In 1916, an eminent psychologist recorded his impressions of the fledgling film industry. His penetrating and prescient observations foretold many modern developments of the cinematic art, and this classic survey remains a text of enduring relevance to movie historians as well as to students of film and psychology.

Hugo Muensterberg's The Photoplay (1916) is one of the first and most important early works of film theory. Munsterberg's work on the emerging art of cinema remains a key document for film scholars, but it has long been out of print. In this new edition, Allan Langdale provides a critical introduction to the seminal text and collects numerous hard-to-find writings on film by ...(展开全部)

Hugo Muensterberg's The Photoplay (1916) is one of the first and most important early works of film theory. Munsterberg's work on the emerging art of cinema remains a key document for film scholars, but it has long been out of print. In this new edition, Allan Langdale provides a critical introduction to the seminal text and collects numerous hard-to-find writings on film by ...(展开全部)

A landmark, now classic, study of the rich cinematic history of the Weimar Republic, "From Caligari to Hitler" was first published by Princeton University Press in 1947. Siegfried Kracauer - a prominent German film critic and member of Walter Benjamin's and Theodor Adorno's intellectual circle - broke new ground in exploring the connections between film aesthetics, the prevaili...(展开全部)

齐格弗里德•克拉考尔（Siegfried Kracauer,1889—1966），著名批评家、社会学家和电影理论家。生于德国，早年为《法兰克福报》的记者、时事评论员，因持续撰文对“纳粹”进行批评，1933年被迫流亡巴黎，后于1941年辗转到达纽约，成为现代艺术博物馆的特聘研究员，随后又在多个研究所从事社会学研究。他的写作涉及小说、文论、社会调查、电影理论和哲学研究等多个领域。代表作有《雇员们》、《大众装饰》、《从卡里加利到希特勒》、《电影的理论》等。

齐格弗里德•克拉考尔（Siegfried Kracauer,1889—1966），著名批评家、社会学家和电影理论家。生于德国，早年为《法兰克福报》的记者、时事评论员，因持续撰文对“纳粹”进行批评，1933年被迫流亡巴黎，后于1941年辗转到达纽约，成为现代艺术博物馆的特聘研究员，随后又在多个研究所从事社会学研究。他的写作涉及小说、文论、社会调查、电影理论和哲学研究等多个领域。代表作有《雇员们》、《大众装饰》、《从卡里加利到希特勒》、《电影的理论》等。

A comprehensive psychological approach to criminal behavior. Accurate, researched-based, contemporary, and comprehensive: Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach, Tenth Edition, builds on the excellence established in previous editions. The text offers a detailed look at crime, what may lead to it, and how criminal behavior may be prevented, all from a psychological perspec...(展开全部)

A comprehensive psychological approach to criminal behavior. Accurate, researched-based, contemporary, and comprehensive: Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach, Tenth Edition, builds on the excellence established in previous editions. The text offers a detailed look at crime, what may lead to it, and how criminal behavior may be prevented, all from a psychological perspec...(展开全部)