Nearly four decades ago Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene, famously reducing humans to “survival machines” whose sole purpose was to preserve “the selfish molecules known as genes.” How these selfish genes work together to construct the organism, however, remained a mystery. Standing atop a wealth of new research, The Society of Genes now provides a vision of how genes...(展开全部)

For the first time, Guy Debord's pivotal work Society of the Spectacle appears in a definitive and authoritative English translation. Originally published in France in 1967, Society of the Spectacle offered a set of radically new propositions about the nature of contemporary capitalism and modern culture. At the same time it was one of the most influential theoretical works for...(展开全部)

The Das Kapital of the 20th century. An essential text, and the main theoretical work of the situationists. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960's up to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and ...(展开全部)

居伊·德波于1931年12月28日出生在巴黎。1950年德波开始了与字母主义国际(LI)的交往。1957年字母主义国际与名为包豪斯印象运动国际的艺术家们一起建立了情境主义国际(SI)，德波自任该组织的领袖。 1967年德波出版了他的重要著作《景观社会》，他还于1973年制作了《景观社会》的电影版本(德波称自己是导演)。 他阐发了马克思关于商品拜物教的概念，将其应用在当代大众传媒身上。而关于资本 主义社会中生活已经演变成一种景观的分析，可以看作是对马克思早期异化理论的修正。《景观社会》对1968年的学生运动产生了巨大影响。 1994年居伊·德波在Champot, Upper Loire自杀身亡，此时他刚度过自己63岁生日几周时间。

转载自amazon.com: 　　 　　Marvin Minsky -- one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT -- gives a revolutionary answer to the age-old question: _How does the mind work?_ 　　 　　（马文。明斯基————电脑科学的鼻祖，麻省理工学院的人工智能实验室的创始人之一————在本书里对相传以久的问题，“思维是怎么一回事儿？”，做出了革命性的回答。） 　　 　　Minsky brilliantly portrays the mind as a _society_ of tiny c...(展开全部)

马文·明斯基（Marvin Minsky） 美国国家科学院的成员，美国人工智能学会的前任主席。在人工智能、认知心理学、数学、计算语言学、机器人和光学等诸多领域作出了巨大的贡献。

Edward Shils's attempt to work out a macrosociological theory which does justice both to the spiritual and intellectual dispositions and powers of the mind and to the reality of the larger society is an enterprise that has spanned several decades. In his steps toward the development of this theory he has not proceeded deductively; rather he has worked from his own concrete obse...(展开全部)

爱德华·希尔斯 当代美国杰出的社会学家，社会思想委员会的成员和创始人之一，芝加哥大学知名教授。他长期在英国和美国担任学术职务，并通过翻译、研究和编辑等工作成为联系欧洲和美国社会学思想的重要纽带。

This classic text explores the lives and ideas of the social thinkers who have shaped and continue to forge traditions in sociology. Focusing on the great names in the field, it weaves biographical and conceptual details into a tapestry of the history of social thought of the 19th and 20th centuries. Written in a narrative style that is accessible and exciting, this text serves...(展开全部)