The public generally regards the media with suspicion and distrust. Therefore, the media's primary concern is to regain that trust through the production of sincerity. Advancing the field of media studies in a truly innovative way, Boris Groys focuses on the media's affect of sincerity and its manufacture of trust to appease skeptics. Groys identifies forms of media sincerity a...(展开全部)

The public generally regards the media with suspicion and distrust. Therefore, the media's primary concern is to regain that trust through the production of sincerity. Advancing the field of media studies in a truly innovative way, Boris Groys focuses on the media's affect of sincerity and its manufacture of trust to appease skeptics. Groys identifies forms of media sincerity a...(展开全部)

玛丽•安•格伦顿，1938年10月生于马萨诸塞州的皮茨菲尓德，分别于1959年、1961年、1963年取得芝加哥大学文学学士、法学学士（J.D.）和比较法硕士学位。1986年开始任哈佛大学法学教授，1993年起任勒尼德.汉德法学讲席教授（Learned Hand Professor of Law）。研究兴趣主要集中于欧美比较宪法、法理学和国际人权。1998年曾被美国“国家法学”杂志评为“全美最具影响力的50位女性法律人士之一”。2005年获得美国国家艺术奖章。 代表作《比较法律传统》和《权力话语——穷途末路的政治言辞》已经被翻译为中文，本书是她的又一部力作。

In 1984, Ron and Dan Lafferty murdered the wife and infant daughter of their younger brother Allen. The crimes were noteworthy not merely for their brutality but for the brothers' claim that they were acting on direct orders from God. In Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer tells the story of the killers and their crime but also explores the shadowy world of Mormon fundamen...(展开全部)

Jon Krakauer’s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, he shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders. At the core of his book is an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon Fundamentalist brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, who ...(展开全部)

Jon Krakauer s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. In UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN, he shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders. At the core of his book is an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon Fundamentalist brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, who in...(展开全部)

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'Burning the Books is fascinating, thought-provoking and very timely. No one should keep quiet about this library history' IAN HISLOP Opening with the notorious bonfires of 'un-German' and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clear signal of intentions, Burning the Books takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge ...(展开全部)

『著者简介』 理查德•奥文登（Richard Ovenden），毕业于杜伦大学和伦敦大学学院，并在牛津大学贝利奥尔学院担任研究员。他自2014年起任牛津大学博德利图书馆的馆长。在此之前，他曾在杜伦大学图书馆、上议院图书馆、苏格兰国家图书馆和爱丁堡大学任职。他是古文物研究学会和皇家艺术学会的会员，美国哲学学会的成员，还是《摄影师约翰•汤姆森（1837—1921）》的作者。他于2019年英国女王寿辰荣获大英帝国勋章。 『译者简介』 刘佳玥，伦敦大学学院硕士，近代早期研究专业，主要研究方向为英国17世纪女性作者的手稿和出版物。