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It takes the image of the \"Ghost Mother\" in the legend of Daliang Mountain as the starting point, integrates the social changes in the 1930s, and makes an imaginative description of the life conditions in Daliang Mountain a hundred years ago.\u003cbr\u003e ◎He is Tieha, and also Feng Shihai; he is a Han Chinese from the border area, and also a slave who escaped after being trapped in the Yi area for fifteen years.\u003cbr\u003e How does he face his rootlessness in troubled times? Is it possible for a person, after being tossed aside by fate, to regain the meaning of life through the imagination of \"hope\"?\u003cbr\u003e ◎A story is not only a narration, but also the story of the narrator. If one day we lose literature, those unknown people in history, and their feelings and stories, will most likely return to permanent silence.\u003cbr\u003e The mute things from the past will not disappear. They begin mutely, then grow louder, merging into different voices until they shatter, but as time passes, those fragments will remain, entering the future. If the mute things of the past are polished by the power of humanity in desperate situations, they will not disappear.\u003cbr\u003e …\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: \u003cbr\u003eFor centuries, in the mountains of Simigahuo, in the high pastures and vast forests, in eagle-nest houses and beside fire pits, there have lived these black people who call themselves Nuosu. They call themselves \"people from the center of the earth.\"\u003cbr\u003e In the 1930s, in the Daliang Mountains, a slave named Tieha decided to escape. From Simigahuo to Shanlinggang, he witnessed the continuous decline of the mountains and the world. \"Guardian\" Enza gradually lost himself in the cycle of lucidity and delusion. 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How have women fought until now? And how should they continue to fight?\n◎ How should work, marriage, parenting, and other issues be viewed from a feminist perspective?\n——————\n【Editor's Recommendation】\n※ Ueno Chizuko became a celebrity scholar and writer after her 2019 University of Tokyo entrance ceremony speech, \"The Society Awaiting You Is One Where Effort Does Not Guarantee Reward,\" sparked widespread discussion. This book is her highly anticipated new work, following the publication of \"Hatred of Women\" and \"Patriarchy and Capitalism\" in China.\n※ This book is also Ueno Chizuko's first popular feminism book aimed at general readers. Unlike her more abstruse academic works, this book uses humorous, straightforward, and easy-to-understand language. 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Away from public view, prison guards, slaughterhouse workers, and drone operators perform society's \"dirty work.\" This book challenges public reflection on inequality at work by revealing how we are all implicated in the dirty work we outsource to others. \u003cbr\u003e—Michael Sandel, author of The Arrogance of the Elites “Dirty Work” is disturbing and necessary… Dirty Work exposes ugliness on nearly every page, yet its author nonetheless asks us to set aside our cynicism and pessimism and join him in finding ways to strengthen the moral bonds between us.\u003cbr\u003e —The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e It is not rose-colored glasses that prevent a clear understanding of the real situation; it is the gold-rimmed glasses of elite arrogance that blind the privileged and make them turn a blind eye to the lower classes of the population.\u003cbr\u003e ——American Scholar\u003cbr\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e 【Content Introduction】 \u003cbr\u003eWhy do some jobs, though both unethical and dishonorable, still attract so many people? 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In this challenging academic job market, Leaving Academia helps graduate students and scholars in any academic field find fulfilling careers outside of higher education. Concise and practical, this book offers valuable advice for visiting and adjunct lecturers seeking new opportunities, scholars caught in the \"tenure trap,\" graduate students interested in non-academic careers, and scholars hoping to more effectively support students and colleagues in temporary positions. \u003cbr\u003eAfter earning a doctorate in classics from the University of Virginia and working as an assistant professor at Tulane University, Christopher Catlin ultimately decided to leave academia and land a job at a global consulting firm. 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For many frustrated by the competition for fewer and fewer permanent jobs, the professorship, once a passionate calling, is no longer viable. Many humanists are forced to look elsewhere for reasonable salaries, health insurance, geographic stability, and professional dignity. This book helps us face this reality and adapt to this new normal. And importantly, Catlin offers advice on managing fear and shame, nurturing the grief that accompanies the loss of our sense of self as scholars.\u003cbr\u003e —Yan Slobodkin (Postdoctoral Fellow, SIFK Center, University of Chicago) \u003cbr\u003eI loved this book so much that I bought it for a loved one. Some of the advice in this book is particularly helpful for academics transitioning into (or returning to) industry or corporate settings. I also found it useful for: 1) affirming that there is life outside of academia; and 2) providing practical steps for leaving academia—from replanning or publishing a project to conducting informational interviews. I was particularly inspired by the inspiring interview advice, and even though I wasn't quite sure what would happen next, I've already started doing it.\u003cbr\u003e —Amazon Reader This book should be an eye-opener for junior researchers and doctoral students, and I recommend it for early graduate school reading. Leaving Academia can help readers prepare for possible career changes in the future. \u003cbr\u003e—Eric Walczak, London School of Economics Book Review The prospect of leaving the ivory tower for a new career has never been so accessible, nor so appealing. Each chapter of this guide is packed with practical, actionable information, underpinned by Catlin's compelling story of personal reinvention. 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This compelling narrative for thriving careers outside of academia is highly relevant to graduate students and PhDs in the humanities, arts, social sciences, and sciences.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Dr. John Paulas, President of PhD Matters Ltd. I'm a social science scholar who's considering leaving academia. Like many of us, I have absolutely no idea how to adapt my skills to a new job outside of academia. This book is fantastic, and it really opens up new possibilities through its practical examples of real people who have transitioned out of academia. However, I think the most useful part of the book for me is definitely how it helps you identify the many skills you possess as an academic (often without even realizing you have them) and, crucially, how to market them and apply them in another context. This made the book even more interesting to me, as it comes from an academic who doesn't specialize in a field that's easily transferable to the private sector. I recommend this book to anyone considering leaving academia, especially if they feel their skills are \"unmarketable\" or unapproachable!\u003cbr\u003e —Amazon Reader","brand":"华东师范大学出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Other","offer_id":46127531229423,"sku":"9787576040005","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1OyS0xSYlon4430WrILqe9aXoGzEFWueW_dde59d79-71dd-4785-acf4-9987142ceed8.jpg?v=1734596245"},{"product_id":"我的母亲做保洁-9787545219869","title":"My mother is a cleaner","description":"★★\"My Mother, the Cleaner\" selected as one of the \"2024 China Good Books\"; on CCTV's Spring 2024 Reading Selection List, won \"China Good Books\" for January-February 2024; author Zhang Xiaoman won the Dao Feng Book Award - 2023 Non-Fiction Author, won Douban's 2024 Work of the Year \u0026 Douban's 2024 Chinese Literature (Non-Fiction); won the 2023 Shenzhen Reading Month's \"Top Ten Laborer Literary Good Books - Non-Fiction List\" Annual Top Ten Good Books, \"Nandu 2023 Top Ten Good Books\", Sohu Culture's 2023 Good Books Selection \"Book of the Year\", Asia Weekly's 2023 Global Chinese Top Ten Good Books (Non-Fiction), \"Jing Bao Deep-Hong Kong Book Review\" 2023 Top Ten Good Books - Non-Fiction, Tencent Good Books 2023 Top Ten Good Books.\u003cbr\u003e【Editor's Recommendations】：\u003cbr\u003e★The obscured daily lives of cleaners under the operation of the urban giant\u003cbr\u003eWho maintains the \"dignity\" and \"cleanliness\" of a super city? This is a group of migrant workers who fill their extra-long working hours with physical labor. They seek their living space in the all-inclusive city of Shenzhen, coexisting with dirt and garbage, supporting the city's civilization's endless pursuit of tidiness and detail. Author Zhang Xiaoman's mother is one of these urban cleaners. Their initial reasons for settling in the city are so similar, and their life journeys are closely tied to the trajectory of societal development. They seek out their niches in Shenzhen, have their own social circles, know how to find opportunities, are very clear about their status in the overall class hierarchy, and speak of their work in a self-deprecating tone. They are a large group, yet they are always on the fringes of urban life; the city's \"tidiness,\" \"comfort,\" and \"convenience\" are almost unrelated to them. The essence of their destiny, however, also mirrors that of most of us.\u003cbr\u003e★Mother and Daughter, \"Blue\" and \"White,\" the rift and fusion of two generations\u003cbr\u003eWhen her mother became an urban cleaner, \"I\" and my mother lived together again. My mother observed \"my\" life with a critical eye, and \"I\" responded fiercely. But \"I\" loved my mother and wanted to understand her even more. \"I\" tried to understand her by starting with understanding her cleaning work in a super mall. My mother then brought back very specific and vivid daily sketches of the cleaner community to \"me,\" and mother and daughter together pieced together the living conditions of this group. My mother was a blue-collar worker who did physical labor all her life, while \"I\" was a white-collar worker who seemingly entered the \"decent class,\" which my mother always took pride in. As mother and daughter documented the stories of the cleaner community, \"I\" was able to look back at my origins and increasingly felt that many of my seemingly diligent actions and seemingly connected circles were actually vulnerable. \"I,\" like my mother and the cleaners, was someone who couldn't break free; we shared common origins. And in this process, my mother sadly realized that her children, who studied hard to succeed, ultimately just barely maintained a screw-like job in urban life, and with a slight mishap, could also slip out of \"mainstream life.\" Through the stories of the cleaner community, perhaps we can also reflect on our own situations and lives. As for \"me\" and my mother, a true understanding between the two generations may never be reached, but the process of documenting and writing about my mother's life made \"me\" and my mother trust and support each other more than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e★Jointly recommended by Liang Hong, Chen Nianxi, and Huang Deng!\u003cbr\u003e【Synopsis】：In 2020, my 52-year-old mother came from a rural area in southern Shaanxi to work in Shenzhen. After living independently for over ten years, \"I\" reunited with my mother in Shenzhen, living under the same roof again. We argued in our cramped room; my mother disapproved of \"my\" spending habits, and \"I\" found my mother's living habits unbearable. We were deeply entangled in a relationship of mutual involvement, burden, and dependence. However, we loved each other, and \"I\" knew my mother's weakness was her unconditional love for me. 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It provides rich exercises for cultivating ethnographers, and the story about \"Chekhov as an ethnographer\" is a pleasant surprise. \u003cbr\u003e—Ronato Rosaldo, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at New York University, author of The Ilonggo Headhunters Narayan’s writing sparkles with all the brilliance of Chekhov’s work—succinctness, precision, boldness, a desire to tell things as they are, and interspersed with love, humor, and an unwavering curiosity about what makes humans so interesting.\u003cbr\u003e —Ruth Behar, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan Ethnographers will find solace in this book, a haven from loneliness and suffering. This guide, written by one of the most distinguished ethnographers, offers readers a one-on-one writing workshop. It's captivating, therapeutic, and incredibly practical. The author's mother, a keen reader, once told her, \"A lot of people I know have no problem continuing to write. 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Author Solomon Malka travels through time and space, tracing Levinas's life: from his childhood in the small Lithuanian town of Kaunas to pre-war Paris and the Nazi concentration camps; from Davos to Leuven, from the Vatican to Tel Aviv; from the corridors of the Eastern Israel Normal School to the lecture halls of the Sorbonne; from his obscurity and solitary labor to his global recognition. \u003cbr\u003eThis book depicts the life of Levinas, tracing the key figures who intertwined his life: his close friends Maurice Blanchot and Jean Wahl, his mentor, Mr. Choshani; his significant influences, Husserl, Heidegger, and Rosenzweig; and his interlocutors, Paul Ricoeur, Jacques Derrida, and Pope John Paul II. This biography offers a unique glimpse into the 20th century. Its strength lies in its full exploration of Levinas's Jewishness and its faithful presentation of the balance he struck between his identity as a philosopher and his Jewishness. This is the key to understanding Levinas.\u003cbr\u003e Editor's Recommendation: Emmanuel Levinas was a renowned 20th-century French philosopher and Jewish thinker. A survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, his experience profoundly influenced his thought. Western and Jewish coexist in this philosopher who explored the \"other.\" \u003cbr\u003eThis biography, by Solomon Malka, has studied with Levinas since his youth. After Levinas's death in 1995, Malka spent five years preparing this biography. This book comprehensively chronicles Levinas's life and intellectual development, from his birth in Eastern Europe to his studies in France and Germany and his rise to fame in France.\u003cbr\u003e Levinas is both a quintessential 20th-century French philosopher, developing a series of important philosophical concepts such as being, having, and the other. He is also a 100% Jewish thinker, whose unique Jewish cultural way of thinking and living permeated his life. This book faithfully recreates Levinas's dual nature, focusing on both the brilliance of the Talmud and Socratic philosophical speculation.\u003cbr\u003e This book belongs to the \"Mnemosyne\" series of Cogito.\u003cbr\u003e ◎ The industry recommends that my thoughts benefit from three people: Heidegger, Blanchot, and Levinas. \u003cbr\u003e—Jacques Derrida I really appreciated and understood all those great pages in Totality and Infinity about the family. … Before Derrida, only Levinas had spoken about it in this way.\u003cbr\u003e While Paul Ricoeur's philosophy is often a decontextualized intellectual enterprise, Levinas's philosophy needs to be re-contextualized within his life to be better understood. Insomnia, ennui, escape, responsibility, and hostages—a series of thought-provoking philosophical concepts—need to be activated through lived experience. As Levinas said, we cannot separate the message we receive from the face of our essential interlocutor. Solomon Malka's biography presents us with a vivid portrayal of Levinas as his interlocutor.\u003cbr\u003e ——Sun Xiangchen (Dean of the School of Philosophy, Fudan University) \u003cbr\u003eThis biography weaves together the author's memories of Levinas, interviews with his family and friends, and visits to the \"places\" of his life... These constitute Levinas's \"traces.\" Through these \"traces,\" we simultaneously draw closer to Levinas, yet at the same time, he becomes even more unfamiliar to us. We witness his ordinary yet sacred daily life, which both helps us understand his thought and seems even more distant than his thought. Through these \"traces,\" we are both close to him and far away from him, precisely the \"closeness\" that Levinas articulates: Levinas is both the object of understanding and remains the Other.\u003cbr\u003e —Wang Jiajun (Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, East China Normal University)\u003cbr\u003e Mencius once said, \"Is it possible to praise his poems and read his books without knowing the man?\" This is especially true of Levinas: his philosophy is inextricably linked to the education and suffering he endured as a Jew. This biography allows us to more truly \"know the man,\" thereby better enabling us to \"read his books\" and immerse ourselves in his thoughts.\u003cbr\u003e ——Zhu Gang (Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University) \u003cbr\u003eAs a philosopher, Levinas consistently rejected the separation of what is said from the act of saying it. This means that a person's words should be witnessed by their actions and life. Otherwise, all lofty rhetoric and scholarly truths are nothing but deceptive rhetoric. This biography captivates us. It not only records the traces of Levinas's life but also bears witness to his philosophy. In this era of overflowing speech and thought, we are naturally concerned to see whether these gripping arguments can be witnessed by the actions and lives of those who speak them.\u003cbr\u003e ——Liu Wenjin (Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, East China Normal University)\u003cbr\u003e Faced with the human dilemma wrought by the Holocaust, Levinas, a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, proposed ethics as \"first philosophy.\" In his interpretation of Jewish classics, he endowed ethics with a sacredness that transcended all religious concepts. 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The other that attracts the self and is desired by the self has nowhere to reside.\u003cbr\u003e This is a society without love.\u003cbr\u003e The death of eros is the death of self-reflection.\u003cbr\u003e ---------------\u003cbr\u003e Han Bingzhe's Works Series (Produced by Jianshi Chengbang)\u003cbr\u003e Spiritual Politics\u003cbr\u003e Psychopolitik\u003cbr\u003e Death of Eros\u003cbr\u003e Agonie des Eros\u003cbr\u003e In the Group\u003cbr\u003e Im Schwarm\u003cbr\u003e The Disappearance of the Other\u003cbr\u003e Die Austreibung des Anderen\u003cbr\u003e \"Weary Society\"\u003cbr\u003e Müdigkeitsgesellschaft\u003cbr\u003e What is Entertainment?\u003cbr\u003e Gute Unterhaltung\u003cbr\u003e Brute Force Topology\u003cbr\u003e Topologie der Gewalt\u003cbr\u003e Transparent Society\u003cbr\u003e Transparenzgesellschaft\u003cbr\u003e The Redemption of Beauty\u003cbr\u003e Die Errettung des Schönen\u003cbr\u003e -------------\u003cbr\u003e 【Editor's Recommendation】 \u003cbr\u003e(1) Han Bingzhe is hailed as \"a rising star in German philosophy.\" Beyond academic philosophical research, he returns to the humanistic and critical traditions of philosophy, pioneering a new realm of philosophical writing and examining the real world and the human mind in the digital media age.\u003cbr\u003e (2) Han Bingzhe possesses both the romantic temperament of Koreans and the rational critical spirit of the German philosophical tradition. He has a profound insight into contemporary society and sharp judgments, while his inner spiritual pursuit is a quiet, contemplative, and aesthetically meaningful life.\u003cbr\u003e (3) The writing style is like a philosophical essay, which is good at thinking and good at expressing. Han Bingzhe's works are concise, light, clear and readable. The carefulness, meticulousness and sharpness of the Chinese translators have also greatly enhanced the Chinese version.\u003cbr\u003e (4) French philosopher Alain Badiou wrote the preface to his The Death of Eros. Han Bingzhe has had a great influence in Europe and the United States, and his works have been translated into nearly 20 languages. Many scholars, including Badiou, have responded to and praised Han Bingzhe. \u003cbr\u003e(5) He quickly found like-minded people in the domestic academic community. Many prominent figures from the fields of philosophy, art, literature, communication, and IT responded positively and highly praised Han Bingzhe and his works.\u003cbr\u003e (6) The Han Bingzhe series consists of nine books, including the author's major and representative works, reflecting the author's comprehensive attention and reflection on the social conditions and individual minds in the digital media era. All books will be published in July 2019.\u003cbr\u003e (7) A tragic inquiry and in-depth analysis of the death of love in the digital media era!\u003cbr\u003e The rapid development of contemporary digital media has profoundly altered our communication and emotional patterns. Our understanding of and desire for Eros is no longer as straightforward as it was in ancient Greece. In an increasingly narcissistic and homogenized society, people seek Eros but suffer from loneliness and a loss of spiritual imagination and creativity. The author analyzes and reveals the root causes and essence of this dilemma, urging people to bravely deny themselves, affirm others, rebuild their imagination, and reshape Eros.\u003cbr\u003e -------------\u003cbr\u003e 【Expert Comments】 \u003cbr\u003eReading Han Bingzhe's work is an enjoyable experience full of talent and wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e - Alain Badiou, French philosopher Han Bingzhe belongs to this category of philosophers. Before them, no one sought to change the world, or even fully realized the necessity of such change.\u003cbr\u003e —Inside Higher Ed\u003cbr\u003e Han Bingzhe reveals that in the era of big data, critical theory will and must regroup.\u003cbr\u003e —Will Davies\u003cbr\u003e The complex phenomena formed in the era of big data require new philosophical thinking and framework. Han Bingzhe's several books can be regarded as the most sensitive and sharpest detectors of the times and are a guide to philosophical criticism in the era of big data.\u003cbr\u003e ——Si Yu, freelance writer German philosopher Han Bingzhe's several short books, which make light of important matters while making big ones big, touch upon multiple aspects of modern people's lives. They are the crystallization of the collision of Eastern and Western humanistic spirits and have entered the hearts of readers. \u003cbr\u003e—He Daokuan, translator, and professor of English and communication at Shenzhen University. In the poetry of Mr. Mu Xin, \"time was slow,\" and \"a lifetime was only enough to love one person.\" In our own age, life is much faster, allowing for the possibility of loving many people. Yet, in reality, \"love\" has disappeared. It's so readily available, yet so elusive, so rare it's almost impossible to find. It's so readily available because love has long become a personal consumer commodity, and so elusive because few are willing to sacrifice themselves for love and discover the existence of others.\u003cbr\u003e —Zhang Zhiwei, Professor Han Bingzhe of the School of Philosophy at Renmin University of China, this thoughtful scholar, trained in German philosophy and steeped in Korean culture, has awakened our long-dead erotic capacities. Individualism once deconstructed the collectively ecstatic discourse of power, but it has also brought about a crisis of modern emotional connection. The self and the other exist through mutual concessions. See how the author critiques and reconstructs the interpersonal relationship. Will this philosophically embedded wisdom, coupled with a direct confrontation with reality, usher in a new era of brainstorming? \u003cbr\u003e—Lin Guanghua, Associate Professor, School of Chinese Studies, Renmin University of China. Desire guides the soul's ascent. \"The Death of Desire\" is a deafening roar! Han Bingzhe's philosophical reflections are imbued with spirituality and sharpness. In a consumer society, who is truly consuming what? Desire is shackled, disguised as sexual desire; consumption stimulates, and the mind pays the bill. \"The Death of Desire\" is both excellent in its original and translated form, and deserves careful reading. \u003cbr\u003e—Jia Kefang, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northwest Normal University. Han Bingzhe is a psychoanalyst of the internet age. His precise and dispassionate diagnosis reveals that technological advances such as smartphones, social media, big data, and the Internet of Things all demonstrate the neoliberal order's comprehensive domination of human life. Capitalism, a form of freedom ostensibly coined as freedom, has long since become a political-economic-cultural-technological conglomerate. It no longer maintains its ideological dominance through physical coercion or mental control, but instead permeates every corner of our psyche. Senses, emotions, and desires are all exploited by the neoliberal production-consumption mechanism, forcing us to surrender our freedom without even realizing it has been lost. This is what Han Bingzhe means by \"spiritual politics.\" Within this ruling order, we actively regulate ourselves according to the competitive standards of a meritocracy, thus falling into a spiral of depression. We project our erotic desires onto various forms of sensory consumption, thus experiencing the powerlessness of love. We immerse ourselves in the cacophony of social media discourse, unable to form any unified collective action to control it. Han Bingzhe uses concise and powerful words to engage in a collision of ideas with Foucault, Adorno, Levinas, and Agamben, revealing the serious crisis of this era. \u003cbr\u003e—Yang Xiaogang, Associate Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University","brand":"中信出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46242037235951,"sku":"9787508697086","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1TELO8AIyiBcmwzH5bv9uro078C71yY34.jpg?v=1738967235"},{"product_id":"李泽厚-中国思想史论-三书-9787108076267","title":"Li Zehou's three books on the history of Chinese thought","description":"Since the reform and opening up, the figure who has had a pervasive influence on Chinese thought and culture, a figure who can be called a \"spiritual mentor,\" is none other than Mr. Li Zehou. From his \"philosophy of subjectivity\" to his \"ontology of emotion,\" from his \"theory of accumulation\" and \"Western form with Chinese application\" to his \"farewell to revolution\" and \"practical rationality,\" Mr. Li Zehou was not only a major thinker during the \"New Enlightenment\" of the 1980s and the soul of the \"cultural fever\" and \"aesthetics fever,\" but his reflections and statements in his later years remain profound, wise, and vibrant, making him an indispensable chapter in the history of contemporary Chinese thought. \u003cbr\u003eSince the late 1980s, Sanlian Bookstore has published a series of works by Mr. Li Zehou, including \"Going My Own Way\" (1986), \"Marxism in China\" (1988), and \"Four Lectures on Aesthetics\" (1989). In 2003, at Mr. Li's suggestion, Sanlian Bookstore combined his \"Historical Ontology\" and \"Five Essays on the Year of Jimao\" into a single volume, which he had previously titled \"Cross-Century Book.\" Subsequently, Sanlian Bookstore released \"A Modern Reading of the Analects\" (2004) and \"Practical Reason and Aesthetic Culture\" (2005), with the former selling over 100,000 copies. In 2008, Sanlian published ten volumes of the \"Li Zehou Collection,\" including \"Critique of Critical Philosophy: Commentary on Kant (Revised Sixth Edition),\" \"The Process of Beauty,\" \"Chinese Aesthetics: Four Lectures on Aesthetics (Revised Edition),\" \"A History of Ancient Chinese Thought,\" \"A History of Modern Chinese Thought,\" \"A History of Contemporary Chinese Thought,\" \"A Contemporary Reading of the Analects,\" \"The Ontology of History: Five Essays on the Year of Jimao (Revised Edition),\" \"Practical Reason and Aesthetic Culture,\" and \"Miscellaneous Writings.\" These volumes presented Li Zehou's philosophical system to readers in mainland China in a relatively comprehensive and integrated manner for the first time. This year, Sanlian reassembled his three volumes of \"A History of Chinese Thought,\" which explore the evolution of Chinese thought. The best way to honor a thinker is to continually reread his works, reflect on the propositions he raised, and, through dialogue and debate, allow his ideas to remain alive in the present and inspire the future. \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cbr\u003e Li Zehou's three most famous books on the history of Chinese thought provided a paradigm shift in the study of Chinese thought and culture under the new enlightenment trend in the 1980s, and had a profound impact on China's ideological emancipation since the reform and opening up.\u003cbr\u003e These three books chart the evolution of Chinese thought over a vast chronological span. Beginning with Confucius's philosophy of benevolence, they explore various currents of thought, schools, and figures from the pre-Qin period to the Ming and Qing dynasties, constructing the cultural and psychological structure of the Chinese nation. Moving from ancient times to the present, from the perspectives of revolution and reform, they meticulously analyze the currents of thought and figures from the Taiping Rebellion to the Xinhai Revolution. They also recount how Chinese intellectuals since the May Fourth Movement have sought a path forward amidst the dual dynamics of \"national salvation and enlightenment.\"\u003cbr\u003e Li Zehou embodies the \"problem of China's modernization\" in his discussion of the grand history of thought. He engages history with thought, grounded in historical consciousness, and explores the spiritual aspirations of the Chinese people, \"the unity of past and present.\" He has proposed a series of widely influential propositions, such as \"the shamanistic tradition of history,\" \"practical rationality,\" \"musical culture,\" \"national salvation trumps enlightenment,\" and \"Western forms and Chinese applications.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe history of Chinese thought I discuss focuses on major currents, not on searching for unusual and unusual ideas; it prioritizes figures who truly represent the times, not an all-encompassing approach. Without emphasizing currents of thought, it's impossible to understand the status and significance of individual thinkers; and without deeply analyzing major representative figures, it's difficult to grasp the specific depths of the intellectual trends of the era. Sometimes, even the depth of an entire era's intellectual trends is less than that of a single thinker. This is the contingency of intellectual history. The significance and value of thinkers and philosophers lies precisely in this: they uniquely and profoundly reflect and grasp the pulse of the times. Therefore, intellectual trends and representative figures should be discussed together and in a unified way.\u003cbr\u003e ——Li Zehou","brand":"生活.读书.新知三联书店","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46242037760239,"sku":"9787108076267","price":94.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1enf7V5F6WFszzwV4F6Ljsl-huZSvwQN0.jpg?v=1738967255"},{"product_id":"时间与他者-9787535494597","title":"Time and Others","description":"-Editor's Recommendation-\u003cbr\u003e ★★Collection of lecture notes × clear and easy to read★★\u003cbr\u003e This book is compiled from the shorthand transcripts of Emmanuel Levinas' series of lectures on \"Time and the Other\" at the Faculty of Philosophy from 1946 to 1947. It has rare clarity and readability, and can be said to be Levinas's most readable work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★★Thought transition × representative works★★ \u003cbr\u003eThis book not only continues the discussion of \"From Being to Beings\" published in 1947, but also previews the key ideas of \"Totality and Infinity\" published in 1961. It is a transition between these two important works, outlining a coherent line of ideological development, and is recognized as the author's representative work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★★One goal × four topics★★\u003cbr\u003e This book presents the goal of the lecture series—time is not the behavior of an isolated and single subject, but the relationship between the subject and others—and develops four progressive topics around this goal:\u003cbr\u003e (1) Existential loneliness (2) Enjoyment and transcendence in everyday life (3) The absolute alterity of death and the relationship between time and the other it reveals (4) Eros and reproduction as another relationship between time and the other, and their victory over death\u003cbr\u003e -Introduction- \u003cbr\u003eThis book, developed from four lectures by Levinas, serves as a transition between his two major works from his early and middle periods, From Being to Existents and Totality and Infinity. In this book, Levinas further elaborates on the generation of time in relation to others, the idea that temporality is social relations itself, already evident in From Being to Existents. While Levinas's ideas are profound and his language difficult, this book is very systematic in structure and its logical progression is very clear. Compared to his other works, this is one of the best choices for beginners.","brand":"长江文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46242037858543,"sku":"9787535494597","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1sehunzdLe6MhqqsujjHV6URU22a8131k.jpg?v=1738967258"},{"product_id":"鲍德里亚访谈录-9787208176065","title":"Interviews with Baudrillard","description":"Jean Baudrillard is a world-renowned postmodern theorist. But with interviewers and audiences, he also became a brilliant speaker, passionately and thoughtfully sharing his views on theory, reality, and life. This book, collected for the first time, features 25 interviews covering his entire career, spanning four decades from 1968 to 2008. These interviews cover a wide range of topics, from major works such as The Consumer Society, Fatal Strategies, On Seduction, and Simulacra to his diverse life experiences, including his academic career, travels to the United States, and photographic practice, and even his responses to contemporary issues such as terrorism. This book offers not only a glimpse into the full scope of this scholar's intellectual career, but also a chance to engage in conversation with a sincere and insightful old friend. These interviews, published in newspapers, magazines, and journals worldwide, are perhaps the world's most valuable and vivid collection of Baudrillard's thoughts.\u003cbr\u003e — About this book —\u003cbr\u003e ☆It is an interview, but also a life travelogue☆25 sincere and profound interviews, 40 years of critical and pursuing life - About the author Jean Baudrillard - \u003cbr\u003e☆A master of social thought, a pastor of postmodernism, an intellectual terrorist☆A son of the mountains with a peasant soul, a sought-after academic star, a wanderer on a journey☆A profound and calm critic, a sincere and humorous interviewee, a traveler on the long river of life - Editor's Recommendation -\u003cbr\u003e Baudrillard is not only a profound and calm critic, but also a sincere and humorous interviewee, and a passenger on the long river of life.\u003cbr\u003e As a critic, he is well known: he employs concepts like simulacrum, simulation, and seduction to expose the virtuality, indifference, and emptiness that follow the disappearance of reality in the postmodern world. When we lose our unique identity and our sense of agency, he uses this indifference and emptiness as a strategy to allow the emergence of truly operational forms. This is his unique optimism. \u003cbr\u003eAs the son of a farmer, he inherited a lazy and rebellious streak. He didn't follow a traditional academic path, rejecting the role and stance of an intellectual within the academy. He began to explore cross-disciplinary fields, dabbling in photography, and, thanks to a spiritual journey, rose to fame across the Pacific, becoming a sensational cultural icon. \"At twenty, I was a patriot, at forty a utopian, at fifty, I crossed boundaries, and at sixty, I became viral and tropistic. That's my entire story.\"\u003cbr\u003e This postmodern master tells you his thoughts and life over the past 40 years in these 25 interviews.","brand":"上海人民出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46242039595247,"sku":"9787208176065","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1Fz7ODkdqBXsvwgCChyBndh8_cOi2AWjX.jpg?v=1738967289"},{"product_id":"倦怠社会-9787521704693","title":"burnout society","description":"The negative society has disappeared, replaced by a society full of positivity.\u003cbr\u003e Starting from this paradigm shift, Han Bingzhe shows the pathological forms of today's society, including mental illnesses such as depression, attention deficit disorder, and burnout. These are not infectious diseases but obstructive diseases, caused not by a negative, immunological other, but by an excess of positivity. \u003cbr\u003eTherefore, all immunological preventive and resistance measures have failed. Han's discussion ultimately concludes with a vision of a society he deliberately gives the ambiguous name of \"burnout society.\" In this vision, life becomes survival, survival leads to a fanatical worship of health, and health brings disease and death.\u003cbr\u003e Without the negativity of death, life itself becomes rigid and becomes death.\u003cbr\u003e An important work that provides a diagnosis of our current era of globalization.\u003cbr\u003e ********************\u003cbr\u003e 1. What is this book about?\u003cbr\u003e Our competitive, performance-driven society is affecting us all. Rather than improving our lives, multitasking and user-friendly technologies are creating chaos. From depression to attention deficit disorder to split personality, a pervasive sense of unease pervades society. Han Bingzhe draws on literature, philosophy, social sciences, and natural sciences to explore the possibility of carving out a niche for oneself in this exhausting information age.\u003cbr\u003e 2. What is the author’s point of view? \u003cbr\u003e(1) Various mental illnesses such as depression, ADHD, borderline personality disorder or burnout syndrome dominated the disease landscape in the early 21st century. This all points to an over-affirmation, where the self burns out in excessive enthusiasm.\u003cbr\u003e (2) Although people in the merit society have escaped from the disciplinary society in Foucault's sense, they have fallen into a new spiritual disciplinary society. Compared with the exploitation of others, self-exploitation leads to self-collapse more seriously.\u003cbr\u003e (3) The attitude of “active living” leads to anxiety and hysteria. People not only fail to achieve freedom but also lose the happiness of contemplation.\u003cbr\u003e (4) The author advocates returning from the weariness of facing the world to the weariness of facing oneself, and rebuilding a leisure space for oneself in loneliness and spiritual seeking, in which people care about each other and form a close friendly society. \u003cbr\u003e(5) The author calls for the restoration of the sacred meaning of festivals and holidays, in which people can experience their transcendental existence and leisure, rather than just the level of material existence and consumption. Only by escaping the world of department stores and rebuilding places like festivals and celebrations can life gain the meaning it deserves.\u003cbr\u003e 3. What inspiration does this give us?\u003cbr\u003e (1) In a world where everyone feels the hardship of survival and the pressure of life, is striving to do better the only goal and solution? Faced with increasing psychological stress and illness, can economic conditions and social status be equated with happiness? Han Bingzhe reminds us that short-sighted and utilitarian thinking must give way to a holistic and future-oriented wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e (2) What will the mind say in the face of the current state of contemporary society? How should thinkers think and write? The themes and style of Han Bingzhe's works also provide us with reference samples for reference.\u003cbr\u003e 4. What kind of person is the author? \u003cbr\u003e(1) Han Bingzhe is hailed as \"a rising star in German philosophy\" (El País, Spain). He returns to the humanistic and critical traditions of philosophy. Beyond academic philosophical research, he has pioneered a new realm of philosophical writing, examining social conditions and the human mind in the digital media era. He has been hailed as \"a psychoanalyst in the internet age\" (Yang Xiaogang) and \"a guide to philosophical criticism in the era of big data\" (Si Yu).\u003cbr\u003e (2) He possesses both the Korean romantic temperament and the rational critical spirit of the German philosophical tradition. Han Bingzhe has a profound insight into contemporary society and sharp judgments, but his inner spiritual pursuit is a quiet, contemplative, and aesthetically meaningful life, with \"the delicacy and charm of an Eastern philosopher\" (Xia Kejun).\u003cbr\u003e (3) The writing style is philosophical and essay-like, good at thinking and good at expressing ideas. Han Bingzhe's works are concise and clear, \"full of spirituality and sharp\" (Jia Kefang). The meticulousness and sharpness of the Chinese translators also add a lot of color to the Chinese version. \u003cbr\u003e(4) French philosopher Alain Badiou wrote the preface to his The Death of Eros. Han Bingzhe has had a great influence in Europe and the United States, and his works have been translated into nearly 20 languages. Many scholars, including Badiou, have responded to and praised Han Bingzhe.\u003cbr\u003e Reading Han Bingzhe's works is an enjoyment full of talent and wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e - Alain Badiou, French philosopher Han Bingzhe belongs to this category of philosophers. Before them, no one sought to change the world, and no one even fully realized the necessity of such change.\u003cbr\u003e —Inside Higher Ed\u003cbr\u003e Han Bingzhe reveals that in the era of big data, critical theory will and must regroup.\u003cbr\u003e —Will Davies\u003cbr\u003e 5. Chinese version of the work and its evaluation.\u003cbr\u003e (1) There are 9 books in the series of Han Bingzhe's works, including the author's major and representative works, which are scheduled to be published in July 2019.\u003cbr\u003e Han Bingzhe's Works Series (Produced by Jianshi Chengbang)\u003cbr\u003e Spiritual Politics (published)\u003cbr\u003e Psychopolitik\u003cbr\u003e Death of Eros (out now)\u003cbr\u003e Agonie des Eros\u003cbr\u003e In the Group (released)\u003cbr\u003e Im Schwarm \u003cbr\u003eThe Disappearance of the Other (coming in June)\u003cbr\u003e Die Austreibung des Anderen\u003cbr\u003e The Weary Society (coming in June)\u003cbr\u003e Müdigkeitsgesellschaft\u003cbr\u003e What is Entertainment? (coming in June)\u003cbr\u003e Gute Unterhaltung\u003cbr\u003e \"Brute Force Topology\" (coming in August)\u003cbr\u003e Topologie der Gewalt\u003cbr\u003e Transparent Society (coming in August)\u003cbr\u003e Transparenzgesellschaft\u003cbr\u003e The Redemption of Beauty (coming in August)\u003cbr\u003e Die Errettung des Schönen\u003cbr\u003e (2) He quickly found like-minded people in the domestic academic community. Many prominent figures from the fields of philosophy, art, literature, communication, and IT responded positively and highly praised Han Bingzhe and his works.\u003cbr\u003e The complex phenomena formed in the era of big data require new philosophical thinking and framework. Han Bingzhe's several books can be regarded as the most sensitive and sharpest detectors of the times and are a guide to philosophical criticism in the era of big data.\u003cbr\u003e ——Si Yu, freelance writer German philosopher Han Bingzhe's several short books, which make light of important matters while making big ones big, touch upon multiple aspects of modern people's lives. They are the crystallization of the collision of Eastern and Western humanistic spirits and have entered the hearts of readers. \u003cbr\u003eHe Daokuan, a senior translator, and Han Bingzhe of Shenzhen University further reveal the dilemma facing people in the digital age: we are obsessed with digital media and thus reprogrammed, yet we are blind and numb to the consequences. In a group, everyone is an individual, but no one is himself.\u003cbr\u003e —Zhang Zhiwei, historian of philosophy. Han Bingzhe, of the School of Philosophy at Renmin University of China, with his philosophical wisdom and analytical sharpness, compels us to reflect on the existential mood and ethical predicament in the digital, networked media age. … His reflections reveal the subtlety and charm of an Eastern philosopher.\u003cbr\u003e ——Xia Kejun, philosopher and curator, Han Bingzhe of the School of Literature at Renmin University of China, this thoughtful scholar trained in German philosophy and immersed in Korean culture has activated our long-numbed love ability.\u003cbr\u003e ——Lin Guanghua, School of Chinese Studies, Renmin University of China The application of big data makes everything more and more precise... In such an era, individual space and freedom need to be rethought and redefined. \u003cbr\u003e——Zheng Yue, IT Manager World magazine’s analysis of neoliberalism and digital class society is not just a work of philosophical archaeology; it is fundamentally political. The answer lies in the transcendence of the subject by philosophers such as Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida.\u003cbr\u003e — Mao Zhu, World Philosophy magazine. Han Bingzhe's philosophical reflections are full of spirituality and sharp. ... His consistent sharpness gives me the courage to gaze into the abyss.\u003cbr\u003e —Jia Kefang, Department of Philosophy, Northwest Normal University. Han Bingzhe is a psychoanalyst of the internet age. His precise and calm diagnosis reveals that technological advances such as smartphones, social media, big data, and the Internet of Things all demonstrate the neoliberal order's total domination of human life. ... Using concise and powerful prose, he engages with the ideas of Foucault, Adorno, Levinas, and Agamben, revealing the grave crisis of our era.\u003cbr\u003e —Yang Xiaogang, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University","brand":"中信出版集团","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46242041266415,"sku":"9787521704693","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1PN0Vy36KHWzjI-Uy4f7p0eU6PBRixbHW.jpg?v=1738967354"},{"product_id":"混沌互渗-9787305139864","title":"Chaos Interpenetration","description":"★The last book published by Guattari during his lifetime deeply expounds on Guattari's original thoughts throughout his life...\u003cbr\u003e 【Content Introduction】 \u003cbr\u003eThroughout his life, Guattari roamed across a wide range of fields, including psychoanalysis, philosophy, politics, aesthetics, and literature. He was not a psychoanalyst in the sense of Freud or Lacan. He no longer considered stereotypical issues like transference and the Oedipus complex, and his diagnosis was no longer of individual mental patients, but rather the \"illnesses\" of modern society. While structuralists were labeling subjectivity a \"sin,\" Guattari went the other way, rethinking the question of subjectivity from the perspective of production and rethinking the \"liberation practice\" of the Enlightenment. \u003cbr\u003eWhat is the production of subjectivity? What are war machines, desiring machines, and abstract machines? How should we understand schizoanalysis? How does the \"interpenetration of chaos\" that is the source of the aesthetic paradigm operate? In this book, Guattari addresses these questions one by one. With his unique approach, he criticizes structuralism, which focuses on the hegemony of the signifier, and rejects psychoanalysis, which is guided by the scientific paradigm. He opposes structure with the machine and transcends empathy with the theory of transversality. He guides us toward an aesthetic paradigm based on the production of subjectivity and opens up schizoanalysis guided by the aesthetic paradigm. These original ideas of Guattari occupy a central position in his collaboration with Deleuze, but they have been overshadowed by Deleuze's aura and have not yet unleashed their full intellectual power. Through the clear exposition and further development in this book, we will appreciate the theoretical style that is different from \"Deleuze and Guattari\" and experience the extraordinary intensity of Guattari's own thought.\u003cbr\u003e ···\u003cbr\u003e 【Recommended by media and celebrities】 \u003cbr\u003eFelix was talking to me about what he had already called the Desiring Machine: the whole theoretical and practical conception of a machine unconscious, a schizophrenic unconscious. I felt he was ahead of me.\u003cbr\u003e Many of the central concepts in Deleuze's Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus were proposed by Guattari. It was under Guattari's advocacy that they began to critique psychoanalysis and develop the opposing theory of \"schizoanalysis.\" Guattari's position beyond the tradition of academic philosophy enabled him, after collaborating with Deleuze, to incorporate a direct focus on political, social, and historical issues into Deleuze's work. Furthermore, Guattari's many years of practical experience provided the necessary premise for his and Deleuze's continuous theoretical innovation in their collaboration.\u003cbr\u003e — Renaud Borg, author of Deleuze on Literature…\u003cbr\u003e 【Editor's Recommendation】\u003cbr\u003e ◆ This book is Guattari's last work. It is a highly summarized and concluded version of his thoughts. It is also the first complete Chinese translation of Guattari's solo work. Readers may be able to discover Guattari beyond the aura of Deleuze. \u003cbr\u003eMany of the central concepts in Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus were proposed by Guattari. In this book, Guattari further elaborates on the original ideas involved in his collaboration with Deleuze, which is very helpful for understanding Guattari and Deleuze's collaboration.\u003cbr\u003e Guattari trained with Lacan for seven years, beginning with the inception of Lacan's seminars. He was deeply aware of the crisis of psychoanalysis and ultimately pioneered schizoanalysis. In this book, Guattari offers in-depth reflections on Freud and Lacan on many core issues of psychoanalysis, offering innovative insights.\u003cbr\u003e ◆ Guattari has been a \"nomad\" throughout his life in many fields such as psychoanalysis, philosophy, politics, aesthetics, and literature. 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