New Directions in Philosophy and Literature

【I S B N】9781474449151

【作  者】David Rudrum, Frida Beckman, Ridvan Askin

【出版社】? Edinburgh University Press, 2024

【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心（东）

【索书号】I0-02 /N532n /E

【简  介】This forward-thinking, non-traditional reference work uniquely maps out how new developments in 21st century philosophy are entering into dialogue with the study of literature. Going beyond the familiar methods of analytic philosophy, and with a breadth greater than traditional literary theory, this collection looks at the profound consequences of the interaction between philosophy and literature for questions of ethics, politics, subjectivity, materiality, reality and the nature of the contemporary itself.

They call it love : The Politics of Emotional Life

【I S B N】9781839767036

【作  者】Gotby, Alva

【出版社】Verso, 2023

【馆藏地】理科馆理科书库

【索书号】C970.4 /G683 /E

【简 介】Comforting a family member or friend, soothing children, providing company for the elderly, ensuring that people feel well enough to work; this is all essential labour. Without it, capitalism would cease to function. They Call It Love investigates the work that makes a haven in a heartless world, examining who performs this labor, how it is organised, and how it might change. In this groundbreaking book, Alva Gotby calls this work “emotional reproduction,” unveiling its inherently political nature. It not only ensures people’s well-being but creates sentimental attachments to social hierarchy and the status quo. Drawing on the thought of the feminist movement Wages for Housework, Gotby demonstrates that emotion is a key element of capitalist reproduction. To improve the way we relate to one another will require a radical restructuring of society.

Respect and loathing in American democracy

【I S B N】9780226831718

【作  者】Spinner-Halev, Jeff

【出版社】The University of Chicago Press, 2024

【馆藏地】理科馆理科书库

【索书号】D771.221 /S757 /E

【简  介】Respect is in trouble in the United States. Many Americans believe respecting others is a necessary virtue, yet many struggle to respect opposing partisans. Surprisingly, it is liberal citizens, who hold respect as central to their view of democratic equality, who often have difficulty granting respect to others. Drawing on evidence from national surveys, focus groups, survey experiments, and the views of political theorists, Jeff Spinner-Halev and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse explain why this is and why respect is vital to—and yet so lacking in—contemporary US politics.

Respect and Loathing in American Democracy argues that liberals and conservatives are less divided than many believe, but alienate one another because they moralize different issues. Liberals moralize social justice, conservatives champion national solidarity, and this worldview divide keeps them at odds.

Respect is both far-reaching and vital, yet it is much harder to grant than many recognize, partly because of the unseen tension between respect, social justice, and national solidarity. Respect and Loathing in American Democracy proposes a path forward that, while challenging, is far from impossible for citizens to traverse.

Counter-Cola: A Multinational History of the Global Corporation

【I S B N】9780520299023

【作  者】Ciafone, Amanda

【出版社】University of California Press, 2019

【馆藏地】理科馆理科书库

【索书号】F279.19 /C565 /E

【简  介】Counter-Cola charts the history of one of the world’s most influential and widely known corporations, The Coca-Cola Company. Over the past 130 years, the corporation has sought to make its products, brands, and business central to daily life in over 200 countries. Amanda Ciafone uses this example of global capitalism to reveal the pursuit of corporate power within the key economic transformations—liberal, developmentalist, neoliberal—of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
 
Coca-Cola's success has not gone uncontested. People throughout the world have redeployed the corporation, its commodities, and brand images to challenge the injustices of daily life under capitalism. As Ciafone shows, assertions of national economic interests, critiques of cultural homogenization, fights for workers’ rights, movements for environmental justice, and debates over public health have obliged the corporation to justify itself in terms of the common good, demonstrating capitalism’s imperative to either assimilate critiques or reveal its limits.

What are museums for?

【I S B N】9781529231397

【作  者】Sleigh, Jon

【出版社】Bristol University Press, 2024

【馆藏地】理科馆理科书库

【索书号】G26 /S632 /E

【简 介】The days when museums were dusty, stuffy institutions displaying their wealth and wisdom to a reverential public are over. Museums today are a cultural battleground. Who should decide what is put on display and how it is presented? Who gets to set the narrative?

In this passionately argued book, Jon Sleigh maintains that museums must be for all people and inclusion must be at the heart of everything they do. But what does good inclusion look like in practice? Cleverly structured like a museum tour, Sleigh uses seven illustrative museum objects from seven very different museums to explore such wide-ranging issues as trust-building, representation, digital access, conflicting narratives, removal from display and restitution.

Words like loaded pistols : The Power of Rhetoric from the Iron Age to the Information Age

【I S B N】9781541603738

【作  者】Leith, Sam

【出版社】Basic Books, 2023

【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心阅览室

【索书号】H05 /L533(2) /E(HF)

【简  介】Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it’s not just for politicians: it’s all around us, whether you’re buttering up a key client or persuading your children to eat their vegetables. You have been using rhetoric yourself, all your life. After all, you know what a rhetorical question is, don’t you?

In Words Like Loaded Pistols, Sam Leith traces the art of argument from ancient Greece through the present day. He introduces verbal villains from Hitler to Donald Trump—and the three musketeers: ethos, pathos, and logos. He explains how rhetoric works in speeches from Cicero to Zelensky and pays tribute to the rhetorical brilliance of AC/DC’s “Back in Black.” Before you know it, you’ll be confident in chiasmus and proud of your panegyrics—because rhetoric is useful, relevant, and crucial to understanding the world around us.

Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk: Beyond the Bridge

【I S B N】9781032635545

【作  者】Gurses, Hande

【出版社】Lexington Books, 2023

【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心（东）

【索书号】I374.074 /G981 /E

【简  介】Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk: Beyond the Bridge questions the prevailing relevance and violence of the bridge metaphor for literature through new readings of Orhan Pamuk. This book argues that despite its association with connection, dialogue, and reconciliation, the bridge is an inherently violent structure that controls movement by regulating it. Drawing on deconstruction and Derrida, the author argues for a rethinking of the intrinsic connection between the bridge and the writings of Orhan Pamuk. Exploring Pamuk’s significance as an author of the world literature canon, this book investigates the history and theory of the discipline as a bridge. Identifying new metaphors in Pamuk’s work, Hande Gürses shows the political potential of moving beyond the bridge. As people, lands, and ideas keep moving, Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk argues for an urgent need for new metaphors to understand and represent the realities of our contemporary world.

Reforming art in Renaissance Venice

【I S B N】9781009557498

【作  者】Lillywhite, Marie-Louise

【出版社】Cambridge University Press, 2025

【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心（东）

【索书号】J19-095.46 /L729 /E

【简  介】The spiritual turmoil of the sixteenth century had a profound impact on religious life throughout Italy. Art and architecture were directly implicated in the seismic historical events of the age, as the Catholic Church countered Protestant iconoclasm through the embrace of sacred images as decreed by the Council of Trent in 1563. In this volume, Marie-Louise Lillywhite considers the impact of religious reform on the devotional art and architecture of sixteenth-century Venice. Interrogating early modern censorship, artistic liberty, notions of decorum tied to depictions of the body, and the role of sacred images in the shaping of local identity, she shows how Venice, a crossroads city exposed to a rich gamut of religious and artistic currents, serves as a fascinating case study through which to explore these themes. Her study reconstructs the conditions that enabled artistic invention to prevail and how artists became interpreters of spiritual values.

Empire of pain : The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

【I S B N】9780385547741

【作  者】Keefe, Patrick Radden

【出版社】Doubleday, 2021

【馆藏地】理科馆外教中心阅览室

【索书号】K837.125.3 /S121k /E(HF)

【简  介】The history of the Sackler dynasty is rife with drama—baroque personal lives; bitter disputes over estates; fistfights in boardrooms; glittering art collections; Machiavellian courtroom maneuvers; and the calculated use of money to burnish reputations and crush the less powerful. The Sackler name has adorned the walls of many storied institutions—Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, but the source of the family fortune was vague—until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing a blockbuster painkiller that was the catalyst for the opioid crisis.

Empire of Pain is the saga of three generations of a single family and the mark they would leave on the world, a tale that moves from the bustling streets of early twentieth-century Brooklyn to the seaside palaces of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Cap d’Antibes to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C. It follows the family’s early success with Valium to the much more potent OxyContin, marketed with a ruthless technique of co-opting doctors, influencing the FDA, downplaying the drug’s addictiveness. Empire of Pain chronicles the multiple investigations of the Sacklers and their company, and the scorched-earth legal tactics that the family has used to evade accountability.

Challenges in Large Language Model Development and AI Ethics

【I S B N】9798369338605

【作  者】Brij Gupta

【出版社】IGI Global, 2024

【馆藏地】江湾馆三楼理科借阅区

【索书号】TP18-05 /C437 /E

【简  介】The development of large language models has resulted in artificial intelligence advancements promising transformations and benefits across various industries and sectors. However, this progress is not without its challenges. The scale and complexity of these models pose significant technical hurdles, including issues related to bias, transparency, and data privacy. As these models integrate into decision-making processes, ethical concerns about their societal impact, such as potential job displacement or harmful stereotype reinforcement, become more urgent. Addressing these challenges requires a collaborative effort from business owners, computer engineers, policymakers, and sociologists. Fostering effective research for solutions to address AI ethical challenges may ensure that large language model developments benefit society in a positive way. Challenges in Large Language Model Development and AI Ethics addresses complex ethical dilemmas and challenges of the development of large language models and artificial intelligence. It analyzes ethical considerations involved in the design and implementation of large language models, while exploring aspects like bias, accountability, privacy, and social impacts. This book covers topics such as law and policy, model architecture, and machine learning, and is a useful resource for computer engineers, sociologists, policymakers, business owners, academicians, researchers, and scientists.