This classic companion to The World's Religions articulates the remarkable unity that underlies the world's religious traditions

This classic companion to The World's Religions articulates the remarkable unity that underlies the world's religious traditions

This book takes its leave with the realization that Western-driven culture is quickly reaching the limits of global capitalism, and that this reality manifests itself not only economically and politically, but that it is at once a cultural, aesthetic, political, religious, ecological, and philosophical problem. While Western capitalism is based upon the assumption of indefinit...(展开全部)

【生平简介】 高尔基（1868～1936）——全名：马克西姆·高尔基（Gorkey，Maksim） 前苏联作家。原名阿列克塞·马克西莫维奇·彼什科夫。1868年3月16日生于下诺夫哥罗德市一个木工家庭，1936年6月18日卒于莫斯科。 【文学创作】 1、早期生活与创作 高尔基4岁丧父，11岁起独立谋生，当过学徒、搬运工和面包师。1884年流落到喀山，19世纪80年代末90年代初两次漫游俄国各地，广泛了解民情；其间因参加秘密革命组织于1889年被捕，获释后行动仍受宪警监视。1892年发表处女作《马卡尔·楚德拉》，不久开始在地方报刊当编辑、记者。1898年出版两卷集《随笔和短篇小说》，从此蜚声俄国和欧洲文坛。他只上过2年学，完全靠自学成才。 早期创作多为短篇体裁。其中，《马卡尔·楚德拉》和《少女与死神》、《伊则吉尔老婆子》和《鹰之歌》等作品以黑暗与光明的...(展开全部)

'It's such a great read...I got to 800 pages, and I slowed myself down because I didn't want it to end.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

'It's such a great read...I got to 800 pages, and I slowed myself down because I didn't want it to end.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

乔纳森·弗兰岑（Jonathan Franzen） 美国小说家、随笔作家。 1959年生于伊利诺伊州。1996年在《哈泼氏》杂志发表长篇随笔《偶尔做梦》，从此受到广泛关注。迄今为止，出版有小说《纠正》《自由》《纯洁》，回忆录《不舒适地带：个人史》，以及随笔集《如何独处》《地球尽头的尽头》等。凭借《纠正》获得普利策奖提名和美国国家图书奖。

Written with a rare combination of analysis and speculation, this comprehensive study of Javanese religion is one of the few books on the religion of a non-Western people which emphasizes variation and conflict in belief as well as similarity and harmony. The reader becomes aware of the intricacy and depth of Javanese spiritual life and the problems of political and social inte...(展开全部)

In The End of the End of the Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes―both human and literary―that have long preoccupied him. Whether exploring his complex relationship with his uncle, recounting his young adulthood in New York, or offering an illuminating look at the global seabird...(展开全部)