In three parts, Jameson presents the postmodern problem of Utopia, attempting to diagnose the cultural present and to open a perspective on the future of a world that is all but impossible to predict with any certainty -- "a telling of the future," as Jameson calls it, "with an imperfect deck."

In three parts, Jameson presents the postmodern problem of Utopia, attempting to diagnose the cultural present and to open a perspective on the future of a world that is all but impossible to predict with any certainty -- "a telling of the future," as Jameson calls it, "with an imperfect deck."

Long considered the foremost American Marxist theorist, Fredric Jameson continues his investigation of postmodernism under late capitalism in The Seeds of Time. In three parts Jameson presents the problem of Utopia, attempting to diagnose the cultural present and to open a perspective on the future of a world that is all but impossible to predict with any certainty - "a telling...(展开全部)

全球畅销书作家杰弗里•M.史密斯（Jeffrey M. Smith）是说明转基因生物产品健康危害的首席代言人，“基因免费学校”运动的发起人，“负责的技术”研究所的执行主席，电视栏目《儿童食品的安全隐患》和纪录片《转基因生物三部曲》的独立制作人。1998年，为了让公众更好地认识到转基因农作物对健康和环境的危害性，他参加了美国议员竞选，成为美国国会转基因食品市场监测实验室的副主席。2003年，他写了第一本有关转基因食物的书《种子的欺骗》，阐述转基因食物严重而未知的副作用。该书以其令全球敬仰的专业研究和与读者充满魅力的交流风格吸引了公众的目光，成为有关转基因食物健康风险方面的全球最畅销书，并被认为能激发消费者改变购物习惯，转而购买更安全的非转基因食物。2007年，他又在新书《转基因赌局》中，揭露了有关转基因生物安全性试验的内部文件，再次引起读者的共鸣。 ...(展开全部)

We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life, supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee beans help fuel the Enlightenment, and cottonseed help spark the Industrial Revol...(展开全部)

雅克•德里达（1930—2004），20世纪后半期最重要的法国哲学家之一，曾任教于巴黎高等师范学校、巴黎社会科学高等研究院、加州大学人文学院等，并创建国际哲学学院。他开创了解构的思想方法，成为后结构主义的主要代表，其理论动摇了传统人文科学的基础，也是各种后现代思潮最重要的理论起点之一。20世纪90年代前后，德里达越来越关注当代政治和伦理论题，在研讨班和著作中进行更富有现实意味的解构实践，引起了广泛持久的探讨和争论。 王钦，毕业于美国纽约大学比较文学系，哲学博士，现为北京大学国际批评理论研究中心博士后。译著有《新自由主义简史》、《根本恶》（合译）、《野性唯物主义》（主译）等。

Begun while the author was imprisoned in a German concentration camp, this extraordinary and profound novel is widely regarded as one of the great works of 20th-century modernism. A work that is part historical novel and part prose poem, it recreates the last 18 hours on the life of Virgil, author of the Aeneid, and the squalor and splendor of imperial Rome.

In this impassioned critique of America's growing disengagement from civic life and ideals, Drum Major Institute Executive Director Andrea Batista Schlesinger dissects the forcible erosion of our youngest generation's capacity for inquiry and provides recommendations.

Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie - man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nat...(展开全部)