This profound appraisal of post-9/11 America considers the conditions of heightened vulnerability and aggression that followed from the attack on the US, and US retaliation. Judith Butler critiques the use of violence that has emerged as a response to loss, and argues that the dislocation of first-world privilege offers instead a chance to imagine a world in which that violence...(展开全部)

As a form of power, subjection is paradoxical. To be dominated by a power external to oneself is a familiar and agonizing form power takes. To find, however, that what "one" is, one's very formation as a subject, is dependent upon that very power is quite another. If, following Foucault, we understand power as "forming" the subject as well, it provides the very condition of its...(展开全部)

Rollo May defines power as the ability to cause or prevent change; innocence, on the other hand, is the conscious divesting of one's power to make it seem a virtuea form of powerlessness that Dr. May sees as particularly American in nature. From these basic concepts he suggests a new ethic that sees power as the basis for both human goodness and evil. Dr. May discusses five lev...(展开全部)

Inner-city black America is often stereotyped as a place of random violence; in fact, violence in the inner city is regulated through an informal but well-known code of the street. How you dress, talk, and behave can have life-or-death consequences, with young people particularly at risk.The most powerful force counteracting this code and its reign of terror is the strong, lovi...(展开全部)

In this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropology's most distinguished ethnographers weaves together rich fieldwork with a compelling critical analysis in a book that will surely make a signal contribution to contemporary thinking about violence and how it affects everyday life. Veena Das examines case studies including the extreme violence of the Partition of India in ...(展开全部)

微依那·达斯（Veena Das） 美国约翰·霍普金斯大学人类学系主任。她的研究方向包括：女权运动、性别研究、宗派暴力、医学人类学、后殖民主义与后结构主义理论等。达斯的处女作《印度种姓和仪式面面观》（Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual，牛 津大学出版社1977年版），探讨了印度种姓制度结构的组成。1995年，达斯获得了瑞士人类学—地理学年会奖章。2000年，她被芝加哥大学聘为名誉教授。 此后，她的研究兴趣转向暴力和社会苦难问题，与哈佛大学的凯博文（Arthur Kleinman）教授等人一起合编了《社会苦难》（Social Suffering，加州大学出版社1998年版）及《暴力与主体性》（Violence and Subjectivity，加州大学出版社2000年版）等书，她本人的专著《重大事件——当代印度分析之人类...(展开全部)

Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that. Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate fro...(展开全部)

Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that. Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate fro...(展开全部)

德里达为 Roland Barthes, Paul de Man, Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, Edmond Jabès, Louis Marin, Sarah Kofman, Gilles Deleuze, Emmanuel Levinas, Jean-François Lyotard, Max Loreau, Jean-Marie Benoist, Joseph Riddel, Michel Servière等朋友（当然，他们也都是思想大师）所写的十四份悼词。

Jacques Derrida is, in the words of the New York Times, “perhaps the world’s most famous philosopher—if not the only famous philosopher.” He often provokes controversy as soon as his name is mentioned. But he also inspires the respect that comes from an illustrious career, and, among many who were his colleagues and peers, he inspired friendship. The Work of Mourning is a colle...(展开全部)