Rome engaged in military and diplomatic expansionistic state behavior, which we now describe as ‘imperialism,’ since well before the appearance of ancient sources describing this activity. Over the course of at least 800 years, the Romans established and maintained a Mediterranean-wide empire from Spain to Syria (and sometimes farther east) and from the North Sea to North Afric...(展开全部)

People around the world are confused and concerned. Is it a sign of strength or of weakness that the US has suddenly shifted from a politics of consensus to one of coercion on the world stage? What was really at stake in the war on Iraq? Was it all about oil and, if not, what else was involved? What role has a sagging economy played in pushing the US into foreign adventurism an...(展开全部)

Synopsis Following his profoundly influential study, "Orientalism", Edward Said now examines western culture. From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to media coverage of the Gulf War, "Culture and Imperialism" is a broad, fierce and wonderfully readable account of the roots of imperialism in European culture.

爱德华·W·萨义德（Edward W.Said,1935-2003.9.24），当今世界极具影响力的文学与文化与文化批评家之一。生于耶路撒冷，在英国占领期间就读于埃及开罗的西方学校，接受英式和美式教育，1950年代赴美就学，获哈佛大学博士学位，从1963年起在美国哥伦比亚大学任教，教授英语文学和比较文学，是享有声誉的文学和文化批评家，同时也是乐评家、歌剧鉴赏者、钢琴家。他的乐评、文学评论和他的理论著作一样，学识渊博，兼有清晰明快的行文风格。其主要著作包括《东方学》、《巴勒斯坦问题》、《世界·文本·批评家》《文化与帝国主义》以及《流离失所的政治：巴勒斯坦自决的奋斗》等等。其后发表的自传《乡关何处》亦广受好评。

Synopsis Following his profoundly influential study, "Orientalism", Edward Said now examines western culture. From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to media coverage of the Gulf War, "Culture and Imperialism" is a broad, fierce and wonderfully readable account of the roots of imperialism in European culture.

Bukharinas 1919 anticipation of the growth of the internationalization of capital.

Marcel Beyer baut seinen neuen Roman um die Lebensdaten einer historischen Person: Sein Held Ludwig Kaltenburg hat vieles mit dem österreichischen Verhaltensforscher und Nobelpreisträger Konrad Lorenz gemein. Beide hatten eine Professur in Königsberg, sie dehnten ihre tierpsychologischen Lehren auf den Menschen aus, arbeiteten der Rassenideologie der Nazis zu und wurden zum End...(展开全部)

马塞尔·巴耶尔，德国作家，1965年生于巴登-符腾堡州，现居德累斯顿。巴耶尔的创作曾受奥地利诗人梅罗克和法国新小说派作家影响。 作品 著有小说《人肉》《飞狗》《间谍》和《卡尔腾堡》等。 获奖 《卡尔腾堡》马塞尔·巴耶尔 曾获德国批评家奖、柏林文学奖、荷尔德林文学奖等奖项。