Emphasizing the importance of cultural theory for film history, Giuliana Bruno enriches our understanding of early Italian film as she guides us on a series of "inferential walks" through Italian culture in the first decades of this century. This innovative approach---the interweaving of examples of cinema with architecture, art history, medical discourse, photography, and li...(展开全部)

Of all the great Japanese novelists, Kobe Abe was indubitably the most versatile. With The Ruined Map, he crafted a mesmerizing literary crime novel that combines the narrative suspense of Chandler with the psychological depth of Dostoevsky. Mr. Nemuro, a respected salesman, disappeared over half a year ago, but only now does his alluring yet alcoholic wife hire a private eye....(展开全部)

Of all the great Japanese novelists, Kobe Abe was indubitably the most versatile. With The Ruined Map, he crafted a mesmerizing literary crime novel that combines the narrative suspense of Chandler with the psychological depth of Dostoevsky. Mr. Nemuro, a respected salesman, disappeared over half a year ago, but only now does his alluring yet alcoholic wife hire a private eye....(展开全部)

贾平凹的《废都》的简介（来自“搜搜问问”） 该作40余万字，载《十月》1993年第4期。小说以历史文化悠久的古都西安当代生活为背景，记叙“闲散文人”作家庄之蝶、书法家龚靖元、画家汪希眠及艺术家阮知非“四大名人”的起居生活，展现了浓缩的西京城形形色色“废都”景观。 小说核心人物庄之蝶，在他身上可能影印了作者的痕迹。他集合了现代都市生活赋予一个名人复杂多面的特征：不喜拘束、洒脱行意、豪饮畅谈、学识渊博，颇具“魏晋风度”。然而，透过这些表象，古城墙夜里的埙声，实则契合了他内心深处最孤独的痛苦。 40万字篇幅中，作者以庄之蝶与几位女性情感的纠葛为主线，以阮知非等诸名士穿插叙述为辅线，笔墨浓淡相宜，时有“笑口常开”一类时政幽默小景展现，活跃了气氛，激活了读者思路，令人叫绝。 贾平凹不愧为写女性系列的大手笔，在诸多女性中，唐宛儿、柳月、牛月清为他塑造最为成功也最...(展开全部)

If one had looked for a potential global city in Europe in the 1540s, the most likely candidate would have been Antwerp, which had emerged as the center of the German and Spanish silver exchange as well as the Portuguese spice and Spanish sugar trades. It almost certainly would not have been London, an unassuming hub of the wool and cloth trade with a population of around 75,00...(展开全部)

In this volume, Richard Ned Lebow introduces his own constructivist theory of political order and international relations based on theories of motives and identity formation drawn from the ancient Greeks. His theory stresses the human need for self-esteem, and shows how it influences political behavior at every level of social aggregation. Lebow develops ideal-type worlds assoc...(展开全部)

In this volume, Richard Ned Lebow introduces his own constructivist theory of political order and international relations based on theories of motives and identity formation drawn from the ancient Greeks. His theory stresses the human need for self-esteem, and shows how it influences political behavior at every level of social aggregation. Lebow develops ideal-type worlds assoc...(展开全部)

V.S.奈保尔// V.S.Naipaul 英国著名作家。1932年生于特立尼达岛上一个印度移民家庭，50年代进入牛津大学攻读英国文学，毕业后开始写作。著有《米格尔街》、《毕司沃斯先生的房子》、《自由国度》、《游击队员》、《大河湾》、“印度三部曲”、《非洲的假面剧》等。2001年，获诺贝尔文学奖。

V.S.奈保尔// V.S.Naipaul 英国著名作家。1932年生于特立尼达岛上一个印度移民家庭，50年代进入牛津大学攻读英国文学，毕业后开始写作。著有《米格尔街》、《毕司沃斯先生的房子》、《自由国度》、《游击队员》、《大河湾》、“印度三部曲”、《非洲的假面剧》等。2001年，获诺贝尔文学奖。

In this short, dense essay, Jean Cavaillès evaluates philosophical efforts to determine the origin—logical or ontological—of scientific thought, arguing that, rather than seeking to found science in original intentional acts, a priori meanings, or foundational logical relations, any adequate theory must involve a history of the concept. Cavaillès insists on a historical epistem...(展开全部)