Only a Joke Can Save Us presents an innovative and comprehensive theory of comedy. Using a wealth of examples from high and popular culture and with careful attention to the treatment of humor in philosophy, Todd McGowan locates the universal source of comedy in the interplay of the opposing concepts lack and excess. After reviewing the treatment of comedy in the work of philos...(展开全部)

Only a witch can fly. But one little girl "wants "to fly--more than anything. So on a special night, with the moon shining bright and her cat by her side, she gathers herself up, she grips her broom tight, and she tries. And she fails. And she's brave. And she tries again. Until . . . Utterly enchanting, "New York Times "best-selling author Alison McGhee's lyrical language and ...(展开全部)

This is the first in a series of books in which one of the most influential of contemporary art theorists revised from within the conceptions underlying the history of art. The author's basic idea is that the rigor of linear perspective cannot encompass all of visual experience and that it could be said to generate an oppositional factor with which it interacts dialectically: t...(展开全部)

This is the first in a series of books in which one of the most influential of contemporary art theorists revised from within the conceptions underlying the history of art. The author's basic idea is that the rigor of linear perspective cannot encompass all of visual experience and that it could be said to generate an oppositional factor with which it interacts dialectically: t...(展开全部)

A Theory of Justice is a widely-read book of political and moral philosophy by John Rawls. It was originally published in 1971 and revised in both 1975 (for the translated editions) and 1999. In A Theory of Justice, Rawls attempts to solve the problem of distributive justice by utilising a variant of the familiar device of the social contract. The resultant theory is known as "...(展开全部)

This is the first in a series of books in which one of the most influential of contemporary art theorists revised from within the conceptions underlying the history of art. The author's basic idea is that the rigor of linear perspective cannot encompass all of visual experience and that it could be said to generate an oppositional factor with which it interacts dialectically: t...(展开全部)

Eco's treatment demonstrates his mastery of the field of semiotics. It focuses on the twin problems of the doctrine of signs—communication and signification—and offers a highly original theory of sign production, including a carefully wrought typology of signs and modes of production.

霍华德·里萨蒂，弗吉尼亚联邦大学艺术史系当代艺术与批判理论名誉教授，曾任工艺材料研究系主任。其著作包括Skilled Work: American Craft in the Renwick Gallery, Postmodern Perspectives: Issues in Contemporary Art。 译者简介 陈勇，历史学博士、助理研究员，现供职于南京大学人文社会科学高级研究院。

霍华德·里萨蒂，弗吉尼亚联邦大学艺术史系当代艺术与批判理论名誉教授，曾任工艺材料研究系主任。其著作包括Skilled Work: American Craft in the Renwick Gallery, Postmodern Perspectives: Issues in Contemporary Art。 译者简介 陈勇，历史学博士、助理研究员，现供职于南京大学人文社会科学高级研究院。