马林诺夫斯基(1884～1942)英国人类学家。功能学派创始人之一。生于波兰，卒于美国。1908年以全奥地利最优等成绩获得物理学和数学博士学位。后到莱比锡奥斯特瓦尔德理化实验室从事研究，受到德国心理学家W.冯特的影响。他在英国人类学家J.G.弗雷泽的《金枝》启发下，开始对人类学发生兴趣。 马林诺夫斯基在学术观点上对进化学派、传播学派和历史学派都持反对态度。他认为，物质器具和社会思想只有在具有满足人类的生物需要和社会需要时 ，才能存留和传播，若失去这种功能，便会在历史上消失。原始文化，例如宗教和巫术，对原始居民具有心理的和社会的需要，原始的氏族和部落机构，适应原始居民生活实际。因此他建议英国殖民当局采取保持原始居民机构的政策，通过原始居民的首领对原始居民实行长期统治。其著作还有《野蛮社会的犯罪和习俗》、《西北美拉尼西亚的野蛮人性生活》、《自由和文明》...(展开全部)

From Ancient Greece, modern Western civilisation has derived many of its artistic philosophical and political ideals. But, in certain areas of sexual tolerance and inventiveness, we still have much to learn from the land and age which produced the most flourishing and creative culture of the ancient world. Professor Hans Licht, in this erudite and fascinating book, discusses in...(展开全部)

What are the political implications of a feminist critical practice? How do the problems of the literary text relate to the priorities and perspectives of feminist politics as a whole? Sexual/Textual Politics addresses these fundamental questions and examines the strengths and limitations of the two main strands in feminist criticism, the Anglo-American and the French, paying p...(展开全部)

'Moi's detailed and critical discussion of the two main strands in feminist criticism [Anglo-American and French] provides us with a basis for advancing the political and theoretical orientation of feminst theory.' - Mahnaz Koosha Mohseni

'Moi's detailed and critical discussion of the two main strands in feminist criticism [Anglo-American and French] provides us with a basis for advancing the political and theoretical orientation of feminst theory.' - Mahnaz Koosha Mohseni

Written in the early 1970s amidst widespread debate over the causes of gender inequality, Marilyn Strathern’s Before and After Gender was intended as a widely accessible analysis of gender as a powerful cultural code and sex as a defining mythology. But when the series for which it was written unexpectedly folded, the manuscript went into storage, where it remained for more tha...(展开全部)

"Praised and denounced when it was first published in 1970, "Sexual Politics" not only explored history but also became part of it. Kate Millett's groundbreaking book fueled feminism's second wave, giving voice to the anger of a generation while documenting the inequities - neatly packaged in revered works of literature and art - of a complacent and unrepentant society. "Sexual...(展开全部)

"A book which must take its place at a single leap in the ranks of the best modern polemical literature" -Evening Standard

"A book which must take its place at a single leap in the ranks of the best modern polemical literature" -Evening Standard