《精神生活》被公认为汉娜·阿伦特最伟大的著作，也是她生命之火即将 熄灭前的遗世之作。这本书探索了沉思生活中的思维本身。与阿伦特之前的著 作大多关注精神之外的世界不同，这本书标志着一种转向，它以三卷的篇幅， 对在阿伦特看来具有基石作用的精神活动作了深入的探索。她将《精神生活》 分为“思维”、 “意志”和“判断”三部分，亦即她所认为的精神的三种基本活动。由此，她对精神活动进行了全面而富于洞见的分析。这本书，将是“20世纪人类精神中最亮的明灯”，是阿伦特留给我们的最宝贵的遗产。

《积极自由的悖论》主要内容包括：积极自由的理论渊源、两种自由概念、积极自由和对动机的区分、实现积极自由的三个必要条件、解决积极自由的悖论等。

民主也有其黑暗一面。可是我們卻很少去面對它。正視民主黑暗面立即就會惹來譏評，被認為與時代脫節。但這意指我們沒有真正的停下來認真反省。為了怕被貼上反民主的標籤，我們怯於了解生活各層面中日益民主化可能帶來的麻煩困擾。我們假定民主不可能製造任何問題。因此當我們看到政治，經濟，社會的頹唐不振之時，我們推卸責任，逃避問題，不去尋找真正的答案。更不願討論社會，經濟，政治生活核心的民主化大轉型之影響。 本書寫作目的在呼籲自我節制，恢復自由和民主之間的平衡。它並不反對民主，但它的確認為可能會有過分民主的情況。自由民主政治的精意在於建立起一套豐富、複雜又機巧的社會秩序，不受任何單一的理念主控一切。 本書特色： 在一片民主化的歌頌聲中，本書勇敢地提出了民主的黑暗面，促使吾人看清自已面臨的民主化挑戰，從而追求更完善的民主制度。在以自由民主為絕對價值的論述中，提出多元論點，強調民主的成功更在於自我節制。 對台灣和大陸不同程度的民主發展具有啟發性，促使大家進一步思考民主和自由的關聯性及其真義。

We know that power is shifting: From West to East and North to South, from presidential palaces to public squares, from once formidable corporate behemoths to nimble startups and, slowly but surely, from men to women. But power is not merely shifting and dispersing. It is also decaying. Those in power today are more constrained in what they can do with it and more at risk of losing it than ever before. In "The End of Power," award-winning columnist and former "Foreign Policy" editor Moises Naim illuminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. Drawing on provocative, original research, Naim shows how the antiestablishment drive of micropowers can topple tyrants, dislodge monopolies, and open remarkable new opportunities, but it can also lead to chaos and paralysis. Naim deftly covers the seismic changes underway in business, religion, education, within families, and in all matters of war and peace. Examples abound in all walks of life: In 1977, eighty-nine countries were ruled by autocrats while today more than half the world's population lives in democracies. CEO's are more constrained and have shorter tenures than their predecessors. Modern tools of war, cheaper and more accessible, make it possible for groups like Hezbollah to afford their own drones. In the second half of 2010, the top ten hedge funds earned more than the world's largest six banks combined. Those in power retain it by erecting powerful barriers to keep challengers at bay. Today, insurgent forces dismantle those barriers more quickly and easily than ever, only to find that they themselves become vulnerable in the process. Accessible and captivating, Naim offers a revolutionary look at the inevitable end of power--and how it will change your world.

迈克尔·博兰尼与哈耶克、波普尔同为“朝圣山学会”的重要代表人物，二战以来捍卫自由的有力斗士；然中国学界对哈耶克、波普尔介绍甚多，对博兰尼却少有提及。《自由的逻辑》是博兰尼的重要代表作，初版于1951年，正与哈耶克的《通往奴役之路》、波普尔的《开放社会及其敌人》具有相同的写作背影及目的，亦与这两部捍卫自由的名著有异曲同工之力。 这本书中收入了作者二战前后的数篇论文，雄辩地阐述了他一如既往倡导的主题，即科学发展与经济进步应以自由的实现为基本前提，而阉割自由的计划化体制则有可能牺牲科学及经济发展。因此，书中表达了他力倡自由体制的信念。

If humanity cannot live with the dangers and responsibilities inherent in freedom, it will probably turn to authoritarianism. This is the central idea of Escape from Freedom, a landmark work by one of the most distinguished thinkers of our time, and a book that is as timely now as when first published in 1941. Few books have thrown such light upon the forces that shape modern society or penetrated so deeply into the causes of authoritarian systems. If the rise of democracy set some people free, at the same time it gave birth to a society in which the individual feels alienated and dehumanized. Using the insights of psychoanalysis as probing agents, Fromm’s work analyzes the illness of contemporary civilization as witnessed by its willingness to submit to totalitarian rule.