卢茨•科普尼克，国际知名美学思想家，美国范德堡大学德国、俄罗斯和东欧研究系主任，研究领域为电影、艺术、美学理论、新媒体美学等。著作有《长镜头：艺术电影和惊奇》《聚焦：现代德国文化中的窗》《本雅明与力量美学》等。 译者简介： 石甜，1983年生，上海交通大学-比利时（荷语）鲁汶大学联合培养博士生，主要从事族群认同、审美人类学的研究。 王大桥，1970年生，兰州大学文学院教授，主要研究方向为当代文论与美学。

In the last forty years, the reputation of the aesthetic of reception has spread throughout continental Europe and North America. Jauss, the most prolific proponent of the aesthetic of reception, has attempted to develop categories to channel conventional literary history into a history of aesthetic experience. In these collected essays, he explores the relation of art history ...(展开全部)

This volume offers a major selection of Bertolt Brecht's groundbreaking critical writing. Here, arranged in chronological order, are essays from 1918 to 1956, in which Brecht explores his definition of the Epic Theatre and his theory of alienation-effects in directing, acting, and writing, and discusses, among other works, "The Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Mother Courage, Punti...(展开全部)

A classic of 18th-century thought, Schiller's treatise on the role of art in society ranks among German philosophy's most profound works. An important contribution to the history of ideas, it employs a political analysis of contemporary society -- and of the French Revolution, in particular -- to define the relationship between beauty and art.

A classic of 18th-century thought, Schiller's treatise on the role of art in society ranks among German philosophy's most profound works. An important contribution to the history of ideas, it employs a political analysis of contemporary society -- and of the French Revolution, in particular -- to define the relationship between beauty and art.

The Discovery of Slowness--a huge commercial and critical success across Europe, where it is considered the popular author's master piece--recounts the life of the nineteenth-century British explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847).Through the author's acute reading of history and his marvelous storytelling prowess, the reader follows John Franklin's development from awkward scho...(展开全部)

Developing a concept briefly introduced in 'Counterrevolution and Revolt, ' Marcuse here addresses the shortcomings of Marxist aesthetic theory and explores a dialectical aesthetic in which art functions as the conscience of society. Marcuse argues that art is the only form of expression that can take up where religion and philosophy fail and contends that aesthetics offers the...(展开全部)

Developing a concept briefly introduced in 'Counterrevolution and Revolt, ' Marcuse here addresses the shortcomings of Marxist aesthetic theory and explores a dialectical aesthetic in which art functions as the conscience of society. Marcuse argues that art is the only form of expression that can take up where religion and philosophy fail and contends that aesthetics offers the...(展开全部)