In this major work, Blumenberg takes issue with Karl Löwith's well-known thesis that the idea of progress is a secularized version of Christian eschatology, which promises a dramatic intervention that will consummate the history of the world from outside. Instead, Blumenberg argues, the idea of progress always implies a process at work within history, operating through an inter...(展开全部)

In this major work, Blumenberg takes issue with Karl Löwith's well-known thesis that the idea of progress is a secularized version of Christian eschatology, which promises a dramatic intervention that will consummate the history of the world from outside. Instead, Blumenberg argues, the idea of progress always implies a process at work within history, operating through an inter...(展开全部)

约瑟夫·勒杜（Joseph LeDoux） 世界知名脑科学家，纽约大学神经科学中心亨利·摩西和露西·摩西科学教授，他领导着纽约大学的情绪大脑研究所和内森·克莱恩精神病学研究所，也是美国国家科学院、美国艺术与科学院院士。 因在记忆和情绪的脑机制研究方面的杰出贡献和成就，勒杜曾获得多项荣誉，包括美国心理科学协会威廉·詹姆斯奖、美国哲学学会卡尔·斯宾塞·拉什利奖、费森国际认知科学奖、美国心理学会杰出科学贡献奖、美国心理学会唐纳德·O.赫布奖等。 在研究之外，勒杜也著有多部兼具公众教育意义和学术价值的图书，包括《情绪大脑》（The Emotional Brain）、《突触自我》（Synaptic Self）和《重新认识焦虑》（Anxious），其中《重新认识焦虑》一书获得2016年美国心理学会威廉·詹姆斯图书奖。

The Renaissance burst forth in all its glory around 1500 and spread throughout Europe. This period of great creativity and productivity in the arts and sciences is illuminated in this book through the lives of more than ninety of its illustrious intellectuals, artists, literary figures, scientists, and rulers. Included are such major figures as Lorenzo and Catherine de’ Medici,...(展开全部)

罗伯特·戴维斯（Robert Davis），俄亥俄州立大学意大利文艺复兴和地中海前现代史名誉教授。他曾研究过意大利、罗马、巴勒莫、威尼斯、梵蒂冈等城市，主要致力于普通人的生活和他们珍视的价值观。他曾撰写了关于威尼斯作为世界上最受游客欢迎的城市和文艺复兴时期的男性与女性的书籍和文章。他还参与过一些关于造船、嘉年华和地中海奴隶贸易的电视纪录片，目前正在撰写一部关于现代欧洲历史的教科书。 贝丝·琳达史密斯（Beth Lindsmith），俄亥俄州立大学文学及创意写作讲师，她撰写了大量在历史、哲学和人类学方面的学术论文，并被广泛的出版。 祝羽捷，原笔名祝小兔。前《时尚芭莎》专题总监，上海作协会员，知名学者，专栏作家，艺术作家，文艺生活家。公众号“好好虚度时光”创始人。纪录片《ZHU在英伦》出品人。2018年荣获英国旅游局“中国区社交媒体影响力友好大使”称号。...(展开全部)

罗伯特·戴维斯（Robert Davis），俄亥俄州立大学意大利文艺复兴和地中海前现代史名誉教授。他曾研究过意大利、罗马、巴勒莫、威尼斯、梵蒂冈等城市，主要致力于普通人的生活和他们珍视的价值观。他曾撰写了关于威尼斯作为世界上最受游客欢迎的城市和文艺复兴时期的男性与女性的书籍和文章。他还参与过一些关于造船、嘉年华和地中海奴隶贸易的电视纪录片，目前正在撰写一部关于现代欧洲历史的教科书。 贝丝·琳达史密斯（Beth Lindsmith），俄亥俄州立大学文学及创意写作讲师，她撰写了大量在历史、哲学和人类学方面的学术论文，并被广泛的出版。 祝羽捷，原笔名祝小兔。前《时尚芭莎》专题总监，上海作协会员，知名学者，专栏作家，艺术作家，文艺生活家。公众号“好好虚度时光”创始人。纪录片《ZHU在英伦》出品人。2018年荣获英国旅游局“中国区社交媒体影响力友好大使”称号。...(展开全部)

The Renaissance burst forth in all its glory around 1500 and spread throughout Europe. This period of great creativity and productivity in the arts and sciences is illuminated in this book through the lives of more than ninety of its illustrious intellectuals, artists, literary figures, scientists, and rulers. Included are such major figures as Lorenzo and Catherine de’ Medici,...(展开全部)

The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years. But in Only the Dead, award-winning author Bear Braumoeller demonstrates that it shouldn't have. With a rare combination of historical expertise, statistical acumen, and accessible prose, Braumoeller shows that the evidence simply doesn't support the decline-of-war thesis propounded by s...(展开全部)

A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the decisive period of transition from medieval to modern political theory. The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period for students, and a presentation and justification of a particular approach to the interpretation of historical texts. Quentin Skinner gives...(展开全部)

A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the decisive period of transition from medieval to modern political theory. The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period for students, and a presentation and justification of a particular approach to the interpretation of historical texts. Quentin Skinner gives...(展开全部)