A highly acclaimed collection of twenty-eight essays, sketches, and short stories presenting nearly every facet of the author's work. "Up to the author's highest standard in a literary form that was most congenial to her" (Times Literary Supplement (London)). "Exquisitely written" (New Yorker); "The riches of this book are overwhelming" (Christian Science Monitor). Editorial No...(展开全部)

Anthony Vidler, an internationally recognized scholar, theorist, and critic of modern and contemporary architecture, is widely known for his essays on the most pressing issues and debates in the field. This volume brings together a collection of such writings—including the iconic, long unavailable “Scenes of the Street”—into one volume. Scenes of the Street and Other Essay...(展开全部)

Anthony Vidler, an internationally recognized scholar, theorist, and critic of modern and contemporary architecture, is widely known for his essays on the most pressing issues and debates in the field. This volume brings together a collection of such writings—including the iconic, long unavailable “Scenes of the Street”—into one volume. Scenes of the Street and Other Essay...(展开全部)

This classic collection of essays by E.P. Thompson, one of Englands most renowned socialist voices, remains a staple text in the history of Marxist theory. The bulk of the book is dedicated to Thompsons famous polemic against Louis Althusser and what he considers the reductionism and authoritarianism of Althusserian structuralism. In lively and erudite prose, Thompson argues fo...(展开全部)

艾尔弗雷德•诺思•怀特海（Alfred North Whitehead，1861-1947），英国数学家、逻辑学家、哲学家和教育理论家；过程哲学创始人，他创立了20世纪最庞大的形而上学体系。 怀特海与罗素合著的《数学原理》，标志着人类逻辑思维的巨大进步，被称为永久的伟大学术著作之一；罗素起初是他的学生，后来他们成为同事和朋友。 出身于教育世家，他的祖父是当地一位有名望的教育家，曾任当地一所私立学校的校长。他的父亲先后从事教育、宗教工作，十分关心教育事业。受家庭的影响，他对教育很感兴趣。 他早年就读并留校于英国剑桥大学，中年任教职于英国伦敦大学，晚年受聘于美国哈佛大学。《教育的目的》（1929）是他的教育代表作，其深刻的教育思想得到了广泛认同，并影响深远，闪耀着不朽的智慧光芒。

艾尔弗雷德•诺思•怀特海（Alfred North Whitehead，1861-1947），英国数学家、逻辑学家、哲学家和教育理论家；过程哲学创始人，他创立了20世纪最庞大的形而上学体系。 怀特海与罗素合著的《数学原理》，标志着人类逻辑思维的巨大进步，被称为永久的伟大学术著作之一；罗素起初是他的学生，后来他们成为同事和朋友。 出身于教育世家，他的祖父是当地一位有名望的教育家，曾任当地一所私立学校的校长。他的父亲先后从事教育、宗教工作，十分关心教育事业。受家庭的影响，他对教育很感兴趣。 他早年就读并留校于英国剑桥大学，中年任教职于英国伦敦大学，晚年受聘于美国哈佛大学。《教育的目的》（1929）是他的教育代表作，其深刻的教育思想得到了广泛认同，并影响深远，闪耀着不朽的智慧光芒。

This classic collection of essays by E.P. Thompson, one of Englands most renowned socialist voices, remains a staple text in the history of Marxist theory. The bulk of the book is dedicated to Thompsons famous polemic against Louis Althusser and what he considers the reductionism and authoritarianism of Althusserian structuralism. In lively and erudite prose, Thompson argues fo...(展开全部)

Brings together Scruton's best essays from many sources, arranging them thematically. The book has four sections: Language and Art, Writers in Context, Architecture, and Culture and Anarchy. Though the essays are diverse, certain themes are developed in particular and then in general ways, and there are several important essays on writers and critics, that contribute to the rea...(展开全部)

This collection of an important architectural theorist's essays considers and compares designs by Palladio and Le Corbusier, discusses mannerism and modern architecture, architectural vocabulary in the 19th century, the architecture of Chicago, neoclassicism and modern architecture, and the architecture of utopia.