Benjamin Franklin : An American Life Editorial Reviews Benjamin Franklin, writes journalist and biographer Walter Isaacson, was that rare Founding Father who would sooner wink at a passer-by than sit still for a formal portrait. What's more, Isaacson relates in this fluent and entertaining biography, the revolutionary leader represents a political tradition that has been all but forgotten today, one that prizes pragmatism over moralism, religious tolerance over fundamentalist rigidity, and social mobility over class privilege. That broadly democratic sensibility allowed Franklin his contradictions, as Isaacson shows. Though a man of lofty principles, Franklin wasn't shy of using sex to sell the newspapers he edited and published; though far from frivolous, he liked his toys and his mortal pleasures; and though he sometimes gave off a simpleton image, he was a shrewd and even crafty politician. Isaacson doesn't shy from enumerating Franklin s occasional peccadilloes and shortcomings, in keepi

German Idealism: The Struggle Against Subjectivism, 1781-1801 (英语) 平装 内容简介 One of the very few accounts in English of German Idealism, this ambitious work advances and revises our understanding of both the history and the thought of the classical period of German philosophy. As he traces the structure and evolution of Idealism as a doctrine, Frederick Beiser exposes a strong objective, or realist, strain running from Kant to Hegel and identifies the crucial role of the early romantics - Holderlin, Schlegel, and Novalis - as the founders of absolute Idealism. 作者简介 Frederick C. Beiser is Professor of Philosophy at Syracuse University. 基本信息 作者：Frederick C. Beiser 出版社: Harvard University Press (2008年4月1日) 平装: 752页 语种： 英语 ISBN: 0674027175 条形码: 9780674027176 商品尺寸: 15.3 x 4.6 x 22.6 cm 商品重量: 989 g ASIN: 0674027175

2016诺贝尔文学奖鲍勃 迪伦 Bob Dylan 美国歌手鲍勃-迪伦获得2016年诺贝尔文学奖，表彰其 在伟大的美国歌曲传统中创造了新的诗歌表达 。 鲍勃迪伦1941年5月24日出生于美国明尼苏达州，原名罗伯特 艾伦 齐默曼（Robert Allen Zimmerman），是一位美国唱作人、艺术家和作家。从1961年发布首张专辑至今，迪伦在流行音乐界和文化界起到的影响已超过50年。他的大多数著名作品都来自1960年代的反抗民谣，也被广泛认为是当时美国新兴的反叛文化的代言人，尽管他否认了这一点。他的部分早期作品成为了当时美国民权反战运动的圣歌，例如《答案在风中飘》（Blowing' in the Wind）和《时代在变》（The Times They Are a-Changing）。1960年代中期迪伦开始从原先的抗议民谣风格转型，并在1965年发行单曲《像一块滚石》（Like a Rolling Stone），也从此改变了流行音乐的传统分类。