This collection of essays by one of the most prominent and internationally respected philosophers of action theory is concerned with deepening our understanding of the notion of intention. In Bratman's view, when we settle on a plan for action we are committing ourselves to future conduct in ways that help support important forms of coordination and organization both within the...(展开全部)

Love, or at least pornography, are for sale at the arty Calliope Kinema Club on posh, proper Wilkinson Square. According to Yorkshire police superintendent Dalziel, it's all legal. Detective Peter Pascoe, however, doesn't believe it. His dentist, who knows real broken teeth and blood when he sees them, insists that the pretty actress wasn't playing a part when it happened. But ...(展开全部)

'Deplorably readable' Observer Everyone knew about the kind of films they showed at the Calliope Club -- once the Residents' Association and the local Women's Group had given them some free publicity. But when Peter Pascoe's dentist suggests that one film in particular is more than just good clean dirty fun, the inspector begins to make a few discreet inquiries. Before they be...(展开全部)

First U.S. edition Designer: C. Linda Dingler Jacket design by Michelle Maldeau A Pinch of Snuff is a 1978 crime novel by Reginald Hill, the fifth novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe series. Receiving a tip from his dentist Jack Shorter, Inspector Peter Pascoe takes a closer look at the Calliope Kinema Club, a film club notorious for showing adult entertainment movies. Shorter is c...(展开全部)

雷吉纳德•希尔Reginald Charles Hill （1936— ） 雷吉纳德•希尔出生于英国的达勒姆郡。一九六〇年自牛津大学圣凯瑟琳学院毕业后任职教育界，一九八一年起专职写作。在他的系列罪案小说中，他刻画的人物形象“达尔齐尔和帕斯科”被英国《每日电讯报》称为“罪案现场最佳神探二人组”。英国媒体盛赞他为“英国在世最优秀的罪案作家”。著有最具反差性格却最有默契的“达尔齐尔和帕斯科”警探系列。这套以英国约克郡为故事场景的系列作品，已创作二十余部，声势至今不坠。此成就也使作者成为推理文坛的佼佼者。 希尔的小说中时常展其深厚的文学功力及周密的布局思考，角色塑造鲜明生动，对白机智风趣，擅长描绘人性的恐惧与失落，在营造紧张气氛上则熟练而有节奏；故事结构往往多线交错，却时时点缀从未失手的幽默氛围；谜团的设计亦合情入理，给人相当真实的感受。在一九七〇年出版的第...(展开全部)

How can we distinguish between injustice and misfortune? What can we learn from the victims of calamity about the sense of injustice they harbor? In this book a distinguished political theorist ponders these and other questions and formulates a new political and moral theory of injustice that encompasses not only deliberate acts of cruelty or unfairness but also indifference to...(展开全部)

Elspeth Probyn is professor and chair of gender and cultural studies at the University of Sydney. Her previous books include Sexing the Self, Outside Belongings, Carnal Appetites, and Sexy Bodies. She has also coedited a collection on the ethics of new forms of media and is a columnist for the Australian.

Ponders such questions as: How can we distinguish between injustice and misfortune? and What can we learn from the victims of calamity about the sense of injustice they harbour? Shklar formulates a new political and moral theory of injustice.

With the rise of pride—national pride, gay pride, black pride, fat pride—shame, the “sickness of the soul,” has acquired a bad reputation. While the repudiation of some forms and consequences of societal shame are undoubtedly necessary, Elspeth Probyn contends that this emotion is a powerful resource in rethinking who we are and who we want to be. When we blush, we are driven t...(展开全部)

How can we distinguish between injustice and misfortune? What can we learn from the victims of calamity about the sense of injustice they harbor? In this book a distinguished political theorist ponders these and other questions and formulates a new political and moral theory of injustice that encompasses not only deliberate acts of cruelty or unfairness but also indifference to...(展开全部)