How an antisemitic legend gave voice to widespread fears surrounding the expansion of private credit in Western capitalism The Promise and Peril of Credit takes an incisive look at pivotal episodes in the West’s centuries-long struggle to define the place of private finance in the social and political order. It does so through the lens of a persistent legend about Jews and mone...(展开全部)

艾莉森•高普尼克（Alison Gopnik） ●国际公认的儿童学习与发展研究泰斗级专家，首位从儿童意识角度深刻剖析哲学问题的心理学家。对于孩子的心智、大脑和学习方式，没人比她更了解。 ●牛津大学心理学博士，加州大学伯克利分校心理学系教授及哲学系客座教授，推翻了经典的“白板说”，还是心理理论创始人之一。 ●TED演讲点击量过300万次，写有大量科学文章和评论，见于《纽约时报》《卫报》《科学人》等各大媒体。

Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call “parenting” is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion-dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented labor intended to create a particular kind of child and therefore a pa...(展开全部)

Neuroscientists once believed your brain was essentially "locked down" by adulthood. No new cells. No major changes. If you grew up depressed, angry, sad, aggressive, or nasty, you'd be that way for life. And, as you grew older, there'd be nowhere to go but down, as disease, age, or injury wiped out precious, irreplaceable brain cells. But over the past five, ten, twenty years,...(展开全部)

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity. What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about gender roles, about romance and consent, and the pressures of society?...(展开全部)

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity. What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through life not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about gender roles, about romance and consent, and the pressures of society?...(展开全部)

What is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? In "Braintrust", neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality originates in the biology of the brain. She describes the 'neurobiological platform of bonding' that, modified by evolutionary pressures and cultural values, has led to human styles of moral behavior. ...(展开全部)

帕特里夏·S.丘奇兰德，加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校荣休哲学教授，以及索尔克研究所(Salk Institute)的兼职教授，其在神经哲学与心智哲学方面贡献卓著。她的书包括《脑智》(Brain-Wise)、《神经哲学》(Neurophilosophy)等。1991年，她荣获麦克·阿瑟奖。

What is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? In Braintrust, neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality originates in the biology of the brain. She describes the "neurobiological platform of bonding" that, modified by evolutionary pressures and cultural values, has led to human styles of moral behavior. Th...(展开全部)

As new federations take shape and old ones are revived around the world, a difficult challenge is to create incentives for fiscal discipline. A key question is whether a politically-motivated central government can credibly commit not to bail out subnational governments in times of crisis if it funds most of their expenditures. The center can commit when subnational governments...(展开全部)