What is it that makes Nietzsche Nietzsche? In The Shortest Shadow, Alenka Zupancic counters the currently fashionable appropriation of Nietzsche as a philosopher who was "ahead of his time" but whose time has finally come -- the rather patronizing reduction of his often extraordinary statements to mere opinions that we can "share." Zupancic argues that the definitive Nietzschea...(展开全部)

Nietzsche's Philosophy traces the passionate development of Nietzsche's thought from the aestheticism of The Birth of Tragedy through to the late doctrines of the "will to power" and "eternal return."Inspired by the phenomenological method of Edmund Husserl and by the work of Martin Heidegger, Fink exposes the central themes of Nietzsche's philosophy, revealing the philosopher ...(展开全部)

Nietzsche's Philosophy traces the passionate development of Nietzsche's thought from the aestheticism of The Birth of Tragedy through to the late doctrines of the "will to power" and "eternal return."Inspired by the phenomenological method of Edmund Husserl and by the work of Martin Heidegger, Fink exposes the central themes of Nietzsche's philosophy, revealing the philosopher ...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

This text offers a rapid overview of European civilisation, describing its birth from an unlikely mixture of three elements - classical learning, Christianity & German warrior culture. Over the centuries, this unstable blend produced distinctive characters, & its coming apart provided the dynamic of European history in modern times.

【英】詹姆斯•霍斯（James Hawes） 英国小说家、历史学家。 出生于1960年。在牛津大学赫特福德学院学习德语，毕业后在威尔士短暂研习戏剧，而后前往西班牙任英语老师。 1987至1989年，在伦敦大学学院攻读博士学位，研究方向是尼采和德国文学。其后在梅努斯大学、谢菲尔德大学和斯旺西大学担任德语讲师。目前负责布鲁克斯大学创意写作课程。 霍斯出版了6部小说，其中两本被改编为电影剧本。《为英格兰辩护》预言了英国脱欧事件，传记作品《卡夫卡考》引起巨大轰动。《英国佬与德国佬》从全新角度审视19世纪后期英国和德国的关系。 新作《德国极简史》广受好评，一度位列《星期日泰晤士报》大众平装书榜榜单第二名。《经济学家》称之为“必读书”，水石书店将其列为全英月度非虚构类好书。 ------------------- 译者： 舒云亮 浙江宁波人，1982年毕业于...(展开全部)

Five millennia of civilization masterfully condensed into an absorbing, fast-paced narrative of how India became the world’s largest democracy and a rising global power India is an amalgam of customs, races, castes, languages, and spiritual beliefs— woven together throughout the ages into a colossal history. From ancient migrations and the Harappān civilization to Muslim invade...(展开全部)

Far in the future, 60,000 light-years from Earth, a loose confederacy of Terran exiles are locked in battle with the enigmatic Protoss and the ruthless Zerg Swarm. Each species struggles to ensure its own survival among the stars in a war that will herald the beginning of mankind's greatest chapter -- or foretell its violent, bloody end. Bhekar Ro: a bleak, backwater world on...(展开全部)