One of the most influential voices in contemporary cultural theory on how to make it new As ideas move from one context to another, something new is created. This continuous shifting of the line that separates the valuable from the worthless, culture from profanity, is at the centre of Boris Groys's investigation.

On the eve of the Crimean War, the young, headstrong Yelena, the daughter of aristocratic Russian parents, falls in love with a revolutionary from Bulgaria named Insarov. Facing the wrath and disapproval of her family, Yelena abandons her home to follow Insarov to Bulgaria. Their fateful match sets in motion a series of tragic events which challenge notions of love, revolution ...(展开全部)

On the eve of the Crimean War, the young, headstrong Yelena, the daughter of aristocratic Russian parents, falls in love with a revolutionary from Bulgaria named Insarov. Facing the wrath and disapproval of her family, Yelena abandons her home to follow Insarov to Bulgaria. Their fateful match sets in motion a series of tragic events which challenge notions of love, revolution ...(展开全部)

The topics of a priori knowledge and a priori justification have long played a prominent part in epistemology and the theory of meaning. Recently there has been a surge of interest in the proper explication of these notions. These newly commissioned essays, by a distinguished, international group of philosophers, will have a substantial influence on later work in this area. The...(展开全部)

琼・瑞妮丝(Dr.june Machover Reinisch)/露丝・毕思理(Ruth Beasley) 琼・瑞妮丝(Dr.june Machover Reinisch)� 自一九八二年起，即担任金赛研究所主任。她是全美性教育、性心理发展主要的研究者与教育专家之一。在得到哥伦比亚大学博士学位后，她获得了许多政府与民间的研究补助，并且在多种专业及学术期刊上发表文章。她目前是美国印地安娜大学心理与精神医学系的教授。她在报纸上撰写的专栏――《金赛性学报告》，在全国拥有好百万的读者。� 露丝・毕思理(Ruth Beasley)� 从一九七一年起即在金赛研究所工作，曾担任副主任四年，她与瑞尼丝共撰写《金赛性报告》约五年之久。

Thousands of readers who have profited from engagement with the lively mind of Rudolf Arnheim over the decades will receive news of this new collection of essays expectantly. In the essays collected here, as in his earlier work on a large variety of art forms, Arnheim explores concrete poetry and the metaphors of Dante, photography and the meaning of music. There are essays on ...(展开全部)

illustrated with 12-page color photo insert and line art throughout A revised and expanded edition of the classic drawing-instruction book that has sold more than 2,500,000 copies. When Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was first published in 1979, it hit the New York Times bestseller list within two weeks and stayed there for more than a year. In 1989, when Dr. Betty Ed...(展开全部)

illustrated with 12-page color photo insert and line art throughout A revised and expanded edition of the classic drawing-instruction book that has sold more than 2,500,000 copies. When Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was first published in 1979, it hit the New York Times bestseller list within two weeks and stayed there for more than a year. In 1989, when Dr. Betty Ed...(展开全部)