C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man purports to be a book specifically about public education, but its central concerns are broadly political, religious, and philosophical. In the best of the book's three essays, "Men Without Chests," Lewis trains his laser-sharp wit on a mid- century English high school text, considering the ramifications of teaching British students to believe ...(展开全部)

作者C.S.路易斯（1898-1963），20世纪英国一位具有多方面天才的作家。他26岁即登牛津大学教席，被誉为“最伟大的牛津人”。1954年，被剑桥大学聘为中世纪及文艺复兴时期英语文学教授，这个头衔保持到他退休。 他一生完成了三类很不相同的事业，被称为“三个C.S.路易斯”：一是杰出的牛津剑桥大学文学史家和批评家，代表作《牛津英国文学史•16世纪卷》。二是深受欢迎的科学幻想作家和儿童文学作家，代表作“《纳尼亚传奇》七部曲”。三是通俗的基督教神学家和演说家，代表作《返璞归真》、《四种爱》等。他一生著书逾30部，有学术著作、小说、诗集、童话，在全世界拥有庞大的读者群，时至今日他的作品每年还在继续吸引着成千上万的读者。 译者邓军海，1971年生，甘肃人，哲学博士，现供职于天津师范大学中文系。曾在《中国哲学史》、《文艺理论研究》、《南开学报》、《光明日报》...(展开全部)

An NYRB Classics Original Simone Weil--philosopher, activist, mystic--is one of the most uncompromising of modern spiritual masters. In "On the Abolition of All Political Parties" she challenges the foundation of the modern liberal political order, making an argument that has particular resonance today, when the apathy and anger of the people and the self-serving partisanship o...(展开全部)

作者C.S.路易斯（1898-1963），20世纪英国一位具有多方面天才的作家。他26岁即登牛津大学教席，被誉为“最伟大的牛津人”。1954年，被剑桥大学聘为中世纪及文艺复兴时期英语文学教授，这个头衔保持到他退休。 他一生完成了三类很不相同的事业，被称为“三个C.S.路易斯”：一是杰出的牛津剑桥大学文学史家和批评家，代表作《牛津英国文学史•16世纪卷》。二是深受欢迎的科学幻想作家和儿童文学作家，代表作“《纳尼亚传奇》七部曲”。三是通俗的基督教神学家和演说家，代表作《返璞归真》、《四种爱》等。他一生著书逾30部，有学术著作、小说、诗集、童话，在全世界拥有庞大的读者群，时至今日他的作品每年还在继续吸引着成千上万的读者。 译者邓军海，1971年生，甘肃人，哲学博士，现供职于天津师范大学中文系。曾在《中国哲学史》、《文艺理论研究》、《南开学报》、《光明日报》...(展开全部)

When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. Yet the idea of biology as destiny dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to The Bell Curve, whose arguments are here so effectively anticipated and thoroughly undermined...(展开全部)

1. "Lower than the Angels" (evolution of man from ape to 400,000 years ago) 2. "The Harvest of the Seasons" (agriculture and the first settlements) 3. "The Grain in the Stone" (tools, early human migration) 4. "The Hidden Structure" (fire, metals and alchemy) 5. "Music of the Spheres" (the language of numbers) 6. "The Starry Messenger" (Galileo's universe) 7. "The Majestic Cloc...(展开全部)

Dr. Bronowski's classic history of humankind. Dr. Jacob Bronowski's groundbreaking book The Ascent of Man traces the development of human society through its understanding of science. First published in 1973, it is considered one of the first works of "popular science", illuminating the historical and social context of scientific development for a generation of readers. In his ...(展开全部)