Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century

图书标准信息

• 作者 Tony Judt 著
• 出版社 Vintage Books
• 出版时间 2009-02
• ISBN 9780099532330
• 定价 137.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 464页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AsTonyJudtarguespersuasivelyin"Reappraisals",wehaveenteredan'ageofforgetting'.Today'sworldissoutterlyunliketheworldofjusttwentyyearsagothatwehavesetasideourimmediatepastevenbeforewecouldmakesenseofit.Weliterallydon'tknowwherewecamefrom,andtheresultsofthisburgeoningignoranceareprovingcalamitous,withtheclearprospectofworsetocome.Wehavelosttouchwiththreegenerationsofinternationalpolicydebate,socialthoughtandpublic-spiritedsocialactivism.Wenolongerknowhowtodiscusssuchconceptsandwehaveforgottentheroleonceplayedbyintellectualsindebating,transmittinganddefendingtheideasthatshapedtheirtime.In"Reappraisals",TonyJudtresurrectskeyaspectsoftheworldwehavelostandremindsushowimportanttheystillaretous:nowandtoourhopesforthefuture.Judtdrawsprovocativeconnectionsbetweenadazzlingrangeofsubjects,fromthehistoryoftheneglectandrecoveryoftheHolocaustandthechallengeof'evil'inunderstandingtheEuropeanpast,totheriseandfallofthestateinpublicaffairsandthedisplacementofhistoryby'heritage'.RangingwithhistrademarkacuityandelanfromBelgiumtoIsrael,fromthememoryofMarxismtothepracticeofforeignpolicy,hetakesusbeyondwhatwethinkweknowtoshowushowwecametoknowit,andrevealshowmuchofourhistoryhasbeensacrificedinthetriumphofmyth-makingoverunderstandinganddenialovermemory.Hisbookisaroadmapbacktothehistoricalsenseweurgentlyneed.

【作者简介】

TonyJudtwasborninLondonin1948.HewaseducatedatKing'sCollege,CambridgeandtheEcoleNormaleSuperieure,Paris,andhastaughtatCambridge,Oxford,BerkeleyandNewYorkUniversity,whereheiscurrentlyUniversityProfessorandDirectoroftheRemarqueInstitute,whichisdedicatedtothestudyofEuropeandwhichhefoundedin1995.Theauthororeditoroftwelvebooks,heisafrequentcontributortoTheNewYorkReviewofBooks,theTimesLiterarySupplement,TheNewRepublic,andTheNewYorkTimes.Hismostrecentbook,Postwar:AHistoryofEuropesince1945,wasoneoftheNewYorkTimesBookReview'sTenBestBooksof2005,thewinneroftheCouncilonForeignRelationsArthurRossBookAward,andafinalistforthePulitzerPrize.In2007hewasawardedtheHannahArendtPrize.