Gogol's place in Russian literature is unique. He is Russia's classic comic writer, yet the phrase 'laughter through tears', which has been applied to him, hints at darker and more tragic overtones. One of the most idiosyncratic of writers, his influence has nevertheless been profound. Appearing to shun psychological analysis, he is yet the father of the Russian psychological n...(展开全部)

Gogol's place in Russian literature is unique. He is Russia's classic comic writer, yet the phrase 'laughter through tears', which has been applied to him, hints at darker and more tragic overtones. One of the most idiosyncratic of writers, his influence has nevertheless been profound. Appearing to shun psychological analysis, he is yet the father of the Russian psychological n...(展开全部)

雨果·梅西耶，宾夕法尼亚大学哲学、政治和经济学博士后，法国国家科学研究中心研究员，主要研究领域是理性的功能和运作机制。 丹·斯珀伯，法国社会学家、认知学家，法国国家科学研究中心名誉教授，其最具影响力的研究领域是认知人类学及语用语言学。

Reason, we are told, is what makes us human, the source of our knowledge and wisdom. If reason is so useful, why didn’t it also evolve in other animals? If reason is that reliable, why do we produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense? In their groundbreaking account of the evolution and workings of reason, Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber set out to solve this double enigma. Reas...(展开全部)

The autobiographical novel of a journey from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England.

A moving and beautiful novel of the transformation of rural England. Taking its title from the strangely frozen picture by surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, the Enigma of Arrival is the story of a young Indian from the Crown Colony of Trinidad who arrives in post-imperial England and consciously, over many years, finds himself as a writer. As he does so, he also observes t...(展开全部)

雨果·梅西耶，宾夕法尼亚大学哲学、政治和经济学博士后，法国国家科学研究中心研究员，主要研究领域是理性的功能和运作机制。 丹·斯珀伯，法国社会学家、认知学家，法国国家科学研究中心名誉教授，其最具影响力的研究领域是认知人类学及语用语言学。

Reason, we are told, is what makes us human, the source of our knowledge and wisdom. If reason is so useful, why didn’t it also evolve in other animals? If reason is that reliable, why do we produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense? In their groundbreaking account of the evolution and workings of reason, Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber set out to solve this double enigma. Reas...(展开全部)