美国
An Anthropologist On Mars 豆瓣
作者: Oliver Sacks 出版社: Vintage 1996 - 2
To these seven narratives of neurological disorder Dr. Sacks brings the same humanity, poetic observation, and infectious sense of wonder that are apparent in his bestsellers Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. These men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantly adaptive personalities, whose conditions have not so much debilitated them as ushered them into another reality.
梦的真相 豆瓣
Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep
作者: [美]大卫·K.兰德尔(David K. Randall) 译者: 杜芯宁 出版社: 中信出版集团 2018 - 4
【内容简介】
梦,究竟是睡眠的守护神,还是焦虑的放大镜?
本书带你探索占据人生三分之一时间的黑夜帝国,深入了解鲜为人知的睡梦世界。
和很多人一样,作者大卫•K.兰德尔也是一个睡梦中的“不安分”分子,他会说梦话、唱歌,会大笑、打呼噜,会跳动、踢腿……但直到他开始梦游,并撞上走廊,才想要去研究占据着我们生命近三分之一的黑暗时间。为此,他访问了睡眠研究者、历史学家、人类学家、运动训练人员、企业家、婚姻咨询专家、心理医生、小儿科医生以及睡眠犯罪研究专家,却发现,睡梦中竟然有着大科学。
《梦的真相》告诉我们,睡眠并不像看起来那么简单。男人和女人的睡眠有没有什么不同?我们为什么会做梦?而如果你在梦游的时候,碰巧杀了一个人,这算不算谋杀?
更有趣的是,斯坦福大学的研究者整理了“周一橄榄球之夜”25年来的比赛记录,竟然发现处于知觉反应高峰的运动员相较于生物钟处于睡眠时间的运动员来说具有某种看不见的优势,所以赌徒们乐坏了,只要把将赌注压在来自西海岸的队伍身上,赢的概率就高达70%,这简直是就地捡钱。
《梦的真相》,为我们打开了光怪陆离的睡梦世界,令人不安又着迷,也许从此之后,即使是你的枕头,都能让你另眼相看。当然,它也不是典型的指导书,没有“完善睡眠的10个简单步骤”这类内容,但是读完这本书,你会对入睡时你的身体里发生了什么,以及如果忽视睡眠太久会发生什么,有一个全新的理解。
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【编辑推荐】
☆梦,究竟是睡眠的守护神,还是焦虑的放大镜?在《梦的真相》中,你将偶遇历史学家、人类学家、企业家、心理医生、睡眠研究专家……他们将带你科学探索占据人生三分之一时间的黑夜帝国梦境的秘密,深入了解透析鲜为人知的睡梦世界。
☆《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《新科学家》《柯克斯书评》评论图书。
☆不论有没有睡眠障碍的人,都应该阅读本书,它会让你对入睡时你的身体里发生了什么,以及如果忽视睡眠太久会发生什么,有一个全新的理解。家长、教育者和领导们也许更应该读一读,从而总结出新的工作方法与时间安排。
☆挑战弗洛伊德《梦的解析》之“隐藏欲望”论,提出“梦不过是我们每天考虑的所有可能性的糟糕反应”观点
弗洛伊德认为睡梦并不是偶然的,而是包含着各种隐藏含义,这些隐藏含义就是做梦者隐秘期望和欲望的投射。而作者通过采访与整理其他睡梦解析专家的研究,用数据证明,大多数梦境都相当直接,更多是反应现实的焦虑。
☆重新定义睡眠以及梦的意义
A)爱迪生发明的电灯,或许是造成现代人类睡眠障碍的罪魁祸首。
B)科学已经证实“长时间的清醒,会让人的创新性与效率大打折扣”,而哪怕短时间小憩也能让人体恢复的观点却常常得不到认可。
C)梦还被看作“一种嵌入式夜晚疗法”。在梦中,大脑在休息的同时,还会将新鲜的或恼人的信息同已知信息混合起来,常常有出人意料的结果。那些常常觉得才思枯竭,而一觉醒来却有了很好想法的人,也许对此深有感触。
☆唤醒人们对生物钟的重视
无论是战场,还是考场,甚至是赌场,生物钟都发挥着难以想象的作用,而这,却并未得到世人重视。
☆这本书满足了你的好奇心
男人和女人的睡眠有没有什么不同?我们为什么会做梦?为什么哄孩子入睡是让新生儿父母头疼的任务,世界上所有家庭都是这样的吗?是什么让我的身体开始梦游,为什么不能让其停止?而如果你在梦游的时候,碰巧杀了一个人,这算不算谋杀?
看完这本书,你的答案也许不是一长串“不知道”。
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【名家推荐】
关于睡眠的生动概述。
——莫琳·科里根(Maureen Corrigan),华盛顿乔治城大学教授,“新鲜空气”(美国公共国家电台栏目)
生活中,我们对这个话题十分熟悉, 但就其原理来说我们又十分外行,作者的概述详尽有趣,可以有效地引导我们明白梦境。
——阿比盖尔·楚格(Abigail Zuger),医学博士,《纽约时报》
就这个话题来说,这本书有趣,且令人着迷。并且据我们所知,目前找不到其他比《梦的真相》更吸引人的指南了。
——劳拉•米勒(Laura Miller),纽约沙龙网
对于那些一心研究科学探索的人来说,这本书大概会让他们爱不释手。
——苏珊娜·卡哈兰(Susannah Cahalan),《纽约邮报》
“轻科学”的典范之作,对我们私人和社会生活中有重大影响的人类生物学和行为科学的方方面面都会有重大启发。
——卡罗尔·塔夫里斯(Carol Tavris),《华尔街日报》
兰德尔的智慧与好奇心成就了他,使他成为人们在探索梦境方面的一个令人欣慰的“引路人”。
——《波士顿环球报》
作者对一个如此令人着迷的话题展开深入研究,并以一种通俗易懂的方式启发人们去探索梦的真相。
——《新科学家》
这本神奇的书很可能帮人们解决在睡眠方面存在的所有问题……书中介绍了很多实用的信息,比如在不依赖药物的情况下如何克服失眠,如何做可以在睡眠中不打鼾,如何说服小孩子按时上床睡觉等。还有一点,可能对一些人来说,也是更有用的一点吧,就是如何在专业足球比赛中成功下注:一般周一晚上,人体的生物周期节律更有利于西海岸队的发挥。总之,这是一本让人爱不释手的书(这是一本让人一旦读起来都不舍得睡觉的书)。
——《出版者周刊》
兰德尔在书中强调了太容易被人们忽视的常识,也就是——睡眠并非无效。相反,在决定人们能否生活幸福的要素中,睡眠质量很可能占据其中三分之一。作者还指出,睡眠不是一个无差别的连续统一体,看似平静的睡眠分为五个阶段,每个阶段约90分钟。总体来说,该书对生活中那些被遗忘、被忽视以及被推迟元素的研究还是很令人满意的。
——《科克斯评论》
中国历史中的佛教 豆瓣
作者: [美] 芮沃寿 (Arthur F. Wright) 译者: 常蕾 出版社: 北京大学出版社 2017 - 10
这本书是美国汉学家芮沃寿(Arthur F. Wright)关于中国佛教史研究的一部通论性著作。作者以1958年在芝加哥大学举行的演讲稿为基础写成此书,一经出版后,即受到广泛的关注和赞誉,著名学者纷纷发表书评,甚至在此书出版近半个世纪之后依然有新的书评出现。时至今日,这本书仍是美国大学生了解中国佛教的必读之书。本书收录了芮沃寿20世纪50年代后期在芝加哥大学的六篇讲演稿。作者试图展示从佛教进入中国至6世纪,佛教如何适应中国文化,减少与中国本土文化的摩擦与碰撞,为儒释道三教合和打下统一的思想基础,作者还将研究视野进一步延伸至近代中国社会,检讨佛教如何在近代社会继续发挥其影响和作用,兼顾佛教在中国文化中的思想、语言和文化等方面的影响。
现代史学的挑战 豆瓣
作者: 中国美国史研究会 译者: 王建华 / 杨宇光 出版社: 上海人民出版社 1990 - 10
每年年底,通常在12月28日,美国历史协会行将卸任的主席都要发表一篇“告别演说”。他们或归纳史学界的现状,或总结历史研究的趋势,或阐释本人所关心的具体课题。本书就是1961——1988年美国历史协会主席的演说集。
冰雪王国 豆瓣
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
9.7 (20 个评分) 作者: [美] 汉普顿·塞兹 译者: 马睿 出版社: 社会科学文献出版社 2017 - 4
1879年7月8日,德隆告别了年轻的妻子,带领美国军舰珍妮特号从旧金山启航了,时逢“北极热 ”,前来送行的人群欢呼雀跃。德隆领导着33人的团队——带着一个年轻国家想要跻身世界强国的远大抱负——深入那些从未有人探索过的海域。
船刚到白令海峡以北,便陷入一块大浮冰中动弹不得。经过两年的困顿航行,船体受损严重,珍妮特号最终葬身北冰洋底。探险队员们彼时身在西伯利亚以北近1000英里的冰盖上,孤立无援,只有三条敞篷船和勉强维持的补给。
他们就这样开始了漫长的、决定命运的冰海远征——历尽艰险,被视为有史以来人类为生存而战的最伟大战斗之一。面对从雪盲症和冻疮到肆虐的寒风暴雪和神秘的冰上迷宫,探险队与疯狂和饥饿搏斗着,孤注一掷地朝西伯利亚海岸行进。
One-Dimensional Man 豆瓣 Goodreads
作者: Herbert Marcuse 出版社: Beacon Press 1991 - 10
Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, newly introduced by Marcuse scholar Douglas Kellner, presents Marcuse's best-selling work to another generation of readers in the context of contemporary events.
An Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms 豆瓣
作者: Neil C. Jones / Pavel A. Pevzner 出版社: The MIT Press 2004 - 8
This introductory text offers a clear exposition of the algorithmic principles driving advances in bioinformatics. Accessible to students in both biology and computer science, it strikes a unique balance between rigorous mathematics and practical techniques, emphasizing the ideas underlying algorithms rather than offering a collection of apparently unrelated problems.The book introduces biological and algorithmic ideas together, linking issues in computer science to biology and thus capturing the interest of students in both subjects. It demonstrates that relatively few design techniques can be used to solve a large number of practical problems in biology, and presents this material intuitively.An Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms is one of the first books on bioinformatics that can be used by students at an undergraduate level. It includes a dual table of contents, organized by algorithmic idea and biological idea; discussions of biologically relevant problems, including a detailed problem formulation and one or more solutions for each; and brief biographical sketches of leading figures in the field. These interesting vignettes offer students a glimpse of the inspirations and motivations for real work in bioinformatics, making the concepts presented in the text more concrete and the techniques more approachable.PowerPoint presentations, practical bioinformatics problems, sample code, diagrams, demonstrations, and other materials can be found at the Author's website.
Anxious Wealth 豆瓣
作者: John Osburg 出版社: Stanford University Press 2013 - 4
Who exactly are China's new rich? This pioneering investigation introduces readers to the private lives—and the nightlives—of the powerful entrepreneurs and managers redefining success and status in the city of Chengdu. Over the course of more than three years, anthropologist John Osburg accompanied, and in some instances assisted, wealthy Chinese businessmen as they courted clients, partners, and government officials.
Drawing on his immersive experiences, Osburg invites readers to join him as he journeys through the new, highly gendered entertainment sites for Chinese businessmen, including karaoke clubs, saunas, and massage parlors—places specifically designed to cater to the desires and enjoyment of elite men. Within these spaces, a masculinization of business is taking place. Osburg details the complex code of behavior that governs businessmen as they go about banqueting, drinking, gambling, bribing, exchanging gifts, and obtaining sexual services.
These intricate social networks play a key role in generating business, performing social status, and reconfiguring gender roles. But many entrepreneurs feel trapped by their obligations and moral compromises in this evolving environment. Ultimately, Osburg examines their deep ambivalence about China's future and their own complicity in the major issues of post-Mao Chinese society—corruption, inequality, materialism, and loss of trust.
想透彻 豆瓣
Thinking It Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy
作者: [美] 夸梅·安东尼·阿皮亚 译者: 姜昊骞 出版社: 新华出版社 2017 - 7
本书是一部全面、生动的当代哲学导论著作,介绍了人类生活中最为关键的那些问题,包括心灵与知识的本质、道德论断的状况、上帝的存在、科学的作用,以及语言的法则。
著名哲学家夸梅·安东尼·阿皮亚阐述了在我们的时代“做”哲学意味着什么,以及对于希望活得更有思想深度的人们来说,思考这些哲学问题为什么重要。人们有一种普遍的误解,认为作为一名哲学家就意味着信奉某些哲学观点,或者是某位思想家的追随者。与此相反,阿皮亚认为,“哲学探索的成果并不结束于某一固定观念,而是心灵在众多的可能性上更舒服地休憩;或者重新表述问题,开始新的探索。”
本书围绕八个核心主题展开论述:心灵、知识、语言、科学、道德、政治、法律、形而上学,追述了过去的哲学家们如何思考这些主题,比如霍布斯、维特根斯坦、弗雷格如何思考语言问题,并进而探讨了仍然吸引着当代哲学家的一些重要问题。更重要的,阿皮亚不仅介绍了哲学家们对这些问题的观点,而且解释了哲学家们思考这些问题的方法。在当今的读者思考他们所面对的复杂问题时,这些方法无疑能起到导航作用。
西班牙内战 豆瓣
Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War
作者: [美]阿曼达·维尔 译者: 诸葛雯 出版社: 中国友谊出版公司 2018 - 1
《西班牙内战:真相、疯狂与死亡》是一部讲述西班牙内战的史诗巨作,以促成西班牙内战第一枪的密谋开篇,逐月向前推进战事。它追溯了三对情侣在历史上的一个重要时刻——一个能在深陷其中的人们心中唤起最好与最坏一面的时刻——相互纠结却迥然不同的战时命运。在这个满是间谍、士兵、革命者与艺术家的黑暗格局中,有时,真理与谬误间的界限确实会变得十分模糊:朋友可能转身即变作敌人,而诚实也许会令你(或他人)丢了性命。在本书中,阿曼达•维尔根据未曾公开的信件、日记、政府文件以及修复的胶片等素材,重塑了一段关于爱情与变革的故事,一则有关真相的故事。
The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry 豆瓣
作者: Ernest F. Fenollosa / Ezra Pound 出版社: Fordham University Press 2008 - 3
First published in 1919 by Ezra Pound, Ernest Fenollosa's essay on the Chinese written language has become one of the most often quoted statements in the history of American poetics. As edited by Pound, it presents a powerful conception of language that continues to shape our poetic and stylistic preferences: the idea that poems consist primarily of images; the idea that the sentence form with active verb mirrors relations of natural force. But previous editions of the essay represent Pound's understanding - it is fair to say, his appropriation - of the text. Fenollosa's manuscripts, in the Beinecke Library of Yale University, allow us to see this essay in a different light, as a document of early, sustained cultural interchange between North Americaand East Asia. Pound's editing of the essay obscured two important features, here restored to view: Fenollosa's encounter with Tendai Buddhism and Buddhist ontology, and his concern with the dimension of sound in Chinese poetry. This book is the definitive critical edition of Fenollosa's important work. After a substantial Introduction, the text as edited by Pound is presented, together with his notes and plates. At the heart of the edition is the first full publication of the essay as Fenollosa wrote it, accompanied by the many diagrams, characters, and notes Fenollosa (and Pound) scrawled on the verso pages. Pound's deletions, insertions, and alterations to Fenollosa's sometimes ornate prose are meticulously captured, enabling readers to follow the quasi-dialogue between Fenollosa and his posthumous editor. Earlier drafts and related talks reveal the development of Fenollosa's ideas about culture, poetry, and translation. Copious multilingual annotation is an important feature of the edition. This masterfully edited book will be an essential resource for scholars and poets and a starting point for a renewed discussion of the multiple sources of American modernist poetry.
守护者 (2017) Eggplant.place 豆瓣 TMDB
The Keepers Season 1 所属 电视剧集: 守护者
9.3 (69 个评分) 导演: 瑞恩·怀特 演员: Sister Cathy Cesnik
《守护者》由瑞安·怀特 (《审判八号提案》、《披头士女助理》) 执导。这部精彩的 7 集纪录片讲述了巴尔的摩修女被害悬案和其中的恐怖秘密,以及她遇害后近 50 载仍挥之不去的痛楚。
记录片从修女凯茜·切斯尼克的失踪事件展开,她是巴尔的摩一位备受喜爱的修女,也是天主教会高中的教师,她于 1969 年 11 月 7 日失踪。大约两个月后,人们发现了她的尸体,时至今日,她的遇害仍是一桩悬案。
直到 90 年代,修女凯茜·切斯尼克曾经的一位学生 (一位匿名“无名氏”的女性) 说出了自己遭受高中牧师性虐待的可怕经历,这件案子才重新受到人们的关注。令人难以置信的是,该女子透露,在人们发现修女凯茜·切斯尼克的尸体之前,她曾被带到跟前接受警告“看看说别人坏话会有什么下场”。尽管有上述证据以及其他受害者和目击者的证词,但并没有人被追究责任,而且此事在巴尔的摩外鲜有报道。
通过走访数十人,包括修女凯茜的朋友、亲戚、记者、政府官员和决心找出真相巴尔的摩市民,怀特拼凑出事件的大体,不仅涉及受人喜爱的天主教会学校老师之死,还牵涉到神职人员性虐待、被压抑的回忆以及政府和宗教机构,他说:“说得好听点是 (政府和宗教机构) 过去 45 年存在失职,说得难听点就是他们隐瞒了事实真相。”
语言的牢笼(上下) 豆瓣
作者: [美] 弗雷德里克·詹姆逊 译者: 钱佼汝 / 李自修 出版社: 百花洲文艺出版社 2010 - 5
《语言的牢笼:马克思主义与形式(上下)》的主要内容是:《语言的牢笼》是詹姆逊较早的一部专著,发表于一九七二年,和前一年出版问世的《马克思主义与形式》形成鲜明的对照。尽管这两部论著都涉及马克思主义的基本思想,但它们在内容上评述的却是两个有着完全不同传统的思想和理论体系,两套迥异的概念和术语以及两种本质上对立的方法论。七十年代初,美国的思想界和学术界对俄国形式主义和法国结构主义都还比较陌生。虽然维克托?埃利希的《俄国形式主义:历史与理论》早在一九五五年就向美国和英语国家的读者详细介绍和评价了这一对本世纪西方文学理论产生重大影响的理论流派,但俄国形式主义的核心人物(除早已移居国外的人如雅可布森等外)的主要论著却一直到六十年代中期之后才陆续译成英语,且以单篇文章居多,种类也很有限。结构主义的情况可能稍好。一九六六年在约翰斯?霍普金斯大学召开的"批评的语言与人类的科学"学术讨论会是当时美国的学术生活中的一件大事,它把法国结构主义的主要代表和他们的理论以及他们之间的分歧集中带到了美国,但当时能加人这场讨论的美国人不多。法国结构主义的经典著作的英译本和详细介绍结构主义的来龙去脉和基本理论的专著都到七十年代中期、甚至更晚才出现。
左道 豆瓣
The Sinister Way:The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture
7.7 (9 个评分) 作者: [美]万志英(Richard von Glahn) 译者: 廖涵缤 出版社: 社会科学文献出版社 2018 - 8
※财神信仰在中国通俗宗教大框架下的起源与演变
※第一本深入研究中国宗教文化中左道之地位的著作
【内容简介】
对当代中国人而言,财神一直是家庭祭仪和新年礼俗中的标志性神祇,对财神的崇拜是日常生活不可分割的一部分。然而,尽管供桌上的财神神像十分常见,但绝大多数人都不知道财神信仰根源为何。
美国加州大学洛杉矶分校历史学教授、著名汉学家万志英以大众或通俗宗教为大框架,审视了五通(财神)信仰的缘起和漫长演变。这份时间跨度长达三千年的研究,充分展现了中国宗教文化中神灵的邪恶面,及其在道德上的暧昧与矛盾,使我们得以窥视不同时代背景对普通人生活和思想的影响。
万志英认为,中国宗教信仰和实践的历史过程呈现两种基本倾向,一方面是佞神和驱邪,另一方面是相信宇宙中道德平衡的作用,这两种基本倾向总是处于紧张状态之中,并且两者都受到邪魔力量,即具有邪恶本性的神祇和精灵的侵扰。这两种根本倾向对中国宗教文化产生了持久影响。
【媒体获誉】
一个关于五通神信仰的起源、发展,以及中国宗教中的邪魔外道的精彩故事。万志英从商朝讲到了帝制晚期,向我们展现了引人入胜的丰富知识和此前从未公布的数据。
——柏夷(Stephen Bokenkamp)
印第安纳大学,著有《早期道教经文》
没有其他作者可以像万志英这样对旁门左道在中国宗教中的地位进行如此深入细致的探索。这份言辞优雅的优秀研究著作涉及从宋朝到明朝的重要主题。
——伊沛霞(Patricia Ebrey)
著有《内闱:宋代的婚姻和妇女生活》
诊疗椅上的谎言 豆瓣
8.3 (13 个评分) 作者: [美] 欧文·亚隆Irvin D·Yalom 译者: 鲁宓 出版社: 机械工业出版社 2017 - 3
心理专家一向被认为是最善于观察人性的,谁能想到,他们也会容易上当受骗?当来访者满怀谎言走向诊疗椅,结局将大大出乎每个人的意料。诊疗过程中的对话亦真亦假,在移情与反移情、欺骗与背叛之间,暴露的却是真实的人性。
心理咨询师也是人,也会有普通人的情感与人格弱点,当他们陷入困境中时,该如何医治自己,又该如何负责任地引领来访者?
欧文·亚隆在书中以精心设计、巧妙连贯的编剧手法,探讨心理治疗过程中的移情与反移情、幼年经验、心理治疗的原则、如何促成来访者最重要的改变、如何督导心理治疗师的训练等,堪称最实用的心理咨询临床实战书,情节构思精巧严密,机关连环,跌宕起伏,极富戏剧性。
《诊疗椅上的谎言》具有亚隆所有小说的共同点:强悍的专业背景,充满妙喻和幽默的文笔,以及意想不到的结局,而论辛辣讽刺,《诊疗椅上的谎言》在亚隆所有的小说中堪称为最。
Lost in Translation 豆瓣
作者: Ella Frances Sanders 出版社: Ten Speed Press 2014 - 9
Introduction
How you do introduce the untranslatable?
In our highly connected and communicative world, we have more ways than ever to express ourselves, to tell others how we feel, and to explain the importance or insignificance of our days. The speed and frequency of our exchanges leave just enough room for misunderstandings, though, and now perhaps more than ever before, what we actually mean to say gets lost in translation. The ability to communicate more frequently and faster hasn't eliminated the potential for leaving gaps between meaning and interpretation, and emotions and intentions are misread all too often.
The words in this book may be answers to questions you didn't even know to ask, and perhaps some you did. They might pinpoint emotions and experiences that seemed elusive and indescribable, or they may cause you to remember a person you'd long forgotten. If you take something away from this book other than some brilliant conversation starters, let it be the realization (or affirmation) that you are human, that you are fundamentally, intrinsically bound to every single person on the planet with language and with feelings.
As much as we like to differentiate ourselves, to feel like individuals and rave on about expression and freedom and the experiences that are unique to each one of us, we are all made of the same stuff. We laugh and cry in much the same way, we learn words and then forget them, we meet people from places and cultures different from our own and yet somehow we understand the lives they are living. Language wraps its understanding and punctuation around us all, tempting us to cross boundaries and helping us to comprehend the impossibly difficult questions that life relentlessly throws at us.
Languages aren't unchanging, though they can sometimes hold a false sense of permanence. They do evolve and occasionally die, and whether you speak a few words of one or a thousand words of many, they help to shape us—they give us the ability to voice an opinion, to express love or frustration, to change someone's mind.
For me, making this book has been more than a creative process. It's caused me to look at human nature in an entirely new way, and I find myself recognizing these nouns, adjectives, and verbs in the people I walk by on the street. I see boketto in the eyes of an old man sitting at the ocean's edge, and the resfeber that has taken over the hearts of friends as they prepare to journey across the world to an unknown culture.
I hope this book helps you find a few long-lost parts of yourself, that it brings to mind fond memories, or that it helps put into words thoughts and feelings that you could never clearly express before. Perhaps you'll find the word that perfectly describes your second cousin once removed, the way you felt two summers ago that you were never able to fully describe, or the look in the eyes of the person sitting across from you right now.
Eckhart Tolle wrote, "Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn't very much." I'm hesitant to agree. Words allow us to grasp and hold onto an extraordinary amount. Sure, all languages can be picked apart and reduced to just a few vowels or symbols or sounds, but the ability that language gives us is incredibly complex. There may be some small essential gaps in your mother tongue, but never fear: you can look to other languages to define what you're feeling, and these pages are your starting point.
So go and get lost in translation.
艺术 豆瓣
作者: [美]理查德·加纳罗 译者: 舒予 / 吴珊 出版社: 北京大学出版社 2012 - 1
本书旨在向那些没有或者没有多少文科背景的学生介绍人文学带给我们的喜悦。一直以来,我们的目标就是交流我们对于作为心智与情感体验的人文学所怀有的热情。学生藉由学习审慎的思考,以及对于创造性艺术的认知,也将会更好地了解自身。
本书叙述历史上人文学取得的杰出成就。尽管我们的方法是主题式,而不是编年史式的,但是历史语境仍然作为了解特定作品发挥着,并将继续发挥着重要的作用。我们感激过去了所取得的成就,这是因为我们非常相近的人过去并存在过,他们说过的话和做过的事可以帮助我们了解今天。我们会继续发现新的原因去体验喜悦,并在过去的、现在的、西方的、非西方的、男人的、女人的,以及在不同种族文化的作品中所体现出的感受力中得到的激励。
Human Accomplishment 豆瓣 Goodreads
作者: Charles Murray 出版社: Harper Perennial 2004 - 11
A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence . "At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. Human Accomplishment is about those great things, falling in the domains known as the arts and sciences, and the people who did them.' So begins Charles Murray's unique account of human excellence, from the age of Homer to our own time. Employing techniques that historians have developed over the last century but that have rarely been applied to books written for the general public, Murray compiles inventories of the people who have been essential to the stories of literature, music, art, philosophy, and the sciences—a total of 4,002 men and women from around the world, ranked according to their eminence. The heart of Human Accomplishment is a series of enthralling descriptive chapters: on the giants in the arts and what sets them apart from the merely great; on the differences between great achievement in the arts and in the sciences; on the meta-inventions, 14 crucial leaps in human capacity to create great art and science; and on the patterns and trajectories of accomplishment across time and geography. Straightforwardly and undogmatically, Charles Murray takes on some controversial questions. Why has accomplishment been so concentrated in Europe? Among men? Since 1400? He presents evidence that the rate of great accomplishment has been declining in the last century, asks what it means, and offers a rich framework for thinking about the conditions under which the human spirit has expressed itself most gloriously. Eye-opening and humbling, Human Accomplishment is a fascinating work that describes what humans at their best can achieve, provides tools for exploring its wellsprings, and celebrates the continuing common quest of humans everywhere to discover truths, create beauty, and apprehend the good.