The World Until Yesterday:What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?

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出版社: Viking Adult
2012-12
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780670024810
定价: 226.80
装帧: 精装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 512页
正文语种: 英语
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  • Mostofustakeforgrantedthefeaturesofourmodernsociety,fromairtravelandtelecommunicationstoliteracyandobesity.Yetfornearlyallofitssixmillionyearsofexistence,humansocietyhadnoneofthesethings.Whilethegulfthatdividesusfromourprimitiveancestorsmayseemunbridgeablywide,wecanglimpsemuchofourformerlifestyleinthoselargelytraditionalsocietiesstillorrecentlyinexistence.SocietieslikethoseoftheNewGuineaHighlandersremindusthatitwasonlyyesterday?inevolutionarytime?wheneverythingchangedandthatwemodernsstillpossessbodiesandsocialpracticesoftenbetteradaptedtotraditionalthantomodernconditions.
    TheWorldUntilYesterdayprovidesamesmerizingfirsthandpictureofthehumanpastasithadbeenformillionsofyears?apastthathasmostlyvanished?andconsiderswhatthedifferencesbetweenthatpastandourpresentmeanforourlivestoday.
    ThisisJaredDiamond’smostpersonalbooktodate,ashedrawsextensivelyfromhisdecadesoffieldworkinthePacificislands,aswellasevidencefromInuit,AmazonianIndians,KalahariSanpeople,andothers.Diamonddoesn’tromanticizetraditionalsocieties?afterall,weareshockedbysomeoftheirpractices?buthefindsthattheirsolutionstouniversalhumanproblemssuchaschildrearing,eldercare,disputeresolution,risk,andphysicalfitnesshavemuchtoteachus.Acharacteristicallyprovocative,enlightening,andentertainingbook,TheWorldUntilYesterdaywillbeessentialanddelightfulreading. JaredDiamondisaprofessorofgeographyatUCLA.AmonghismanyawardsaretheNationalMedalofScience,theTylerPrizeforEnvironmentalAchievement,Japan’sCosmosPrize,aMacArthurFoundationFellowship,andtheLewisThomasPrizehonoringtheScientistasPoet,presentedbyTheRockefellerUniversity.HispreviousbooksincludeWhyIsSexFun?,TheThirdChimpanzee,Collapse,andGuns,Germs,andSteel,winnerofthePulitzerPrize. 【誠品選書推薦】
    以《槍砲,細菌與鋼鐵》與《大崩壞》而廣為世界認識的重要作家Jared Diamond最新著作。這一次,作者詢問的是『我們能從傳統社會中學到什麼?』進步,難道不是有如時間線性不斷向前展開的過程?新幾內亞在80年前還是一個完全封閉、仍在使用石器工具的的原始世界,西方社會首次造訪後短短數十年急速經歷了人類兩千年的各樣發展,作者從2006年新幾內亞機場作為書的開場(過去),以美國洛杉磯機場作為本書尾聲(現在),帶領讀者走過一趟現代文明建立的宏大旅程。
    以《槍砲,細菌與鋼鐵》與《大崩壞》而廣為世界認識的重要作家Jared Diamond,帶來一本最能展現其個人風格的佳作。
    根據他幾十年的田野調查經驗,與豐富的資料搜集,Diamond 向所有人提出一個問題:『我們能從傳統社會中學到什麼?』進步,難道不是有如時間線性不斷向前展開的過程?新幾內亞在80年前還是一個完全封閉、仍在使用石器工具的原始世界,但這些原始社會用來解決人類普遍性問題的解答,諸如扶養小孩、照顧老人、解決爭議,都讓自豪於文明進展的現代人驚訝不已。
    西方社會首次造訪後短短數十年急速經歷了人類兩千年的各樣發展,作者從2006年新幾內亞機場作為書的開場(過去),以美國洛杉磯機場作為本書尾聲(現在),帶領讀者走過一趟現代文明建立的宏大旅程。在作者眼中,現代社會依然是淺薄與混亂的,重新向傳統社會取經,反思社會實踐的真諦,現代人得稍微放下尊嚴,回頭看看。
    或許此書不像Diamond過去的作品那麼宏大,探究人類歷史關鍵性的結構改變。但知名作家站在觀察過去的立場,替未來發展帶進新的視角,是一本引人入勝、知識與娛樂性兼具的好書。
  • 内容简介:
    Mostofustakeforgrantedthefeaturesofourmodernsociety,fromairtravelandtelecommunicationstoliteracyandobesity.Yetfornearlyallofitssixmillionyearsofexistence,humansocietyhadnoneofthesethings.Whilethegulfthatdividesusfromourprimitiveancestorsmayseemunbridgeablywide,wecanglimpsemuchofourformerlifestyleinthoselargelytraditionalsocietiesstillorrecentlyinexistence.SocietieslikethoseoftheNewGuineaHighlandersremindusthatitwasonlyyesterday?inevolutionarytime?wheneverythingchangedandthatwemodernsstillpossessbodiesandsocialpracticesoftenbetteradaptedtotraditionalthantomodernconditions.
    TheWorldUntilYesterdayprovidesamesmerizingfirsthandpictureofthehumanpastasithadbeenformillionsofyears?apastthathasmostlyvanished?andconsiderswhatthedifferencesbetweenthatpastandourpresentmeanforourlivestoday.
    ThisisJaredDiamond’smostpersonalbooktodate,ashedrawsextensivelyfromhisdecadesoffieldworkinthePacificislands,aswellasevidencefromInuit,AmazonianIndians,KalahariSanpeople,andothers.Diamonddoesn’tromanticizetraditionalsocieties?afterall,weareshockedbysomeoftheirpractices?buthefindsthattheirsolutionstouniversalhumanproblemssuchaschildrearing,eldercare,disputeresolution,risk,andphysicalfitnesshavemuchtoteachus.Acharacteristicallyprovocative,enlightening,andentertainingbook,TheWorldUntilYesterdaywillbeessentialanddelightfulreading.
  • 作者简介:
    JaredDiamondisaprofessorofgeographyatUCLA.AmonghismanyawardsaretheNationalMedalofScience,theTylerPrizeforEnvironmentalAchievement,Japan’sCosmosPrize,aMacArthurFoundationFellowship,andtheLewisThomasPrizehonoringtheScientistasPoet,presentedbyTheRockefellerUniversity.HispreviousbooksincludeWhyIsSexFun?,TheThirdChimpanzee,Collapse,andGuns,Germs,andSteel,winnerofthePulitzerPrize.
  • 目录:
    【誠品選書推薦】
    以《槍砲,細菌與鋼鐵》與《大崩壞》而廣為世界認識的重要作家Jared Diamond最新著作。這一次,作者詢問的是『我們能從傳統社會中學到什麼?』進步,難道不是有如時間線性不斷向前展開的過程?新幾內亞在80年前還是一個完全封閉、仍在使用石器工具的的原始世界,西方社會首次造訪後短短數十年急速經歷了人類兩千年的各樣發展,作者從2006年新幾內亞機場作為書的開場(過去),以美國洛杉磯機場作為本書尾聲(現在),帶領讀者走過一趟現代文明建立的宏大旅程。
    以《槍砲,細菌與鋼鐵》與《大崩壞》而廣為世界認識的重要作家Jared Diamond,帶來一本最能展現其個人風格的佳作。
    根據他幾十年的田野調查經驗,與豐富的資料搜集,Diamond 向所有人提出一個問題:『我們能從傳統社會中學到什麼?』進步,難道不是有如時間線性不斷向前展開的過程?新幾內亞在80年前還是一個完全封閉、仍在使用石器工具的原始世界,但這些原始社會用來解決人類普遍性問題的解答,諸如扶養小孩、照顧老人、解決爭議,都讓自豪於文明進展的現代人驚訝不已。
    西方社會首次造訪後短短數十年急速經歷了人類兩千年的各樣發展,作者從2006年新幾內亞機場作為書的開場(過去),以美國洛杉磯機場作為本書尾聲(現在),帶領讀者走過一趟現代文明建立的宏大旅程。在作者眼中,現代社會依然是淺薄與混亂的,重新向傳統社會取經,反思社會實踐的真諦,現代人得稍微放下尊嚴,回頭看看。
    或許此書不像Diamond過去的作品那麼宏大,探究人類歷史關鍵性的結構改變。但知名作家站在觀察過去的立場,替未來發展帶進新的視角,是一本引人入勝、知識與娛樂性兼具的好書。
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