"Styles of Radical Will," Susan Sontag's second collection of essays, extends the investigations she undertook in "Against Interpretation" with essays on film, literature, politics, and a groundbreaking study of pornography.

This collection of essays contains some of the most important pieces of criticism of the twentieth century, including the classics "The Aesthetics of Silence", a brilliant account of language, thought and consciousness, and "Trip to Hanoi", written during the Vietnam War. Here too is an excoriating account of America's identity and future, a robust and surprising discussion of ...(展开全部)

Ainslie argues that our responses to the threat of our own inconsistency determine the basic fabric of human culture. He suggests that individuals are more like populations of bargaining agents than like the hierarchical command structures envisaged by cognitive psychologists. The forces that create and constrain these populations help us understand so much that is puzzling in ...(展开全部)

In our society, the recognition of talent depends largely on idealized and entrenched perceptions of academic achievement and job performance. Thinking Styles bucks this trend by emphasizing the method of our thought rather than its content. Psychologist Robert Sternberg argues that ability often goes unappreciated and uncultivated not because of lack of talent, but because of ...(展开全部)

In our society, the recognition of talent depends largely on idealized and entrenched perceptions of academic achievement and job performance. Thinking Styles bucks this trend by emphasizing the method of our thought rather than its content. Psychologist Robert Sternberg argues that ability often goes unappreciated and uncultivated not because of lack of talent, but because of ...(展开全部)

This book presents an overview of important currents of thought in social and cultural anthropology, from the 19th century to the present. It introduces readers to the origins, context and continuing relevance of a fascinating and exciting kaleidoscope of ideas that have transformed the humanities and social sciences, and the way we understand ourselves and the societies we liv...(展开全部)

This book presents an overview of important currents of thought in social and cultural anthropology, from the 19th century to the present. It introduces readers to the origins, context and continuing relevance of a fascinating and exciting kaleidoscope of ideas that have transformed the humanities and social sciences, and the way we understand ourselves and the societies we liv...(展开全部)

Nietzsche has recently enjoyed much scrutiny from the "nouveaux critiques." Jacques Derrida, the leader of that movement, here combines in his strikingly original and incisive fashion questions of sexuality, politics, writing, judgement, procreation, death, and even the weather into a far-reaching analysis of the challenges bequeathed to the modern world by Nietzsche.

凯瑟琳·查尔顿（Katherine Charlton），音乐教育家、古典吉他演奏家、音乐史学者、音乐作家。作为音乐教育家，她在圣安东尼奥山学院的全校通识教育委员会工作了8年，教授音乐史、音乐欣赏和摇滚风格史等课程，后担任该校音乐系主任10年，鉴于她卓越的贡献和丰富的音乐教育经验，她如今仍担任该校的荣誉教授。作为一名出色的表演者，她获得了加州州立大学富勒顿分校的古典吉他学位、音乐史硕士学位，曾在法国南部和意大利的托斯卡纳巡回演出，在她已故的第一任丈夫领导的古典乐团中担任鲁特琴演奏。她还演奏打击乐器，与 CSUF管乐团到日本巡演。作为音乐史学者和音乐作家，她的《摇滚乐风格》在美国影响巨大，深得美国青少年喜爱。

凯瑟琳·查尔顿（Katherine Charlton），音乐教育家、古典吉他演奏家、音乐史学者、音乐作家。作为音乐教育家，她在圣安东尼奥山学院的全校通识教育委员会工作了8年，教授音乐史、音乐欣赏和摇滚风格史等课程，后担任该校音乐系主任10年，鉴于她卓越的贡献和丰富的音乐教育经验，她如今仍担任该校的荣誉教授。作为一名出色的表演者，她获得了加州州立大学富勒顿分校的古典吉他学位、音乐史硕士学位，曾在法国南部和意大利的托斯卡纳巡回演出，在她已故的第一任丈夫领导的古典乐团中担任鲁特琴演奏。她还演奏打击乐器，与 CSUF管乐团到日本巡演。作为音乐史学者和音乐作家，她的《摇滚乐风格》在美国影响巨大，深得美国青少年喜爱。