作者简介： 米歇尔•塞尔（Michel Serres, 1930-）法国哲学家，科学史专家。青年时代就读于布雷斯特海军军官学校，曾在海军服役。1952年进巴黎高等师范学校研读数学史，对哲学家巴什拉（Gaston Bachelard）调和诗与科学的思想发生兴趣。1955年通过哲学教师资格考试，1968年提交博士论文《莱布尼兹体系及其数学模型》，获文学博士学位；1969年任索邦大学科学史教授至今；1984年受聘为美国斯坦福大学终身教授；1990年当选法兰西学士院院士。 塞尔精通科学史，对思想史也有独到的研究，且博览群书，文学兴趣浓厚，这些方面的融汇贯通构成了他写作的个人风格。作为哲学家，塞尔著作等身，至今出版各种专著多达五十余部，涉及哲学、科学、文学和历史等领域。哲学上，塞尔将科学引入认识论和社会学领域，为解释当代社会的演变开辟了一条乐观的路径，但他将科...(展开全部)

作者简介： 米歇尔•塞尔（Michel Serres, 1930-）法国哲学家，科学史专家。青年时代就读于布雷斯特海军军官学校，曾在海军服役。1952年进巴黎高等师范学校研读数学史，对哲学家巴什拉（Gaston Bachelard）调和诗与科学的思想发生兴趣。1955年通过哲学教师资格考试，1968年提交博士论文《莱布尼兹体系及其数学模型》，获文学博士学位；1969年任索邦大学科学史教授至今；1984年受聘为美国斯坦福大学终身教授；1990年当选法兰西学士院院士。 塞尔精通科学史，对思想史也有独到的研究，且博览群书，文学兴趣浓厚，这些方面的融汇贯通构成了他写作的个人风格。作为哲学家，塞尔著作等身，至今出版各种专著多达五十余部，涉及哲学、科学、文学和历史等领域。哲学上，塞尔将科学引入认识论和社会学领域，为解释当代社会的演变开辟了一条乐观的路径，但他将科...(展开全部)

'Once in a while a manuscript stops you in your tracks...What we are offered here is no recovering of old ground but a step change in perspectives on "body matters" that is both innovative and of fundamental importance to anyone working on this sociological terrain...This text is groundbreaking and simply has to be read' - Acta Sociologica 'this is Shilling at his creative be...(展开全部)

'Once in a while a manuscript stops you in your tracks...What we are offered here is no recovering of old ground but a step change in perspectives on "body matters" that is both innovative and of fundamental importance to anyone working on this sociological terrain...This text is groundbreaking and simply has to be read' - Acta Sociologica 'this is Shilling at his creative be...(展开全部)

This two-volume encyclopedia addresses the key people, companies, regions, games, systems, institutions, technologies, and theoretical concepts in the world of video games, serving as a unique resource for students. The work comprises over 300 entries from 97 contributors, including Ralph Baer and Nolan Bushnell, founders of the video game industry and some of its earliest game...(展开全部)

In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it--with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and truth.

In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it--with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and truth.

Once considered a mere caretaker for collections, the curator is now widely viewed as a globally connected auteur. Over the last twenty-five years, as international group exhibitions and biennials have become the dominant mode of presenting contemporary art to the public, curatorship has begun to be perceived as a constellation of creative activities not unlike artistic praxis....(展开全部)

Electronic and Experimental Music provides a thorough treatment of the relevant history behind the marriage of technology and music that has led to the state of electronic music today. Drawing widely on innovations from the worlds of classical music, rock and roll, hip hop, popular music, jazz, and modern dance, it covers the chronology of electronic music in separate parts dev...(展开全部)