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)

Splintering Urbanism makes an international and interdisciplinary analysis of the complex interactions between infrastructure networks and urban spaces. It delivers a new and powerful way of understanding contemporary urban change, bringing together discussions about: *globalization and the city *technology and society *urban space and urban networks *infrastructure and the bui...(展开全部)

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.

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)

伊哈布•哈桑（Ihab Hassan，1925—2015）埃及裔美国人，文学评论家，威斯康辛大学密尔沃基校区教授，最早也最为重要的后现代主义研究者之一。两次荣获古根海姆研究基金。代表作有《后现代转向》《当代美国文学》《奥尔菲斯的解体》等。 译者简介 刘象愚，北京师范大学退 休 教授、博士生导师。长期从事比较文学与英美文学的教学与科研工作。著有：《比较文学与比较文化》《比较文学概论》（合著）等；编有《乔伊斯精选集》《爱伦坡精选集》等；译有《文学理论》（合译）、《比较文学与文学理论》《当代文学理论导读》等。