C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man purports to be a book specifically about public education, but its central concerns are broadly political, religious, and philosophical. In the best of the book's three essays, "Men Without Chests," Lewis trains his laser-sharp wit on a mid- century English high school text, considering the ramifications of teaching British students to believe ...(展开全部)

作者C.S.路易斯（1898-1963），20世纪英国一位具有多方面天才的作家。他26岁即登牛津大学教席，被誉为“最伟大的牛津人”。1954年，被剑桥大学聘为中世纪及文艺复兴时期英语文学教授，这个头衔保持到他退休。 他一生完成了三类很不相同的事业，被称为“三个C.S.路易斯”：一是杰出的牛津剑桥大学文学史家和批评家，代表作《牛津英国文学史•16世纪卷》。二是深受欢迎的科学幻想作家和儿童文学作家，代表作“《纳尼亚传奇》七部曲”。三是通俗的基督教神学家和演说家，代表作《返璞归真》、《四种爱》等。他一生著书逾30部，有学术著作、小说、诗集、童话，在全世界拥有庞大的读者群，时至今日他的作品每年还在继续吸引着成千上万的读者。 译者邓军海，1971年生，甘肃人，哲学博士，现供职于天津师范大学中文系。曾在《中国哲学史》、《文艺理论研究》、《南开学报》、《光明日报》...(展开全部)

埃里克·方纳（Eric Foner）是美国哥伦比亚大学德威特·克林顿历史学讲座教授， 当代美国最有影响力的历史学家之一。自1970年发表《自由土地、自由劳动、自由人：内战前共和党的意识形态》起，方纳在美国内战史、重建史、非裔美国人史、政治文化史等领域内著述甚丰，成就斐然，曾两度获得象征美国史学界最高荣誉的班克罗夫特奖，一次获得普利策奖。其重要著作包括：《汤姆．潘恩与革命时期的美国》（1976）、《美国内战时代的政治与意识形态》（1980）、《除了自由一无所有：黑人解放及其遗产》（1983）、《重建：美利坚未完成的革命（1863-1877）》（1988）、《美国自由的故事》（1998）和《谁拥有历史：在变化的世界中重新思考过去》（2002）、《烈火中的考验：亚伯拉罕·林肯与美国奴隶制》（2010）。方纳是美国艺术与科学院院士和英国皇家科学院通讯院士，并...(展开全部)

Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. This is the secret world of the inde...(展开全部)

Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. This is the secret world of the inde...(展开全部)

Our understanding of world history is changing, as new discoveries are made on all the continents and old prejudices are being challenged. In this truly global journey Andrew Marr revisits some of traditional histories, which have tended to be Eurocentric, telling mankind's story through tales of Greece and Rome and the crowned heads of Europe's oldest monarchies. Here he widen...(展开全部)

How did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? And, if the original purpose of marriage was procreation, what exactly is the purpose of marriage for women now? Combining "a scholar's rigo...(展开全部)