In "The Human Condition" McNeill provides a provocative interpretation of history as a competition of parasites, both biological and human. In "The Great Frontier" he questions the notion of "frontier freedom" through an examination of European expansion. The concluding essay speculates on the role of catastrophe in our lives.

威廉·麦克尼尔（William H. McNeill，1917-2016），美国芝加哥大学历史学荣休教授，当代具有影响力的历史学家，被誉为20世纪60年代之后全球史研究的“关键奠基人”，曾获“伊拉斯谟奖”“美国国家图书奖”“世界史先驱奖”等多项殊荣。一生著作等身，代表作有《西方的兴起：人类共同体的历史》《瘟疫与人：传染病对人类历史的冲击》《竞逐富强：西方军事的现代化历程》等。 任一，宾夕法尼亚大学历史系在读博士，研究方向为中国近现代史、跨国史。曾在《史学集刊》、Frontiers of History in China以及Twentieth-Century China等期刊发表多篇论文。

威廉·麦克尼尔（William H. McNeill，1917-2016），美国芝加哥大学历史学荣休教授，当代具有影响力的历史学家，被誉为20世纪60年代之后全球史研究的“关键奠基人”，曾获“伊拉斯谟奖”“美国国家图书奖”“世界史先驱奖”等多项殊荣。一生著作等身，代表作有《西方的兴起：人类共同体的历史》《瘟疫与人：传染病对人类历史的冲击》《竞逐富强：西方军事的现代化历程》等。 任一，宾夕法尼亚大学历史系在读博士，研究方向为中国近现代史、跨国史。曾在《史学集刊》、Frontiers of History in China以及Twentieth-Century China等期刊发表多篇论文。

This major collection of essays, a sequel to Modernity at Large (1996), is the product of ten years' research and writing, constituting an important contribution to globalization studies. Appadurai takes a broad analytical look at the genealogies of the present era of globalization through essays on violence, commodification, nationalism, terror and materiality. Alongside a dis...(展开全部)

This major collection of essays, a sequel to Modernity at Large (1996), is the product of ten years' research and writing, constituting an important contribution to globalization studies. Appadurai takes a broad analytical look at the genealogies of the present era of globalization through essays on violence, commodification, nationalism, terror and materiality. Alongside a dis...(展开全部)

A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then—diminishing human agency and political free...(展开全部)

菲利克斯·斯塔尔德（Felix Stalder），苏黎世艺术大学（Zürich University of the Arts）数字文化教授，研究方向为文化、政治与技术的动态交叉关系。他是“邮件列表”的主持人，也是“世界信息研究所”与“技术政治工作组”的成员，近期的出版物包括《数字团结》与《数字状况》。

菲利克斯·斯塔尔德（Felix Stalder），苏黎世艺术大学（Zürich University of the Arts）数字文化教授，研究方向为文化、政治与技术的动态交叉关系。他是“邮件列表”的主持人，也是“世界信息研究所”与“技术政治工作组”的成员，近期的出版物包括《数字团结》与《数字状况》。

A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then—diminishing human agency and political free...(展开全部)

The paintings we see today in museums, galleries, churches and temples are often much altered by the centuries. Pictures can split, rot, be eaten by woodworm, warp, blister, crack, cup, flake, darken, blanch, discolor, become too translucent and disappear under a centuries-old varnish; and they can also suffer from the efforts of their owners to rectify these situations: they m...(展开全部)