In this imaginative and comprehensive study, Edward Casey, one of the most incisive interpreters of the Continental philosophical tradition, offers a philosophical history of the evolving conceptualizations of place and space in Western thought. Not merely a presentation of the ideas of other philosophers, The Fate of Place is acutely sensitive to silences, absences, and missed...(展开全部)

Since the seventeenth in the Western world century, concern for the welfare of the individual has been articulated philosophically most often as a concern for his rights. The modern conception of individual rights resulted from abandonment of ancient, value-laced ideas of nature and their replacement by the modern, mathematically transparent idea of nature that has room only fo...(展开全部)

Since the seventeenth century, concern in the Western world for the welfare of the individual has been articulated most often as a concern for his rights. The modern conception of individual rights resulted from abandonment of ancient, value-laced ideas of nature and their replacement by the modern, mathematically transparent idea of nature that has room only for individuals, o...(展开全部)

An entertaining history of the idea of nothing - including absences, omissions, and shadows - from the Ancient Greeks through the 20th century How can nothing cause something? The absence of something might seem to indicate a null or a void, an emptiness as ineffectual as a shadow. In fact, 'nothing' is one of the most powerful ideas the human mind has ever conceived. This shor...(展开全部)

Touching on issues of power, authority, and domination, Manhunts takes an in-depth look at the hunting of humans in the West, from ancient Sparta, through the Middle Ages, to the modern practices of chasing undocumented migrants. Incorporating historical events and philosophical reflection, Grgoire Chamayou examines the systematic and organized search for individuals and small ...(展开全部)

Touching on issues of power, authority, and domination, Manhunts takes an in-depth look at the hunting of humans in the West, from ancient Sparta, through the Middle Ages, to the modern practices of chasing undocumented migrants. Incorporating historical events and philosophical reflection, Grgoire Chamayou examines the systematic and organized search for individuals and small ...(展开全部)

An entertaining history of the idea of nothing - including absences, omissions, and shadows - from the Ancient Greeks through the 20th century How can nothing cause something? The absence of something might seem to indicate a null or a void, an emptiness as ineffectual as a shadow. In fact, 'nothing' is one of the most powerful ideas the human mind has ever conceived. This shor...(展开全部)

作者簡介 布魯斯．康明思（Bruce Cumings） 芝加哥大學歷史系教授，主要研究領域為朝鮮半島現代史、二十世紀國際關係史、美國和東亞關係、美國對外關係、東亞的政治經濟等，是研究東亞冷戰與韓國發展的重要研究者。曾多次前往南北韓，親身經歷過韓國的街頭運動，他的著作也在社會運動狂潮裡，以地下形式廣為流傳。 第一部著作The Origins of the Korean War，即獲得費正清獎，以及Quincy Wright Book Award（對國際研究有貢獻者）。另著有North Korea: Another Country、Dominion from Sea to Sea、《朝鮮戰爭》（左岸）等書。 一九九九年獲選為美國文理科學院院士，二〇〇七年獲得金大中獎，亦榮獲福特基金會、麥克阿瑟基金會等獎助。近年，以學者身分參與濟州島的「四・三事件」轉型正...(展开全部)