Ill Fares the Land: A Treatise on Our Present Discontents. Tony Judt 英文原版

图书标准信息

• 作者 Professor Tony Judt 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2011-04
• ISBN 9780718191412
• 定价 118.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 256页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Illfarestheland,tohasteningillsaprey,Wherewealthaccumulates,andmendecay'-OliverGoldsmith.Somethingisprofoundlywrongwiththewaywelivetoday.Forthirtyyearswehavemadeavirtueoutofthepursuitofmaterialself-interest:indeed,thisverypursuitnowconstituteswhateverremainsofoursenseofsharedpurpose.Butwehaveforgottenhowtothinkaboutthelifewelivetogether:itsgoalsandpurposes.Wearenownotonlypost-ideological;wehavebecomepost-ethical.WehavelosttouchwiththeoldquestionsthathavedefinedpoliticssincetheGreeks:isitgood?Isitfair?Isitjust?Isitright?Willithelpbringaboutabettersociety?Abetterworld?ThesocialcontractthatdefinedpostwarlifeinEuropeandAmerica-theguaranteeofsecurity,stabilityandfairness-isnolongerassured;infact,it'snolongerpartofcollectiveconversation.Inthisexceptionalshortbook,TonyJudtrevealshowwehavearrivedatourpresentdangerouslyconfusedmomentandmasterfullycrystallizesourgreatunease,showinghowwemightyetthinkourselvesoutofit.Ifwearetoreplacefearwithconfidencethenweneedadifferentstorytotell,aboutstateandsocietyalike:astorythatcarriesmoralandpoliticalconviction.Providingthatstoryisthepurposeofthisbook.

【作者简介】

Atthetimeofhisdeath,TonyJudtwastheErichMariaRemarqueProfessorinEuropeanStudiesatNewYorkUniversity.In1996hewaselectedaFellowoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciencesandin2007acorrespondingFellowoftheBritishAcademy.In2009JudtwasawardedaSpecialOrwellPrizeforLifetimeAchievementforhiscontributiontoBritishPoliticalwriting.Postwar:AHistoryofEuropeSince1945(2005)wasarunnerupforthe2006BBCSamuelJohnsonPrizeforNon-FictionandPulitzerPrizeforGeneralNon-Fiction.