部)

The German sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel (1858-1918) is recognized as a leading early twentieth-century European social theorist. This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with Simmel's basic essays on defining culture, its changes and its crisis. These are followed by more sp...(展开全部)

The German sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel (1858-1918) is recognized as a leading early twentieth-century European social theorist. This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with Simmel's basic essays on defining culture, its changes and its crisis. These are followed by more sp...(展开全部)

Labyrinths (1962) is an English-language collection of short stories and essays by Jorge Luis Borges. It includes Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, The Garden of Forking Paths, and The Library of Babel, to name some of Borges' more famous stories. Many of the stories are from the collections Ficciones (1944) and El Aleph (1949). The English edition was edited by Donald A. Yates and J...(展开全部)

Jean Wahl (1888–1974), once considered by the likes of Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, Emmanuel Levinas, and Gabriel Marcel to be among the greatest French philosophers, has today nearly been forgotten outside France. Yet his influence on French philosophical thought can hardly be overestimated. Levinas wrote that “during over a half century of teaching and research, [Wahl] w...(展开全部)

Labyrinths (1962) is an English-language collection of short stories and essays by Jorge Luis Borges. It includes Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, The Garden of Forking Paths, and The Library of Babel, to name some of Borges' more famous stories. Many of the stories are from the collections Ficciones (1944) and El Aleph (1949). The English edition was edited by Donald A. Yates and J...(展开全部)