Rationalism in Politics, first published in 1962, has established the late Michael Oakeshott as the leading conservative political theorist in modern Britain. This expanded collection of essays astutely points out the limits of 'reason' in rationalist politics. Oakeshott criticizes ideological schemes to reform society according to supposedly 'scientific' or rationalistic princ...(展开全部)

Rationalism in Politics, first published in 1962, has established the late Michael Oakeshott as the leading conservative political theorist in modern Britain. This expanded collection of essays astutely points out the limits of "reason" in rationalist politics. Oakeshott criticizes ideological schemes to reform society according to supposedly "scientific" or rationalistic princ...(展开全部)

In this classic work, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, one of the leading and most influential cultural theorists working today, analyzes the relationship between language, women and culture in both Western and non-Western contexts. Spivak here develops an original integration of powerful contemporary methodologies - deconstruction, Marxism and feminism - turning this new model ...(展开全部)

In this classic work, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, one of the leading and most influential cultural theorists working today, analyzes the relationship between language, women and culture in both Western and non-Western contexts. Spivak here develops an original integration of powerful contemporary methodologies - deconstruction, Marxism and feminism - turning this new model ...(展开全部)

This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs. In The Paranoid Style in American Politics , acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence — and de...(展开全部)

理查德·霍夫施塔特（1916—1970） 出生于纽约布法罗市，哥伦比亚大学美国史教授，美国著名历史学家，20世纪中期美国最著名的公共知识分子之一，1956年、1964年两次获得普利策奖非虚构作品奖。主要研究美国政治史和思想史。主要作品有《美国政治传统及其缔造者》（1948）、《改革年代》（1955）、《美国生活中的反智主义》 （1963）及《美国政治中的偏执狂风格》（1964）等。 陶小路 社科译者，自由撰稿人，曾任《东方历史评论》编辑。译著有《事实改变之后》《日瓦戈的孩子》。

"The distinguishing thing about the paranoid style is not that its exponents see conspiracies or plots here and there in history, but that they regard a `vast' or `gigantic' conspiracy as the motive force in historical events...The paranoid spokesman sees the fate of this conspiracy in apocalyptic terms--he traffics in the birth and death of whole worlds, whole political or...(展开全部)

This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs. In The Paranoid Style in American Politics , acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence — and de...(展开全部)

理查德·霍夫施塔特（1916—1970） 出生于纽约布法罗市，哥伦比亚大学美国史教授，美国著名历史学家，20世纪中期美国最著名的公共知识分子之一，1956年、1964年两次获得普利策奖非虚构作品奖。主要研究美国政治史和思想史。主要作品有《美国政治传统及其缔造者》（1948）、《改革年代》（1955）、《美国生活中的反智主义》 （1963）及《美国政治中的偏执狂风格》（1964）等。 陶小路 社科译者，自由撰稿人，曾任《东方历史评论》编辑。译著有《事实改变之后》《日瓦戈的孩子》。

"The distinguishing thing about the paranoid style is not that its exponents see conspiracies or plots here and there in history, but that they regard a `vast' or `gigantic' conspiracy as the motive force in historical events...The paranoid spokesman sees the fate of this conspiracy in apocalyptic terms--he traffics in the birth and death of whole worlds, whole political or...(展开全部)