We live in a world of technical systems designed in accordance with technical disciplines and operated by technically trained personnel—a unique social organization that largely determines our way of life. Andrew Feenberg’s theory of social rationality represents both the threats of technocratic modernity and the potential for democratic change.

In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and “cultural pragmatics” are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Central to his approach is a new model of social performance that combines elements from both the theatrical avant-garde and modern social theory. Alexander uses this mod...(展开全部)

In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and “cultural pragmatics” are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Central to his approach is a new model of social performance that combines elements from both the theatrical avant-garde and modern social theory. Alexander uses this mod...(展开全部)

In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and “cultural pragmatics” are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Central to Alexander’s approach is a new model of social performance that combines elements from both the theatrical avant-garde and modern social theory. He uses this mo...(展开全部)

A comprehensive and interpretative biography of Franz Kafka that is both a monumental work of scholarship and a vivid, lively evocation of Kafka's world.

恩斯特·帕维尔 | Ernst Pawel 美国作家。1920年生于布雷斯劳（即现今波兰的弗罗茨瓦夫），1933年随家人逃离纳粹德国，迁至南斯拉夫，四年后移居美国纽约。二战中曾服役于军方情报部门，担任翻译。战后从纽约城市大学获得学士学位，并进入纽约人寿保险公司工作，直至1982年退休。他利用业余时间写作，作品包括小说、人物传记，以及大量随笔和书评。1994年，因罹患肺癌，逝于纽约长岛。

Crossley argues that music is a form of social interaction, interwoven in the fabric of society and in constant interplay with its other threads. Musical interactions are often also economic interactions, for example, and sometimes political interactions. They can be forms of identity work, for both individuals and collectives, contributing to the reproduction or bridging of so...(展开全部)

Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences—from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead complement other key concepts championed by the behavioral disciplines. Herbert Gintis show...(展开全部)

阿尔弗雷德•诺思•怀特海（Alfred North Whitehead），英国著名的数学家、哲学家和教育理论家，他是20世纪庞大的形而上学体系——“过程哲学”的创始人，同时也是学界公认的20世纪伟大的哲学家之一，他在宇宙论、认识论、宗教学说三个方面超越了前人。他的《过程与实在》一书，堪与康德的《纯粹理性批判》媲美。21世纪，怀特海的过程哲学影响遍及全球：他的万物皆有物质极和精神极的理论成为现代生态学的哲理基础；物理学中的量子论印证了他的学说。 周邦宪，翻译家。1996年开始致力于翻译、介绍怀特海的过程哲学。先后译有怀特海的《观念的冒险》《过程与实在》《宗教的形成》《符号的意义及效果》，美国过程哲学家罗伯特•梅斯勒的《过程—关系哲学：浅释怀特海》，美国建设性后现代哲学家大卫•雷•格里芬的《解开世界之死结》《复魅何须超自然主义》《怀特海的另类后现代哲学》...(展开全部)

卢卡奇（1885-1971），匈牙利哲学家、美学家、文学理论与文学史家。毕业于布达佩斯大学。1923年发表的《历史和阶级意识》一书，被公认为“西方马克思主义”的第一部代表作。其主要著作有：《心灵和形式》、《海德堡艺术哲学》、《青年黑格尔与资本主义社会》、《存在主义还是马克思主义？》、《美学》等。