The term temporality often refers to the traditional mode of the way time is: a linear procession of past, present and future. As philosophers will note, this is not always the case. Christine Ross builds on current philosophical and theoretical examinations of time and applies them to the field of contemporary art: films, video installations, sculpture and performance works. R...(展开全部)

Debates about the role and nature of the state are at the heart of modern politics. However, the state itself remains notoriously difficult to define, and the term is subject to a range of different interpretations. In this book, distinguished state theorist Bob Jessop provides a critical introduction to the state as both a concept and a reality. He lucidly guides readers throu...(展开全部)

Debates about the role and nature of the state are at the heart of modern politics. However, the state itself remains notoriously difficult to define, and the term is subject to a range of different interpretations. In this book, distinguished state theorist Bob Jessop provides a critical introduction to the state as both a concept and a reality. He lucidly guides readers throu...(展开全部)

The era of the printed book is at a crossroad. E-readers are flooding the market, books are available to read on cell phones, and companies such as Google, Amazon, and Apple are competing to command near monopolistic positions as sellers and dispensers of digital information. Already, more books have been scanned and digitized than were housed in the great library in Alexandria...(展开全部)

The invention of writing was one of the most important technological, cultural, and sociological breakthroughs in human history. With the printed book, information and ideas could disseminate more widely and effectively than ever before—and in some cases, affect and redirect the sway of history. Today, nearly one million books are published each year. But is the era of the book...(展开全部)

With globalization steadily reshaping the cultural landscape, scholars have long called for a full-scale reassessment of art history's largely Eurocentric framework. This collection of case studies and essays, the latest in the Clark Studies in the Visual Arts series, brings together voices from various disciplinary and theoretical backgrounds, each proposing ways to remap, dec...(展开全部)

夏洛特?伯纳姆-卡特（Charlotte Bonham-Carter），2003 年在美国伊利诺伊州埃文斯顿的西北大学获得英语文学学士学位，2006 年在伦敦的皇家艺术学院获得当代艺术策展管理硕士学位。经常为多家国际性的艺术出版物撰稿，包括《艺术快报》、《当代艺术》、《无题》、《艺术通讯》和《CIRCA》艺术杂志，还为英国国立肖像美术馆出版的《今日肖像》供稿。她参与撰写或主编的艺术展览目录手册数量众多，并在爱尔兰现代艺术博物馆合作策划推出过“精美尸体”主题展。此前为伦敦“外堡”（Barbican）艺廊的助理馆长，现就职于伦敦当代艺术协会，担任助理馆长。她同时负责编辑伦敦当代艺术协会的视觉艺术出版物《罗兰》。 大卫?霍奇（David Hodge），艺术史博士，主攻的课题为罗伯特?莫里斯（Robert Morris，美国雕塑家、观念艺术家）在20 世纪6...(展开全部)

Without doubt, the international contemporary art stage increases annually, drawing new crowds and new interest. Whilst enticing, contemporary art can be bewildering. This accessible and beautifully produced guide will pinpoint key artists and events, and so help demystify a generation of rapid change in the art world. The A-Z listing (by artist's name) will feature 200 of the ...(展开全部)

伊藤计划 円城塔 小川一水 菊地秀行 飞浩隆 刘宇昆 布鲁斯•斯特林 凯瑟琳•M.瓦伦特 戴维•莫尔斯 蕾切•斯沃斯基 帕特•卡迪根 菲丽希蒂•萨瓦奇 叶卡捷琳娜•塞蒂亚

Over the last four centuries, historians have increasingly turned to images in their attempts to understand and visualize the past. In this wide-ranging and engrossing book, a distinguished art historian surveys the various ways that they have adopted for making use of this material, and he examines the specific objects that became available to them through excavation, the crea...(展开全部)