The Muse Asylum

图书标准信息

• 作者 David Czuchlewski 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2002-12
• ISBN 9780142000601
• 定价 125.80元
• 装帧 其他
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

FernandBraudelwasoneofthegreatesthistoriansofthetwentiethcentury.AleadingmemberoftheAnnalesschool,herejectedanarrowfocusonWesternwarfare,diplomacy,andpowerpolitics,andopenedupeconomicandsocialhistorytoinfluencesfromanthropology,sociology,geography,psychology,andlinguistics.Inthelate1950s,whentheAnnalesapproachwaswidelyacceptedinFrenchuniversities,amajorreformintroducedthestudyof"themaincontemporarycivilizations"intothefinalyearofsecondaryschools.Traditionalistsattackedthenewstressonthesocialsciencesandeventuallytriumphed,butBraudelwasfirmlycommittedtosuchchanges.Thismarveloussurveyofworldhistory,thelastofhisbookstobetranslatedintoEnglish,wasoriginallyintendedforFrench"sixth-formers."Yetitsrealvalueisfarmorepermanent.Evenan"educationalstory,"Braudeloncesuggestedinalecture,canbecomea"taleofadventure,"providedthehistorianmanagesto"findthekeytoacivilization"andisnotafraidofsimplicity-"notsimplicitythatdistortsthetruth,producesavoid,andisanothernameformediocrity,butsimplicitythatisclarity,thelightofintelligence."SuchalightshinesthroughoutAHistoryofCivilizations.Afteranintroductorysectionexaminingthenatureofculturesandcivilizations,theircontinuitiesandtransformations,Braudelsurveysbroadhistoricaldevelopmentsinalmosteverycorneroftheglobe:theMuslimworld-fromtheriseofIslamtopost-colonialrevival;BlackAfrica-fromtheslavetradetothedilemmasofdevelopment;theFarEast:China,India,themaritimestatesandJapan;Europe-fromthecollapseoftheRomanEmpiretopoliticalunion;theEuropeancivilizationsoftheNewWorld:LatinAmericaandtheUnitedStates;theEnglish-speakinguniverse:Canada,SouthernAfrica,Australia,andNewZealand;andtheotherEurope:Russia,theUSSR,andtheCIS.Forthisexcellenttranslation,RichardThisgroundbreakerbyoneofthepremierhistoriansofthiscenturytakesananti-ethnocentricapproachtothehistoryofcivilizations.Thisbookfocusesonthebroadsweepofhistoryratherthanonthefamousevents.Itcovershistoricaldevelopmentsinalmosteverycorneroftheglobe,fromtheMuslimworldandtheFarEasttoEuropeandtheAmericas.Includesmaps.

【作者简介】

DavidCzuchlewskigraduatedfromPrincetonUniversityin1998.?HeiscurrentlyaresidentintheDepartmentofPathologyatNewYorkWeillCornellMedicalCenter.