In his new book, perhaps the most cogent expression of his mature thought, Jean Baudrillard turns detective in order to investigate a crime which he hopes may yet be solved: the murder of reality. To solve the crime would be to unravel the social and technological processes by which reality has quite simply vanished under the deadly glare of media real time. But Baudrillard is ...(展开全部)

In his new book, perhaps the most cogent expression of his mature thought, Jean Baudrillard turns detective in order to investigate a crime which he hopes may yet be solved: the murder of reality. To solve the crime would be to unravel the social and technological processes by which reality has quite simply vanished under the deadly glare of media real time. But Baudrillard is ...(展开全部)

Would you defend your husband if he was accused of killing his mistress? Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington D.C. At 33 years old, she is a named partner at her firm and life is going exactly how she planned. The same cannot be said for her husband, Adam. He is a struggling writer who has had little success in his career. He begins to tire o...(展开全部)

The process of self-organization reveals itself in the inanimate worlds of crystals and seashells, but, as Len Fisher shows, it is also evident in living organisms, from fish to ants to human beings. Understanding the swarm intelligence inherent in groups can help us do everything from throw a better party to start a fad to make our interactions with others more powerful. Hum...(展开全部)

In this sweeping book, Michael S. Roth narrates a vivid and dynamic history of students, exploring some of the principal models for learning that have developed in very different contexts, from the sixth century BCE to the present. Beginning with the followers of Confucius, Socrates, and Jesus and moving to medieval apprentices, students at Enlightenment centers of learning, a...(展开全部)

Do you want your life to be perfect? We're all laboring under our own and society's expectations to be perfect in every way-to look younger, to make more money, to be happy all the time. But according to Tal Ben-Shahar, the New York Times bestselling author of Happier , the pursuit of perfect may actually be the number-one internal obstacle to finding happiness. O...(展开全部)

Do you want your life to be perfect? We're all laboring under our own and society's expectations to be perfect in every way - to look younger, to make more money, to be happy all the time. But according to Tal Ben-Shahar, the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Happier", the pursuit of perfect may actually be the number-one internal obstacle to finding happiness. Or do you ...(展开全部)

法拉比（Abu Nasr al-Fārābī）是公元10世纪著名的医学家、哲学家、心理学家、音乐学家，并且是中世纪哲学的代表人物之一。法拉比的哲学思想和音乐理论对以后阿拉伯哲学家和欧洲文艺复兴时代的哲学家产生了深刻影响。他的主要哲学著作有：《知识大全》、《论灵魂》、《论理智》、《哲学入门必读》、《美德城居民阶层分析》、《柏拉图和亚里士多德的哲学》等等。 译者董修元，哲学博士，毕业于山东大学犹太教与跨宗教研究中心。现为以色列巴伊兰大学犹太哲学系博士后研究员。研究方向为中世纪阿拉伯与犹太哲学。

鲁思·列维塔斯 英国著名社会学家，布里斯托尔大学社会学系教授，欧洲乌托邦学会创始人之一、前任主席，威廉·莫里斯学会副主席。1949年生于英国伦敦，1979年起任教于布里斯托尔大学社会学系，曾担任该系主任。列维塔斯的乌托邦研究涵盖乌托邦思想史、乌托邦社会理论、乌托邦与音乐多个主题，在国际学界享有盛誉，其代表作《乌托邦之概念》（1990/2010）被视为当代乌托邦研究的基石。她在当代政治意识形态和话语、社会不平等、劳工等研究领域亦卓有建树，著有《包容性社会？社会排斥与新工党》（1998/2005）。2012年获北美乌托邦学会莱曼·托尔·萨金特杰出成就奖。

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