Synopsis Following his profoundly influential study, "Orientalism", Edward Said now examines western culture. From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to media coverage of the Gulf War, "Culture and Imperialism" is a broad, fierce and wonderfully readable account of the roots of imperialism in European culture.

爱德华·W·萨义德（Edward W.Said,1935-2003.9.24），当今世界极具影响力的文学与文化与文化批评家之一。生于耶路撒冷，在英国占领期间就读于埃及开罗的西方学校，接受英式和美式教育，1950年代赴美就学，获哈佛大学博士学位，从1963年起在美国哥伦比亚大学任教，教授英语文学和比较文学，是享有声誉的文学和文化批评家，同时也是乐评家、歌剧鉴赏者、钢琴家。他的乐评、文学评论和他的理论著作一样，学识渊博，兼有清晰明快的行文风格。其主要著作包括《东方学》、《巴勒斯坦问题》、《世界·文本·批评家》《文化与帝国主义》以及《流离失所的政治：巴勒斯坦自决的奋斗》等等。其后发表的自传《乡关何处》亦广受好评。

Synopsis Following his profoundly influential study, "Orientalism", Edward Said now examines western culture. From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to media coverage of the Gulf War, "Culture and Imperialism" is a broad, fierce and wonderfully readable account of the roots of imperialism in European culture.

This full-scale sequential reading of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War will be invaluable to the specialist and also to those in search of an introduction and companion to the "Histories." Moving beyond other studies by its focus on the reader's role in giving meaning to the text, it reveals Thucydides' use of objectivity not so much as standard for the proper prese...(展开全部)

Bukharinas 1919 anticipation of the growth of the internationalization of capital.

J. A. Hobson (1858-1940) was an English economist and early socialist, whose writings on capitalism and industrialism influenced Lenin and Trotsky, and were highly regarded by John Maynard Keynes. Imperialism, published in 1902, is considered his most important work. Employed as a war correspondent by the Manchester Guardian to report on the Second Boer War, he became convinced...(展开全部)

长期以来，史学界流行一种看法：修昔底德是西方史学史上第一位真正具有批判精神的历史学家，他综合探讨了历史因果关系，清晰地认识到经济因素在历史发展中的作用，创方了比较科学的治史原则，是一位真正的“求真者”。但是，康福德的这部著作颠覆了上述理论。该书从探讨伯罗奔尼撒战争的起源入手，通过研究伯罗奔尼撒战争时期雅典的政治事件和政治人物，深入剖析了修昔底德的历史观。作者认为，修昔底德并不像人们通常所认为的那样，是一位彻底的“求真者”。他并不具有现代人的历史因果观念，也不是有意识地分析历史发展中的经济因素。尽管他拥有一种“求真感”，但他的关注点并不在于探索历史规律，而在于探明“人类的行为和动机”，尽管他从理智上抛弃了神话与迷信，但他的思想框架内早已融入了神话观念，他的作品中也渗透了悲剧理论。因此，修昔底德的观念一直徘徊在神话与历史之间，他的《伯罗奔尼撒战争史》实际...(展开全部)

1907. In this essay Cornford strives to emphasize the essentially artistic aspect of Thucydides' work. Contents: Part I. Thucydides Historicus: The Causes of the War; Athenian Parties Before the War; The Megarian Decrees; The Western Policy; Thucydides' Conception of History. Part II. The Luck of Pylos; The Most Violent of the Citizens; Mythistoria and the Drama; Peitho; The Me...(展开全部)