艾伦·沃尔夫，美国政治学者和社会学家，波士顿学院政治科学教授，宗教与美国公共生活布瓦西研究中心主任，现居于麻省布鲁克莱恩。沃尔夫教授是《新共和》、《威尔逊季刊》和《天下》等杂志的特约编辑，还经常为《大众福利》、《纽约时报》、《哈泼斯》、《大西洋月刊》和《华盛顿邮报》写稿。被美国评论家们誉为“自由主义最后最忠实的孩子”。

A compelling and deeply felt exploration and defense of liberalism: what it actually is, why it is relevant today, and how it can help our society chart a forward course. The Future of Liberalism represents the culmination of four decades of thinking and writing about contemporary politics by Alan Wolfe, one of America’s leading scholars, hailed by one critic as “one of libe...(展开全部)

A compelling and deeply felt exploration and defense of liberalism: what it actually is, why it is relevant today, and how it can help our society chart a forward course. The Future of Liberalism represents the culmination of four decades of thinking and writing about contemporary politics by Alan Wolfe, one of America’s leading scholars, hailed by one critic as “one of libe...(展开全部)

艾伦·沃尔夫，美国政治学者和社会学家，波士顿学院政治科学教授，宗教与美国公共生活布瓦西研究中心主任，现居于麻省布鲁克莱恩。沃尔夫教授是《新共和》、《威尔逊季刊》和《天下》等杂志的特约编辑，还经常为《大众福利》、《纽约时报》、《哈泼斯》、《大西洋月刊》和《华盛顿邮报》写稿。被美国评论家们誉为“自由主义最后最忠实的孩子”。

Review By choosing to consider the rich interface between liberalism and philosophy (rather than, say, sociology or party organisation), Ryan has opened up a vast and exciting field for exploration and debate. The reader will find not only discussion of the manifold contributions of the great philosophers (biographical details where appropriate and available) but also insights ...(展开全部)

In Two Faces of Liberalism, John Gray argues that liberal thought has always contained two incompatible philosophies. In one, liberalism is a theory of a universal rational consensus, which enables the achievement of the best way of life for all humankind. In the other, liberalism is the project of seeking terms of peaceful coexistence between different regimes and ways of life...(展开全部)

Where the science of black holes, gravitational waves, and time travel will likely lead us. Our minds tell us that some things in the universe must be true. The New Physics tells us that they are not, and in the process, blurs the line between science and science fiction. Here are six accessible essays by those who walk that line, moving ever further out in discovering the patt...(展开全部)

Michio Kaku's "Physics of the Future: The Inventions that will Transform our Lives" is a hypothetical journey through the next 100 years of scientific innovation, as told by the scientists who are making it happen. We all wish we could predict the future, but most of us don't know enough about the science that makes it possible. That's why Michio Kaku decided to talk to the peo...(展开全部)