When first published in 1970, The Uses of Disorder, was a call to arms against the deadening hand of modernist urban planning upon the thriving chaotic city. Written in the aftermath of the 1968 student uprising in the US and Europe, it demands a reimagination of the city and how class, city life and identity combine. Too often, this leads to divisions, such as the middle class...(展开全部)

理查德·桑内特（Richard Sennett，1943— ），当代著名社会学家和思想家，伦敦政治经济学院社会学教授，哥伦比亚大学资本主义与社会中心的高级研究员，曾任纽约大学教授。因其在社会学、城市规划研究等方面的杰出贡献，屡获黑格尔奖、斯宾诺莎奖、格尔达·亨克尔奖和特森诺奖等国际奖项。他的主要著作有：《公共人的衰落》（1977）、《肉体与石头——西方文明中的身体与城市》（1994）、《新资本主义的文化》（2006）、《匠人》（2008）。

理查德·桑内特（Richard Sennett，1943— ），当代著名社会学家和思想家，伦敦政治经济学院社会学教授，哥伦比亚大学资本主义与社会中心的高级研究员，曾任纽约大学教授。因其在社会学、城市规划研究等方面的杰出贡献，屡获黑格尔奖、斯宾诺莎奖、格尔达·亨克尔奖和特森诺奖等国际奖项。他的主要著作有：《公共人的衰落》（1977）、《肉体与石头——西方文明中的身体与城市》（1994）、《新资本主义的文化》（2006）、《匠人》（2008）。

Erik H. Erikson's remarkable insights into the relationship of life history and history began with observations on a central stage of life: identity development in adolescence. This book collects three early papers thatâalong with Childhood and Societyâmany consider the best introduction to Erikson's theories. "Ego Development and Historical Change" is a selection of extensive ...(展开全部)

Erik H. Erickson's remarkable insights into the relationship of life history and history began with observations on a central stage of life: identity development in adolescence. This book collects three early papers that - along with "Childhood and Society" - many consider the best introduction to Erikson's theories.

"X and the City", a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urban life. How do you estimate the number of dental or doctor's offices, gas stations, restaurants, or movie theaters in a city of a given size? How can mathematics be used to maximize traffic flow through tunnels? Can you predict wh...(展开全部)

In these widely praised essays, Calvino reflects on literature as process, the great narrative game in the course of which writer and reader are challenged to understand the world. Calvino himself made the selection of pieces to be included in this volume. Translated by Patrick Creagh. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

斯蒂芬·图尔敏(Stephen E.Toulmin，1922―2009)出生于英国伦敦，1948年在剑桥大学以数理逻辑研究获得博士学位，后长期任教于美国的大学，讲授科学哲学、逻辑学和伦理学课程。他的著述有力地论述了传统形式逻辑的局限性，主张用“实践逻辑”补充形式逻辑的不足，提出了在今天国际逻辑和论证研究中*有影响力的“图尔敏论证模型”。

斯蒂芬·图尔敏(Stephen E.Toulmin，1922―2009)出生于英国伦敦，1948年在剑桥大学以数理逻辑研究获得博士学位，后长期任教于美国的大学，讲授科学哲学、逻辑学和伦理学课程。他的著述有力地论述了传统形式逻辑的局限性，主张用“实践逻辑”补充形式逻辑的不足，提出了在今天国际逻辑和论证研究中*有影响力的“图尔敏论证模型”。