Hear Lawrence Buell, Michael Sandel, Stanley Cavell, and Wai Chee Dimock speak at the Bicentennial Emerson Forum to be held April 3, 2003 at Harvard University. Read more...

Often dismissed as the rumblings of "the street," popular politics is where political modernity is being formed today, according to Partha Chatterjee. The rise of mass politics all over the world in the twentieth century led to the development of new techniques of governing population groups. On the one hand, the idea of popular sovereignty has gained wide acceptance. On the ot...(展开全部)

帕沙·查特吉(Partha　Chtterjee)生于1947年，印度加尔各答社会科学研究中心(Center　for　Studiesin　Social　Sciences，Calcutta)主任，美国哥伦比亚大学人类学教授。印度“庶民研究”(又称为贱民研究或底层研究)学派的主将，对当代民族主义和殖民主义研究具有创造性的贡献，被誉为印度最重要的批判知识分子，是出生于亚洲同时被第三世界及英美主流学术界广泛认可的重要学者。

亨利·基辛格（Henry Kissinger）哈佛大学博士、教师，美国前国务卿，20世纪美国最著名的外交家、国际问题专家，被称为“美国政坛常青树”。1971年7月，基辛格作为尼克松总统秘密特使访华，为中美建交开启了大门，为中美关系做出了历史性贡献。他与毛泽东、周恩来、邓小平等领导人都有过深入的交往。1973年1月，基辛格在巴黎完成了结束越南战争的谈判，并因此获得诺贝尔和平奖。其主要著作有《论中国》、《大外交》、《白宫岁月》、《复兴年代》等。

Lewis writes here about the difficulties he has met or the joys he has gained in reading the Psalms. He points out that the Psalms are poems, intended to be sung, not doctrinal treatises or sermons. Proceeding with his characteristic grace, he guides readers through both the form and the meaning of these beloved passages in the Bible.

The study of cinematic style has in many ways shaped attitudes towards films. Style assigns films to a tradition, distinguishes a classic and signals the arrival of an innovation. This book aims to show how film scholars have attempted to explain stylistic continuity and change across the history of cinema. The author explores the theories of style launched by Andre Bazin, Noel...(展开全部)

The study of cinematic style has in many ways shaped attitudes towards films. Style assigns films to a tradition, distinguishes a classic and signals the arrival of an innovation. This book aims to show how film scholars have attempted to explain stylistic continuity and change across the history of cinema. The author explores the theories of style launched by Andre Bazin, Noel...(展开全部)

At the start of the 19th century, John James Audubon embarked upon an epic ornithological quest across America with nothing but his artist's materials, an assistant and a gun. Driving him through terrible storms, encounters with ferocious bears and dangerous people, Audubon's all-consuming passion for birds came to define his entire life--but what would the world make of his ex...(展开全部)

拉斯基（Harold Joseph Laski，1893-1950），政治学家，英国工党领导人之一，西方“民主社会主义”重要理论家。拉斯基一生著述三十多部，此外尚有大量的小册子、论文、演讲稿等，内容涉及社会科学许多领域，鼓吹民主社会主义，主张“一步推动，一点一滴改良”的费边主义，反对无产阶级专政。拉斯基在欧美思想界有着重大的影响，被誉为与罗素、林赛并列的英国三大思想领袖之一。 朱曾汶，我国著名翻译家，共计为商务印书馆翻译了包括“汉译世界学术名著丛书”在内的14本专著。