This book will change the way we understand cities. It not only provides readers with an introduction to cities and urbanism in the postmodern world but also overturns many common assumptions about urban structure. Dear's analysis combines concepts of postmodernism, space, and the urban to trace the genesis of a postmodern urban condition. He provides an understanding of the...(展开全部)

Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In The Postmodern Condition Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status uf science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are co...(展开全部)

Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In The Postmodern Condition Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status uf science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are co...(展开全部)

菲利克斯·斯塔尔德（Felix Stalder），苏黎世艺术大学（Zürich University of the Arts）数字文化教授，研究方向为文化、政治与技术的动态交叉关系。他是“邮件列表”的主持人，也是“世界信息研究所”与“技术政治工作组”的成员，近期的出版物包括《数字团结》与《数字状况》。

菲利克斯·斯塔尔德（Felix Stalder），苏黎世艺术大学（Zürich University of the Arts）数字文化教授，研究方向为文化、政治与技术的动态交叉关系。他是“邮件列表”的主持人，也是“世界信息研究所”与“技术政治工作组”的成员，近期的出版物包括《数字团结》与《数字状况》。

A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then—diminishing human agency and political free...(展开全部)

In "The Human Condition" McNeill provides a provocative interpretation of history as a competition of parasites, both biological and human. In "The Great Frontier" he questions the notion of "frontier freedom" through an examination of European expansion. The concluding essay speculates on the role of catastrophe in our lives.

A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then—diminishing human agency and political free...(展开全部)

菲利克斯·斯塔尔德（Felix Stalder），苏黎世艺术大学（Zürich University of the Arts）数字文化教授，研究方向为文化、政治与技术的动态交叉关系。他是“邮件列表”的主持人，也是“世界信息研究所”与“技术政治工作组”的成员，近期的出版物包括《数字团结》与《数字状况》。