In the near future, a signal is detected coming from the Alpha Centauri system. Mysterious, unintelligible data streams in for ten years. Heather Davis, a professor in the University of Toronto psychology department, has devoted her career to deciphering the message. Her estranged husband, Kyle, is working on the development of artificial intelligence systems and new computer t...(展开全部)

Written by one of the prominent scholars in the field, this concise, up-to-date text provides a carefully balanced introduction to core topics in the four subfields of general anthropology - physical anthropology, archeology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology - as well as contemporary changes in the field. Since no single or monolithic theoretical perspective orients this ...(展开全部)

L. Nandi Theunissen develops a non-Kantian account of the value of human beings. Against the Kantian tradition, in which humanity is absolutely valuable and unlike the value of anything else, Theunissen outlines a relational proposal according to which our value is continuous with the value of other valuable things. She takes the Socratic starting point that good is affecting, ...(展开全部)

MIGRATIONS documents the world-altering phenomenon of mass migration. Salgado's images collectively serve as a metaphor for the hundreds of millions of people who, in an elemental struggle for survival, have ruptured their ties with land and tradition in a flight toward other destinies. With his unique vision and empathy, Salgado gives us a clearer picture of the enormous socia...(展开全部)

什么是人？什么是人性？ 为什么有些人“灭绝人性”，有些人“人格高尚”？ “做人”很难，人生艰辛；无人不犯错，无人不生病，无人无苦楚，无人不死亡——那么，亿万苍生，千百年来，为何还要乐此不疲，努力“做人”？ 所有这些难题，有无数的人做了无数回答；也有无数的人并不在意，或不满意那些回答。 这本书给出的回答，肯定值得你注意，肯定值得你思考；至少，它会让你对这些问题再次产生兴趣，重新进行思考。 作者探索人性难题时的不惧繁难，分析人生处境时的透彻精辟；他对已有种种理论的了然于胸，对各派神学、哲学的取精用宏……使得此书成了我见过的全面、深刻、罪有启发性的探索人性的杰作。 ——何光沪（中国人民大学教授） （麦奎利）那耐心的心智工作，是同他人格的虔诚和谦卑不可分割的，他的榜样，一直都是许多人的灯塔！ ——罗万·威廉斯（Rowan Williams，剑桥大学教授，前坎...(展开全部)

L. Nandi Theunissen develops a non-Kantian account of the value of human beings. Against the Kantian tradition, in which humanity is absolutely valuable and unlike the value of anything else, Theunissen outlines a relational proposal according to which our value is continuous with the value of other valuable things. She takes the Socratic starting point that good is affecting, ...(展开全部)

One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s value Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, is uniquely poised to take on the challe...(展开全部)

[英] 特里•伊格尔顿（Terry Eagleton） 英国学者、批评家，国际文学理论界的领军人物、著名公共知识分子。在学术界，伊格尔顿是一位极富创造力和批判性的左派理论家，他最驰名的作品《文学理论导论》，是全球范围内的文学入门必读经典。目前，他是英国兰开斯特大学英语文学的特聘教授。 几十年来，他的作品是一代人文读者的乐趣和灵感之源。由于文才广博、作品丰富，有人说伊格尔顿生涯中“写了三辈子的作品”。他凭借《文学理论导论》《人生的意义》《文学阅读指南》几本极具感染力的通俗读物，成为全球人文学生乃至广大年轻读者的导师。其更为严肃的理论著作，如《马克思为什么是对的》《理论之后》《后现代主义的幻象》《审美意识形态》等，在文学和文化研究界也具有相当的影响力。