In The Difference Aesthetics Makes cultural critic Kandice Chuh asks what the humanities might be and do if organized around what she calls “illiberal humanism” instead of around the Western European tradition of liberal humanism that undergirds the humanities in their received form. Recognizing that the liberal humanities contribute to the reproduction of the subjugation that ...(展开全部)

"The name: What does one call thus? What does one understand under the name of name? And what occurs when one gies a name? What does one give then? One does not offer a thing, one delivers nothing, and still something comes to be, which comes down to giving that which one does not have, as Plotinus said of the Good. What happens, above all, when it is necessary to sur-name, ren...(展开全部)

马伊·舍瓦尔，佩尔·瓦勒，著名瑞典侦探小说作家。这对夫妇共同创作了侦探小说史上著名的马丁·贝克探案系列。两人从一九六五年开始，每年出版一部以警探马丁·贝克为主角的小说。他们有意识地逐年参照社会环境的变迁，以及人心世情的转换。直到一九七五年瓦勒去世，夫妇俩共创作了十部小说。 舍瓦尔与瓦勒都是坚定的共产主义者，他们决定通过小说对社会进行反思：“我们把创作犯罪小说当作解部刀，一刀一刀划开资本主义福利国家的假象和弊病。” 这套马丁·贝克探索系列，被称为史上最佳“警察探案小说”之一，也是同类小说中的不朽经典，英国推理界权威H.R.F.基廷甚至作出“人生尽在其中”的高度评价。此外，这套书也是瑞典侦探小说有史以来第一次打入国际市场，而且深获欧美侦探小说界推崇，并在销量方面取得傲人的成绩的作品。马丁·贝克案系列风格独树一帜，对侦探小说的创作影响深远。

In this book, one of Italy's most important and original contemporary philosophers considers the status of art in the modern era. He takes seriously Hegel's claim that art has exhausted its spiritual vocation, that it is no longer through art that Spirit principally comes to knowledge of itself. He argues, however, that Hegel by no means proclaimed the "death of art" (as many s...(展开全部)

Chronologically organized, "The Western Humanities" presents the cultural achievements of western civilization - art, music, history, literature, theater, film and the other arts - within their historical context. By examining the historical and material conditions that influenced the form and content of the arts and literature, the authors provide students a deeper understandi...(展开全部)

罗伊·T·马修斯（Roy T. Matthews)，美国密歇根大学荣休人文与历史教授。 德维特·普拉特（DeWitt Platt），美国密歇根大学荣休人文与历史教授。 托马斯·F·X·诺布尔（Thomas F. X. Noble），美国圣母大学历史教授，美国天主教历史学会主席，研究领域为古代鱼中世纪时期。

This chronologically organized introduction to the Western humanities (art, music, history, literature, and drama) establishes the historical context of each era before the arts are discussed. More than 600 illustrations appear throughout the text, "Personal Perspectives" boxes bring to life the events of the day, and brief sections at the end of each chapter describe the cultu...(展开全部)

See Context and Make Connections across the Humanities Discovering the Humanities helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach. Written around Henry Sayre’s belief that students learn best by remembering stories rather than memorizing facts, it captur...(展开全部)

Discovering the Humanities helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach. Pearson Prentice Hall is proud to offer Discovering the Humanities--the new brief version of The Humanities: Culture, Continuity, and Change adapted by author Henry Sayre himself. Discovering...(展开全部)

NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyArtsLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyArtsLab, search for ISBN-10: 0134127129 / ISBN-13: 9780134127125. That package includes ISBN-10: 0133877701 / ISBN-13: 9780133877700 and ISBN-10: 0133976017 / ISBN-13: 9780133976014. MyArtsLab should only be purchased when...(展开全部)