Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of economic utility, consumerism, or ethnic separatism and resentment. What alternative strategies can we use to instill our childre...(展开全部)

尼尔·波兹曼（Neil Postman） 美国著名传播学家、教育家，媒介环境学的开创者与媒介环境学派的精神领袖，长期任教于纽约大学，担任文化与传播学系系主任。研究领域包括传播学、教育学、文化与技术批评。1986年获美国英语教师学会乔治·奥威尔奖，1988年获纽约大学杰出教授奖。代表作有“媒介批评三部曲”——《童年的消逝》《娱乐至死》《技术垄断》，以及《教育何用》等。 【译者简介】 章艳 上海外国语大学教授，理论研究方向为文化翻译和翻译美学。译有《娱乐至死》《如何抑止女性写作》《应得的权利》《朋友之间：汉娜·阿伦特、玛丽·麦卡锡书信集（1949—1975）》《重访美丽新世界》等作品。

Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of economic utility, consumerism, or ethnic separatism and resentment. What alternative strategies can we use to instill our childre...(展开全部)

乔纳森·弗兰岑（Jonathan Franzen） 美国小说家、随笔作家。 1959年生于伊利诺伊州。1996年在《哈泼氏》杂志发表长篇随笔《偶尔做梦》，从此受到广泛关注。迄今为止，出版有小说《纠正》《自由》《纯洁》，回忆录《不舒适地带：个人史》，以及随笔集《如何独处》《地球尽头的尽头》等。凭借《纠正》获得普利策奖提名和美国国家图书奖。

In The End of the End of the Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes―both human and literary―that have long preoccupied him. Whether exploring his complex relationship with his uncle, recounting his young adulthood in New York, or offering an illuminating look at the global seabird...(展开全部)

"Unreservedly recommended, sums up in simple language Adler's experience of children." --eacher's World

"Unreservedly recommended, sums up in simple language Adler's experience of children." --eacher's World

L. Nandi Theunissen develops a non-Kantian account of the value of human beings. Against the Kantian tradition, in which humanity is absolutely valuable and unlike the value of anything else, Theunissen outlines a relational proposal according to which our value is continuous with the value of other valuable things. She takes the Socratic starting point that good is affecting, ...(展开全部)

Ralph Wedgwood gives a general account of the concept of rationality. The Value of Rationality is designed as the first instalment of a trilogy - to be followed by accounts of the requirements of rationality that apply specifically to beliefs and choices. The central claim of the book is that rationality is a normative concept. This claim is defended against some recent objecti...(展开全部)