布莱恩·巴利（1936—2009），当代知名政治哲学家，早年在牛津师从20世纪分析法学宗师哈特，曾在牛津大学、哥伦比亚大学和伦敦政治经济学院等多所顶尖大学任教，1978年当选为美国艺术与科学院院士。布莱恩·巴利以把分析哲学和政治科学融合在一起而著称于世，作为一个广义的社会科学家，他还致力于融汇政治理论和社会选择理论，并且是当代甚为流行的公共选择理论的坚定批评者。巴利出版了“正义理论三部曲”，即《正义诸理论》《作为公道的正义》《社会正义论》，以及《社会学家、经济学家和民主》《文化与平等》等多部著作。

At the time of his death in 1950, Joseph Schumpeter--one of the great economists of the first half of the 20th century--was working on his monumental History of Economic Analysis. A complete history of efforts to understand the subject of economics from ancient Greece to the present, this book is an important contribution to the history of ideas as well as to economics. Althoug...(展开全部)

Anyone who’s had an argument about politics with a friend may walk away wondering how this friend could possibly hold the beliefs they do. A few self-reflective people might even wonder about their own political beliefs after such an argument. This book is about the reasons that people have, and could have, for political beliefs: the evidence they might draw on, the psychologic...(展开全部)

New Media: A Critical Introduction is a comprehensive introduction to the culture, history, technologies and theories of new media. Written especially for students, the book considers the ways in which 'new media' really are new, assesses the claims that a media and technological revolution has taken place and formulates new ways for media studies to respond to new technologies...(展开全部)

'This is a real feast of a book...a landmark book. It is clear enough to be used as a teaching text, and could make an excellent introduction to the discipline for those courageous enough to revise their courses.' International Affairs 'This is a bold, successful and valuable book...It is written with admirable clarity and merciful conciseness.' International Relations 'A stunn...(展开全部)

Since its publication in 1965, Brian Barry's seminal work has occupied an important role in the revival of Anglo-American political philosophy. A number of ideas and terms in it have become part of the standard vocabulary, such as the distinction between "ideal-regarding" and "want-regarding" principles and the division of principles into aggregative and distributive. The book ...(展开全部)

Since its publication in 1965, Brian Barry's seminal work has occupied an important role in the revival of Anglo-American political philosophy. A number of ideas and terms in it have become part of the standard vocabulary, such as the distinction between 'ideal-regarding' and 'want-regarding' principles and the division of principles into aggregative and distributive. The book ...(展开全部)

This book introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy. It starts by explaining why the subject is important and how it tackles basic ethical questions such as 'how should we live together in society?' It looks at political authority, the reasons why we need politics at all, the limitations of politics, and whether there are areas of life that shouldn't be governe...(展开全部)

Modern philosophy finds it difficult to give a satisfactory picture of the place of minds in the world. In "Mind and World", based on the 1991 John Locke Lectures, John McDowell offers his diagnosis of this difficulty and points to a cure. He illustrates a major problem of modern philosophy - the insidious persistence of dualism - in his discussion of empirical thought. Much as...(展开全部)

Review "... O'Driscoll and Rizzo's book remains an Austrian classic ... [I]t still deserves to be read by serious academics across the political and economic spectrum." -- Review of Radical Political Economics "Perhaps now the Austrians will be allowed to help renovate economics." -- The Times Literary Supplement "The title of this valuable work. . .comes from a remark of J. M....(展开全部)