Geoff Dyer has earned the devotion of passionate fans on both sides of the Atlantic through his wildly inventive, romantic novels as well as several brilliant, uncategorizable works of nonfiction. All the while he has been writing some of the wittiest, most incisive criticism we have on an astonishing array of subjects—music, literature, photography, and travel journalism—that,...(展开全部)

A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then—diminishing human agency and political free...(展开全部)

A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then—diminishing human agency and political free...(展开全部)

Michael Fried's often controversial art criticism defines the contours of late modernism in the visual arts. This volume contains 27 pieces, including the introduction to the catalogue for "Three American Painters," the text of his book "Morris Louis," and "Art and Objecthood." Originally published between 1962 and 1977, the essays continue to generate debate today. These are u...(展开全部)

Michael Fried's often controversial art criticism defines the contours of late modernism in the visual arts. This volume contains 27 pieces, including the introduction to the catalogue for "Three American Painters," the text of his book "Morris Louis," and "Art and Objecthood." Originally published between 1962 and 1977, the essays continue to generate debate today. These are u...(展开全部)

This major collection of essays, a sequel to Modernity at Large (1996), is the product of ten years' research and writing, constituting an important contribution to globalization studies. Appadurai takes a broad analytical look at the genealogies of the present era of globalization through essays on violence, commodification, nationalism, terror and materiality. Alongside a dis...(展开全部)

This major collection of essays, a sequel to Modernity at Large (1996), is the product of ten years' research and writing, constituting an important contribution to globalization studies. Appadurai takes a broad analytical look at the genealogies of the present era of globalization through essays on violence, commodification, nationalism, terror and materiality. Alongside a dis...(展开全部)

作者简介： 伯纳德•威廉斯（Bernard Williams，1929—2003）20世纪重要的道德哲学家，先后任教于剑桥大学、牛津大学和加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校。他于1970年当选为英国社会科学院院士，1983年当选为美国艺术与科学院荣誉院士，次年当选为英国皇家艺术学会院士，并在1999年因其在哲学上的重大贡献而被授予爵位。主要研究为伦理学、知识论、心灵哲学和政治哲学。威廉斯对功利主义和康德伦理学的批判，以及对道德和道德要求的本质的探究，一度主导了西方伦理理论的思维。主要著作包括《伦理学与哲学的限度》《羞耻与必然性》《道德运气》《功利主义：赞成与反对》《真理与真诚》等。 译者简介： 谢沛宏，维也纳大学哲学在读博士，研究领域为形而上学、元哲学和科学哲学，另有译作《形而上学导论》（Metaphysics，Alyssa Ney著）。 吴芸菲，江苏无锡人，...(展开全部)

作者简介： 伯纳德•威廉斯（Bernard Williams，1929—2003）20世纪重要的道德哲学家，先后任教于剑桥大学、牛津大学和加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校。他于1970年当选为英国社会科学院院士，1983年当选为美国艺术与科学院荣誉院士，次年当选为英国皇家艺术学会院士，并在1999年因其在哲学上的重大贡献而被授予爵位。主要研究为伦理学、知识论、心灵哲学和政治哲学。威廉斯对功利主义和康德伦理学的批判，以及对道德和道德要求的本质的探究，一度主导了西方伦理理论的思维。主要著作包括《伦理学与哲学的限度》《羞耻与必然性》《道德运气》《功利主义：赞成与反对》《真理与真诚》等。 译者简介： 谢沛宏，维也纳大学哲学在读博士，研究领域为形而上学、元哲学和科学哲学，另有译作《形而上学导论》（Metaphysics，Alyssa Ney著）。 吴芸菲，江苏无锡人，...(展开全部)

A psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, Kleinman vitalizes his book with quotations from patients and members of the healing professions. This is a scholarly study but accessible to a lay audience. Writing of "suffering, healing and the human condition," the author observes the dichotomy between technological advances in medicine and the actual treatment of the ill, handicapp...(展开全部)