Product Description John Tosh argues we are in danger of missing history's principal contribution, and provides a practical introduction to thinking with history. This text articulates the practical relevance of studying History and its importance in our society today. It capitalizes on the current popularity of history to demonstrate ways in which it can contribute not merely ...(展开全部)

Does history matter? Is it anything more than entertainment? And if so, what practical relevance does it have? In this fully revised second edition of a seminal text, John Tosh persuasively argues that history is central to an informed and critical understanding of topical issues in the present. Including a range of contemporary examples from Brexit to child sexual abuse to the...(展开全部)

“Adam Nicolson writes popular books as popular books used to be, a breeze rather than a scholarly sweat, but humanely erudite, elegantly written, passionately felt…and his excitement is contagious.”—James Wood, The New Yorker Adam Nicolson sees the Iliad and the Odyssey as the foundation myths of Greek—and our—consciousness, collapsing the passage of 4,000 years and making the ...(展开全部)

“Adam Nicolson writes popular books as popular books used to be, a breeze rather than a scholarly sweat, but humanely erudite, elegantly written, passionately felt…and his excitement is contagious.”—James Wood, The New Yorker Adam Nicolson sees the Iliad and the Odyssey as the foundation myths of Greek—and our—consciousness, collapsing the passage of 4,000 years and making the ...(展开全部)

Humanity is at a crossroads. We face mounting inequality, escalating political violence, warring fundamentalisms and an environmental crisis of planetary proportions. How can we fashion a world that has room for everyone, for generations to come? What are the possibilities, in such a world, of collective human life? These are urgent questions, and no discipline is better placed...(展开全部)

People so often focus on the negative aspects of politics, like greed and corruption, but without politics we would be lost. It frames everything we do, and it has the power to bring about real and positive change. Politics, Andrew Gamble reminds us, defeated slavery and secured equal rights for women and minorities. Without savvy and principled politicians and citizens willing...(展开全部)

作者：湯姆‧海登（Tom Hayden） 1939.12.11-，本名托馬斯‧埃米特‧海登（Thomas Emmet Hayden），生於美國密西根州底特律，父母都是愛爾蘭移民的後代。1956年，湯姆·海登進入密西根大學，成為校園報紙《密西根日報》的編輯。他也是學生爭取民主社會（Students for a Democratic Society，SDS）這個學生社團的主要發起者之一，起草〈休倫港宣言〉、推廣「參與式民主」，主張民主社會主義是人類的出路。有人譽之為「改變美國的人」，他與同世代的人都從「古巴革命」得到重要的知識與政治啟發；他大力襄助「經濟研究與行動綱領」計畫，從事民權、動物權、反戰、和平運動從未懈怠，雖然競選加州州長與洛杉磯市長失利，但曾經擔任加州議員多年，撰寫與編輯專書21本，廣泛在美國報章撰寫評論。海登也是美國的進步週刊《國家》（th...(展开全部)

In this comprehensive review of urban ethnography, Steven Lubet encountered a field that relies heavily on anonymous sources, often as reported by a single investigator whose underlying data remain unseen. Upon digging into the details, he discovered too many ethnographic assertions that were dubious, exaggerated, tendentious, or just plain wrong. Employing the tools and techni...(展开全部)

This is a book for scholars of Western philosophy who wish to engage with Buddhist philosophy, or who simply want to extend their philosophical horizons. It is also a book for scholars of Buddhist studies who want to see how Buddhist theory articulates with contemporary philosophy. Engaging Buddhism: Why it Matters to Philosophy articulates the basic metaphysical framework comm...(展开全部)