马林诺夫斯基(1884～1942)英国人类学家。功能学派创始人之一。生于波兰，卒于美国。1908年以全奥地利最优等成绩获得物理学和数学博士学位。后到莱比锡奥斯特瓦尔德理化实验室从事研究，受到德国心理学家W.冯特的影响。他在英国人类学家J.G.弗雷泽的《金枝》启发下，开始对人类学发生兴趣。 马林诺夫斯基在学术观点上对进化学派、传播学派和历史学派都持反对态度。他认为，物质器具和社会思想只有在具有满足人类的生物需要和社会需要时 ，才能存留和传播，若失去这种功能，便会在历史上消失。原始文化，例如宗教和巫术，对原始居民具有心理的和社会的需要，原始的氏族和部落机构，适应原始居民生活实际。因此他建议英国殖民当局采取保持原始居民机构的政策，通过原始居民的首领对原始居民实行长期统治。其著作还有《野蛮社会的犯罪和习俗》、《西北美拉尼西亚的野蛮人性生活》、《自由和文明》...(展开全部)

马林诺夫斯基(1884～1942)英国人类学家。功能学派创始人之一。生于波兰，卒于美国。1908年以全奥地利最优等成绩获得物理学和数学博士学位。后到莱比锡奥斯特瓦尔德理化实验室从事研究，受到德国心理学家W.冯特的影响。他在英国人类学家J.G.弗雷泽的《金枝》启发下，开始对人类学发生兴趣。 马林诺夫斯基在学术观点上对进化学派、传播学派和历史学派都持反对态度。他认为，物质器具和社会思想只有在具有满足人类的生物需要和社会需要时 ，才能存留和传播，若失去这种功能，便会在历史上消失。原始文化，例如宗教和巫术，对原始居民具有心理的和社会的需要，原始的氏族和部落机构，适应原始居民生活实际。因此他建议英国殖民当局采取保持原始居民机构的政策，通过原始居民的首领对原始居民实行长期统治。其著作还有《野蛮社会的犯罪和习俗》、《西北美拉尼西亚的野蛮人性生活》、《自由和文明》...(展开全部)

All people spend a considerable portion of their lives either as dependents or the caretakers of dependents. The fact of human dependency--a function of youth, severe illness, disability, or frail old age--marks our lives, not only as those who are cared for, but as those who engage in the work of caring. In spite of the time, energy and resources-material and emotional, social...(展开全部)

Carole Pateman is one of the foremost political theorists writing in English today. In this outstanding new work, she presents a major reinterpretation of modern political theory. She shows how standard discussions of social contract theory tell only half the story. The sexual contract which establishes modern patriarchy and the political right of men over women is never mentio...(展开全部)

In this remarkably original work of political philosophy, one of today's foremost feminist theorist challenges the way contemporary society functions by questioning the standard interpretation of an idea that is deeply embedded in American and British political thought: that our rights and freedoms derive from the social contract explicated by Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau and in...(展开全部)

A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers's best stories, including her beloved novella "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe." A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formidable southern woman whose cafe serves as the town's gathering place. Amon...(展开全部)

A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers's best stories, including her beloved novella "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe." A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formidable southern woman whose cafe serves as the town's gathering place. Amon...(展开全部)