Paul Virilio is a challenging and original thinker whose work on technology, state power and war is increasingly relevant today. Exploring Virilio's main textsfrom their political and historical contexts,and case studies from contemporary culture and media in order to explain his philosophical concepts, Ian James introduces the key themes in Virlio's work, including: speed virtualization war politics art. As technological and scientific innovations continue to set the agenda for the present and future development of culture, communications, international economy, military intervention and diverse forms of political organization, Virilio's unique theoretical and critical insights are of enormous value and importance for anyone wishing to understand the nature of modern culture and society.

Speed and Politics (first published in France in 1977) is the matrix of Virilio's entire work. Building on the works of Morand, Marinetti, and McLuhan, Virilio presents a vision more radically political than that of any of his French contemporaries: speed as the engine of destruction. Speed and Politics presents a topological account of the entire history of humanity, honing in on the technological advances made possible through the militarization of society. Paralleling Heidegger's account of technology, Virilio's vision sees speed--not class or wealth--as the primary force shaping civilization. In this "technical vitalism," multiple projectiles--inert fortresses and bunkers, the "metabolic bodies" of soldiers, transport vessels, and now information and computer technology--are launched in a permanent assault on the world and on human nature. Written at a lightning-fast pace, Virilio's landmark book is a split-second, overwhelming look at how humanity's motivity has shaped the way we function today, and what might come of it.

本书由一座座“高原”组成，每一座高原都将不同的主题构成错综复杂的网络，这些主题则与众多学科关联在一起。德勒兹和加塔利将艺术、数学、地质学、生物学、语言学、人类学、历史学、动物行为学、文学、音乐、政治理论、经济学等学科的资源转变、折叠，在此基础上，概念的地壳不断隆起，形成了稳定的地标——高原。散布于书中的“根茎”式的思维方式或许是人类历史上最具创造力的，因为它已经触动了建筑、文学、舞蹈、电影、新媒体等众多非哲学领域的琴弦。

这部极具原创性的著作，通过对劳动、工作和行动；权力、暴力和体力；地球和世界，以及财产和财富等诸概念的区分，强调了人在面临现代社会高度科技化、自动化和经济现代化情境下，仍然具有的“复数性”和开端启新的行动能力，从而重树人们对于人类事务的信念和希望。这本曾被欢呼为“参与式民主的教科书”，将批判的目光投向我们当前认为理所当然的思考和行为方式。时隔50年，这《人的境况》的原创性仍然像当时一样令人瞩目，并能激发起新的思想和讨论。

A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then—diminishing human agency and political freedom, the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions—continue to confront us today. This new edition, published to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of its original publication, contains an improved and expanded index and a new introduction by noted Arendt scholar Margaret Canovan which incisively analyzes the book's argument and examines its present relevance. A classic in political and social theory, The Human Condition is a work that has proved both timeless and perpetually timely.

Quentin Meillassoux's entry into the philosophical scene marks the beginning of a new epoch: the end of the transcendental approach and the return to realist ontology. Harman's beautifully written and argued book provides not just an introduction to Meillassoux, but much more: one authentic philosopher writing about another - a rare true encounter. It is not only for those who want to understand Meillassoux, but also for those who want to witness a radical shift in the entire field of philosophy. It is a book that will shake the very foundations of your world! Slavoj ae'iae'ek, philosopher and psychoanalyst An in-depth study of the emerging French philosopher Quentin Meillassoux Quentin Meillassoux has been described as the most rapidly prominent French philosopher in the Anglophone world since Jacques Derrida in the 1960's. With the publication of After Finitude (2006), this daring protege of Alain Badiou became one of the world's most visible younger thinkers. In this book, his fellow Speculative Realist, Graham Harman, assesses Meillassoux's publications in English so far. Also included are an insightful interview with Meillassoux and first-time translations of excerpts from L'Inexistence divine (The Divine Inexistence), his famous but still unpublished major book.

本书对从康德以来的批判哲学进行溯源式的再思考和批评，证明唯一绝对必然的就是自然法则的偶然性。本书让思考的对象从局部的关联转变为绝对之物，将其放置在与人世经验完全不同的关系中，进而化解传统哲学中“经验”与“超越”的区隔。

This book is now available for the first time in paperback, the remarkable debut of a former student of Alain Badiou. Quentin Meillassoux, a former student of Alain Badiou, is considered to be one of the most talented and exciting new voices in contemporary French philosophy. Quentin Meillassoux's remarkable debut makes a strikingly original contribution to contemporary French philosophy and is set to have a significant impact on the future of Continental philosophy. Written in a style that marries great clarity of expression with argumentative rigour, "After Finitude" provides bold readings of the history of philosophy and sets out a devastating critique of the unavowed fideism at the heart of post-Kantian philosophy. Meillassoux introduces a startlingly novel philosophical alternative to the forced choice between dogmatism and critique. "After Finitude" proposes a new alliance between philosophy and science and calls for an unequivocal halt to the creeping return of religiosity in contemporary philosophical discourse. The exceptional lucidity and the centrality of argument in Meillassoux's writing should appeal to Analytic as well as Continental philosophers, while his critique of fideism will be of interest to anyone preoccupied by the relation between philosophy, theology and religion.

《形而上学和科学外世界的虚构》中，甘丹•梅亚苏借解读艾萨克•阿西莫夫的短篇小说《桌球》，完成了他对于形而上学的精彩讨论。他以文学为平台，通过对科学外虚构的小说的验证，具象地描述了科学外世界的虚构所构建的世界的样貌。更为核心的是，他提出了新的虚构小说的类型：科学外世界的虚构小说，即科外幻小说。从这本书开始，他对于自己的核心哲学命题的研究，迈出了关键性的一步。用解读文学作品的方式阐述自己的哲学观点，也让这部作品具备了很强的可读性。
“他所心系的现实不在于事物本来的样子，而是它们永远能是别的什么的可能性。”
——哲学家彼得•霍尔沃德评论甘丹•梅亚苏

S ren Kierkegaard is one of the prophets of the contemporary age, a man whose acute observations on modern European life might have been written yesterday, whose work anticipated fundamental developments in psychoanalysis, philosophy, theology, and the critique of mass culture by more than a century. John D. Caputo offers a compelling account of Kierkegaard as a thinker of particular relevance in our postmodern times, who set off a revolution that counts Martin Heidegger and Jacques Derrida among its heirs. His conceptions of truth as a self-transforming deed and his haunting account of the single individual seem to have been written especially with us in mind. Extracts include Kierkegaard s classic reading of the story of Abraham and Isaac, the revolutionary theory that truth is subjectivity, and his groundbreaking analysis of modern bourgeois life.

◎“我们所害怕的，正是我们所渴望的”
◎孤独的哲人、存在主义之父 克尔凯郭尔 思想精华
◎十堂课读懂大师思想 让哲学不再令人生畏
◎英国格兰塔出版社王牌书系
【编辑推荐】
※克尔凯郭尔被誉为“存在主义之父”，是19世纪最具影响力和创造力的哲学家之一。理解克尔凯郭尔是理解现代存在主义思想的关键。
※英国知名出版社格兰塔王牌书系之一，广受读者欢迎和好评。
※本书系由当代著名哲学家西蒙•克里奇利主编，每本书均由各个领域的权威教授和专家撰写，内容深入浅出，是阅读这些大师级思想家的绝佳入门。
※装帧精美，小开本便于携带。
【内容简介】
被誉为“存在主义之父”的索伦· 克尔凯郭尔是19 世纪最具创造力的思想家之一。他以诸多假名创造了数量庞大的著作，其中一些被誉为欧洲思想史上最伟大的作品，影响了包括海德格尔、萨特、加缪等一批后世著名的欧洲思想家。而在作品与思想之外，克尔凯郭尔孤独的生活、对婚姻的反对态度也让人对他的生平产生好奇。
在《如何阅读克尔凯郭尔》中，约翰·D. 卡普托从克尔凯郭尔卷帙浩繁的著作中选取了十段关键文本，将它们与克尔凯郭尔的生平事迹相结合，进行逐一解读和延伸，向我们展示了这位信仰的骑士与孤独的哲人的生命与思想。
【名人推荐】
“‘如何阅读’系列通过对作品的文本细读，让我们可以和这些大师级思想家面对面相遇。”
——特里·伊格尔顿
“这套看上去薄薄的小册子是一堂真正教你‘如何阅读’的课程，而非‘如何假装阅读’。”
——约翰·班维尔

Michel Foucault was a philosopher of extraordinary talent, political activist, social theorist, cultural critic, and creative historian. He irreversibly shaped the way we think today about such controversial issues as power, sexuality, madness, and criminality. Johanna Oksala explores the conceptual tools that Foucault gave us for constructing new forms of thinking as well as for smashing old certainties. She offers a lucid account of him as a thinker whose persistent aim was to challenge the self-evidence and necessity of our current experiences, practices, and institutions by showing their historical development and, therefore, contingency. Extracts are taken from the whole range of Foucault s writings his books, essays, lectures, and interviews including the major works History of Madness, The Order of Things, Discipline and Punish, and The History of Sexuality.

米歇尔·福柯是20世纪最重要的哲学家之一，也是著名的政治活动家、社会理论家、文化批评家，富有创造性的历史学家。他不可逆转地塑造了我们今天对权力、性态、疯癫和犯罪等争议性问题的思考方式，奠定了多个学科的理论基础。其批判性研究持续启发着诸多学者、艺术家和政治活动家。 在《如何阅读福柯》中，约翰娜·奥克萨拉围绕福柯思想的重要主题，精心挑取十段关键文本，进行详细的解读和分析，提供一系列线索来帮助读者由此前行，对福柯的思想做出自己的发现和理解。