Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal deployment globally of Israel’s occupation-enforcing technologies. For more than 50 years, the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has given the Israeli state invaluable experience in controlling an ‘enemy’ population, the Palestinians. It’s here that they have perfected the architec...(展开全部)

Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal deployment globally of Israel’s occupation-enforcing technologies. For more than 50 years, the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has given the Israeli state invaluable experience in controlling an ‘enemy’ population, the Palestinians. It’s here that they have perfected the architec...(展开全部)

Here, Marc Ellis, a Jewish American scholar, examines what he sees as a crisis point in Jewish identity. In this book, Ellis offers a vision of Judaism that testifies to an ethical life in our era, based on the principles of justice and community upon which the Jewish faith was founded. Only by addressing the way in which those original principles are being squandered by a mili...(展开全部)

"Marc Ellis is a brilliant writer, a deeply thoughtful and courageous mind." Edward Said "[Ellis provides] a vital contribution to solving one of the few remaining intractable problems of our time." Archbishop Desmond Tutu "Marc Ellis has demonstrated great courage, integrity, and insight in the very important work he has been doing for years. It has been an inspiration for ...(展开全部)

The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian and commentator Jeremy Black shows how criticisms of the legacy of the British Empire are, in part, criticisms of the reality of American power today. He emphasizes the prominence of imperial rule in history and in the world today, and the selective way in which certain countries...(展开全部)

The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian and commentator Jeremy Black shows how criticisms of the legacy of the British Empire are, in part, criticisms of the reality of American power today. He emphasizes the prominence of imperial rule in history and in the world today, and the selective way in which certain countries...(展开全部)

关于作者 诺姆•乔姆斯基（Noam Chomsky，1928－），美国著名学者和政治活动家，学术领域里的领袖人物，政治活动中的旗手。在学术领域里，他兴趣众多，涉猎广泛，著述丰厚，成就卓越，语言学、哲学、心理学和逻辑学等，均有其不灭的足迹；他的影响还遍及人工智能、认知科学、数学、音乐理论等方面。在政治活动中，他以“自由意志的社会主义”为基石，以博大的人道主义情怀，关心民众的疾苦和国家的命运，是欧美20世纪著名的“公共知识分子”。他反对越南战争，抨击霸权主义行径，批判美国内政和外交，多次被捕。他不仅被美国前总统尼克松列入“仇敌录”，还被恐怖分子列入“黑名单”。2011年，他因其“经久不衰的勇气、对强权的批判分析和对人权的促进”荣获悉尼和平奖。 本书淋漓尽致地展示了作为“现代语言学之父”和“我们时代的英雄”的乔姆斯基的政治理念和人格魅力。 关于译者 季广...(展开全部)

According to "The New York Times," Noam Chomsky is "arguably the most important intellectual alive." But he isn't easy to read . . . or at least he wasn't until these books came along. Made up of intensively edited speeches and interviews, they offer something not found anywhere else: pure Chomsky, with every dazzling idea and penetrating insight intact, delivered in clear, acc...(展开全部)

With exceptional clarity and power of argument, Noam Chomsky lays bare as no one else can the realities of contemporary geopolitics. Divided into four sections and originally published in the US as individual short books which have collectively sold over half a million copies, "How the World Works" is a collection of speeches and interviews with Chomsky by David Barsamian, edit...(展开全部)

The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. This beautiful volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long historical tradition and how it is practiced today. It includes profiles of leading practitioners, a discussion of the benefits of work...(展开全部)