In Poetic Justice, one of our most prominent philosophers explores how the literary imagination is an essential ingredient of just public discourse and a democratic society.

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison brings the genius of a master writer to this personal inquiry into the significance of African-Americans in the American literary imagination. Her goal, she states at the outset, is to "put forth an argument for extending the study of American literature...draw a map, so to speak, of a critical geography and use that map to open as ...(展开全部)

Challenging the "two cultures" debate, The Experimental Imagination tells the story of how literariness came to be distinguished from its epistemological sibling, science, as a source of truth about the natural and social worlds in the British Enlightenment. Tita Chico shows that early science relied on what she calls literary knowledge to present its experimental findings. Mor...(展开全部)

This remarkable book has endured as a true masterpiece of mathematical exposition. There are few mathematics books that are still so widely read and continue to have so much to offer--after more than half a century! The book is overflowing with mathematical ideas, which are always explained clearly and elegantly, and above all, with penetrating insight. It is a joy to read, bot...(展开全部)

"Presented are a series of linked cases that explore the judicial response to public demonstrations by early twentieth-century workers, and comparable legal issues surrounding anti-abortion protests today; the Free Speech Movement and the history of People's Park in Berkeley; and the plight of homeless people facing new laws against their presence in urban streets. The central ...(展开全部)

马克·里德利（Mark Ridley），任职于牛津大学动物学系，现为剑桥大学圣凯瑟琳学院和牛津大学李乃科尔、奥里尔和新学院研究员。

A liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and ends. It therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good life. But can any such principles be found? And if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? Thes...(展开全部)

A liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and ends. It therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good life. But can any such principles be found? And if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? Thes...(展开全部)

杰佛瑞‧芮夫（Jeffrey Raff）于贝慈学院（Bates College）获得文学士学位、新社会研究学院（New School of Social Research）获得心理学硕士学位、联盟研究学院（Union Graduate School）获得心理学博士学位。一九七二年至一九七六年至苏黎世荣格学院（C.G. Jung Institute）研究，并获得荣格心理分析师证书。着有数篇论文，以荣格观点探讨萨满教（shamanism）与炼金术，一九七六年起并在科罗拉多州利托顿（Littleton）开设私人荣格心理分析诊所。他同时也在全美各地讲座、工作室等教授荣格心理学及炼金术。 2002年，他和Linda Bonnington Vocatura共同出版了《治疗受伤的上帝》（Healing the Wounded God），对主动想象及“与盟友合作”两...(展开全部)