"This book of essays is full of rampant idealism. Its authors--educators, think-tankers, corporate executives, consultants, book authors, nonprofit association executives, and a German politician--share a desire to better the world through their ideas and actions. Many qualify as do-gooders in the best sense of the phrase." *This third volume from the acclaimed Drucker Foundati...(展开全部)

"This book of essays is full of rampant idealism. Its authors--educators, think-tankers, corporate executives, consultants, book authors, nonprofit association executives, and a German politician--share a desire to better the world through their ideas and actions. Many qualify as do-gooders in the best sense of the phrase." *This third volume from the acclaimed Drucker Foundati...(展开全部)

Since Durkheim’s influential work a century ago, sociological theory has been among the most integrative and useful tools for social scientists across many disciplines. Sociological theory has nevertheless, due to its usefulness, expanded so very broadly that some wonder whether the concept of "general theory," or even the attempt to link middle-range theories, is still of any ...(展开全部)

In "The Future of the Image", Jacques Ranciere develops a fascinating new concept of the image in contemporary art, showing how art and politics have always been intrinsically intertwined. Covering a range of art movements, and thinkers such as Foucault, Deleuze, Adorno, Barthes, Lyotard and Greenberg, Ranciere argues that contemporary theorists of the image are suffering from ...(展开全部)

A leading philosopher presents a radical manifesto for the future of art and film. In The Future of the Image, Jacques Ranci&232;re develops a fascinating new concept of the image in contemporary art, showing how art and politics have always been intrinsically intertwined. Covering a range of art movements, and thinkers such as Foucault, Deleuze, Adorno, Barthes, Lyotard and G...(展开全部)

Study of the future is an important new field in anthropology. Building on a philosophical tradition running from Aristotle through Heidegger to Schatzki, this book presents the concept of 'orientations' as a way to study everyday life. It analyses six main orientations - anticipation, expectation, speculation, potentiality, hope, and destiny - which represent different ways in...(展开全部)

In "The Future of the Image", Jacques Ranciere develops a fascinating new concept of the image in contemporary art, showing how art and politics have always been intrinsically intertwined. Covering a range of art movements, and thinkers such as Foucault, Deleuze, Adorno, Barthes, Lyotard and Greenberg, Ranciere argues that contemporary theorists of the image are suffering from ...(展开全部)

西蒙·温彻斯特（Simon Winchester），英国著名作家、探险家、记者，中文名文思淼。生于1944年，1966年自牛津大学地质学专业毕业后，游历过世界很多地方，曾担任《卫报》20余年的海外记者及《星期日泰晤士报》的海外特派员。近年一直为《纽约时报》、《国家地理杂志》、BBC、《观察家》、《史密森学会月刊》等一线媒体撰稿。 他著有多部作品，包括《大西洋的故事》（Atlantic）、《教授与疯子》（the Professor and the Madman）、《李约瑟：揭开中国神秘面纱的人》（The Man Who Loved China）、《OED的故事》（The Meaning of Everything）、《世界边缘的裂缝》（A Crack in the Edge of the World）、《改变世界的地图》（The Map That Ch...(展开全部)

西蒙·温彻斯特（Simon Winchester），英国著名作家、探险家、记者，中文名文思淼。生于1944年，1966年自牛津大学地质学专业毕业后，游历过世界很多地方，曾担任《卫报》20余年的海外记者及《星期日泰晤士报》的海外特派员。近年一直为《纽约时报》、《国家地理杂志》、BBC、《观察家》、《史密森学会月刊》等一线媒体撰稿。 他著有多部作品，包括《大西洋的故事》（Atlantic）、《教授与疯子》（the Professor and the Madman）、《李约瑟：揭开中国神秘面纱的人》（The Man Who Loved China）、《OED的故事》（The Meaning of Everything）、《世界边缘的裂缝》（A Crack in the Edge of the World）、《改变世界的地图》（The Map That Ch...(展开全部)