"May is an existential analyst who deservedly enjoys a reputation among both general and critical readers as an accessible and insightful social and psychological theorist. . . . Freedom's characteristics, fruits, and problems; destiny's reality; death; and therapy's place in the confrontation between freedom and destiny are examined. . . . Poets, social critics, artists, and o...(展开全部)

"May is an existential analyst who deservedly enjoys a reputation among both general and critical readers as an accessible and insightful social and psychological theorist. . . . Freedom's characteristics, fruits, and problems; destiny's reality; death; and therapy's place in the confrontation between freedom and destiny are examined. . . . Poets, social critics, artists, and o...(展开全部)

No theme has been more central to international philosophical debates than that of community: from American communitarianism to Habermas's ethic of communication to the French deconstruction of community in the work of Derrida and Nancy. Nevertheless, in none of these cases has the concept been examined from the perspective of community's original etymological meaning: "cum mun...(展开全部)

Smashing such stereotypes as "the monolithic Middle East" or "the Western Mind," Amartya Sen examines the much-misunderstood concept of identity. The world may be more riven by murderous violence than ever before; yet Amartya Sen, the galvanizing Nobel Laureate, proposes in this sweeping philosophical work that the brutalities are driven as much by confusion as by inescapable ...(展开全部)

It is 1901 and the body of a young woman has been found in a village pond in rural England with a deadly reputation. She has bite marks in her throat and is later seen wandering at night. Nearby, in a vault of a ruined abbey, two coffins have been opened and stakes driven through the hearts of two female corpses, one of which has seemingly just been buried! The professor who fo...(展开全部)

It is 1901 and the body of a young woman has been found in a village pond in rural England with a deadly reputation. She has bite marks in her throat and is later seen wandering at night. Nearby, in a vault of a ruined abbey, two coffins have been opened and stakes driven through the hearts of two female corpses, one of which has seemingly just been buried! The professor who fo...(展开全部)

高木彬光Takagi Akimitsu 日本推理小说大师，和横沟正史被并称为“本格推理的巅峰”。 高木彬光一九二〇年九月二十五日出生于青森县青森市一个世代行医的家庭，幼时母亲去世。毕业于京都帝国大学工学部冶金科，后进入中岛飞机公司工作，日本战败后因公司倒闭而失业。 一九四八年，高木彬光发表了推理处女作《刺青杀人事件》，得到江户川乱步赏识，开始了作为职业作家的创作之路。一九五〇年创作的《能面杀人事件》获得了第三届日本推理作家俱乐部奖，一举奠定了其本格推理大师的地位。其后陆续创作了《诅咒之家》、《人偶为何被杀》、《成吉思汗的秘密》、《邪马台国的秘密》等本格推理小说。这些作品至今依然雄踞日本各大本格推理小说榜单前列。高木彬光着力塑造的主人公神津恭介，也成为和横沟正史笔下的金田一耕助齐名的“日本本格推理两大名侦探”。高木彬光后期创作风格有所转变，在注重本格性...(展开全部)

The Mask of Sanity is a book written by Hervey Cleckley, M.D., first published in 1941, describing the clinical interviews of Cleckley with incarcerated psychopaths. It is considered a seminal work and the most influential clinical description of psychopathy in the 20th century. The basic elements of psychopathy outlined by Cleckley are still relevant today.[1] The title refers...(展开全部)