Kant declared that philosophy began in 1781 with his Critique of Pure Reason. In 1806 Hegel announced that it had been completed. Förster assesses the steps that led from Kant’s “beginning” to Hegel’s “end” and concludes that both Kant and Hegel were indeed right. His study reveals Goethe’s significant contribution to post-Kantian thinking. From Amazon.com

Well-known for his photographs of landscapes and suburban housing across the United States, and for his use of luminous color, Todd Hido casts a distinctly cinematic eye across all that he photographs, digging deep into his memory and imagination for inspiration. David Campany introduces the work and looks specifically at Hido’s cinematic influences and the kind of spectatorshi...(展开全部)

Marginalized by the scientific age with its metaphysical and philosophical systems, the lessons of the senses have been overtaken by the dominance of language and the information revolution. Exploring the deleterious effects of the systematic downgrading of the senses in Western philosophy, Michel Serres member of the Acad mie franaise and one of France's leading philosophers t...(展开全部)

格雷尔•马库斯，美国当代著名乐评人、文化研究者、作家。著有《老美国志异》、《唇迹》、《神秘列车》等畅销不衰的音乐文化书籍，并为美国诸多报刊杂志撰写专栏。近年来，他先后在普林斯顿大学、明尼苏达大学和纽约大学等多所院校任教。 关于译者 董楠，自由译者，现任《纽约时报》中文网文化版翻译编辑。译作包括《此地无人生还》、《老美国志异》、《披头士》、《滚吧，生活》、《穿越火焰》等摇滚乐书籍和传记。

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick, an Indie Next Pick, and a LibraryReads Pick • Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by The Washington Post, Bustle, Goodreads, and She Reads Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever. Where ...(展开全部)

海恩斯是美國重要的詩人及散文作家，作品曾多次獲獎，包括兩次「古根漢研究獎」、「國家藝術成就貢獻獎」，以及阿拉斯加政府傑出人文獎。在阿拉斯加理查遜的外圍，海恩斯單純生活了二十五年，擺脫過度人為化的生存方式，進入人與野生世界的交接。在獨自一人度過那麼多的漫漫長夜和安靜的白日之後，他心有感悟的說：「即使是最單純的人，也可能與自己達成妥協，並且開始以一些智慧來理解這個世界了。」(NA002)

In "This Day", Robert Adams observes two kinds of landscapes - that inside his home, including arrangements of nasturtium leaves and apples on the kitchen table, as well as the views outside his window and beyond. The windswept headlands, beach grasses, and felled trees seen by the photographer on his walks are animated by an atmospheric light. Together, these pictures reveal t...(展开全部)

珍妮·H.巴兰坦（Jeanne H.Ballantine），美国俄亥俄州立大学怀特分校社会学教授。主要研究领域是教育社会学、应用社会学、国际研究以及全球女性问题。她在哥伦比皿大学获得硕士学位，在印第安纳大学获得博士学位。曾执教于日本、巴西、西班牙、意大利、卢旺达（富布莱特学者）等多个国家，在中国也做过讲座和研究。她在国际社会学协会、美国社会学协会、应用社会学学会等多个学术组织中担任职务。她学术成果众多，现已出版五本著作（每本都再版多次）并发表大量论文，她曾荣获包括美国社会学协会颁发的“教学杰出贡献奖”在内的许多教学和科研奖项，弗洛伊德M.海默克（Foyd M.Hammack），美国纽约大学斯坦哈特文化学院教育与人类发展系社会学教授。其研究兴趣集中在中等教育改革以及高等教育问题上。近期著作有《当代综合高中》（2004）、《立法及教育权利诉讼之路：纽约和...(展开全部)

珍妮·H.巴兰坦（Jeanne H.Ballantine），美国俄亥俄州立大学怀特分校社会学教授。主要研究领域是教育社会学、应用社会学、国际研究以及全球女性问题。她在哥伦比皿大学获得硕士学位，在印第安纳大学获得博士学位。曾执教于日本、巴西、西班牙、意大利、卢旺达（富布莱特学者）等多个国家，在中国也做过讲座和研究。她在国际社会学协会、美国社会学协会、应用社会学学会等多个学术组织中担任职务。她学术成果众多，现已出版五本著作（每本都再版多次）并发表大量论文，她曾荣获包括美国社会学协会颁发的“教学杰出贡献奖”在内的许多教学和科研奖项，弗洛伊德M.海默克（Foyd M.Hammack），美国纽约大学斯坦哈特文化学院教育与人类发展系社会学教授。其研究兴趣集中在中等教育改革以及高等教育问题上。近期著作有《当代综合高中》（2004）、《立法及教育权利诉讼之路：纽约和...(展开全部)

Comprehensive, contemporary, and cross-cultural in perspective The text integrates important and diverse topics in the field by showing how they are related. The Sociology of Education: A Systematic Analysis provides a sociological analysis of education using several theoretical approaches. The authors include practical applications and current educational iss...(展开全部)