Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century

作者: Tony Judt 著

出版社: Vintage Books

出版时间: 2009-02

ISBN: 9780099532330

定价: 137.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 464页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

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

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