图书标签: Al_Gore politics 理性 英文 sustainability inspiring climate_change 社会學
发表于2024-11-25
The Assault on Reason pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degradation of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason
At the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism.
We live in an age when the thirty-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an administration less interested than any previous administration in sharing the truth with the citizenry. Related to this and of even greater concern is this administration's disinterest in the process by which the truth is ascertained, the tenets of fact-based reasoning-first among them an embrace of open inquiry in which unexpected and even inconvenient facts can lead to unexpected conclusions.
How did we get here? How much damage has been done to the functioning of our democracy and its role as steward of our security? Never has there been a worse time for us to lose the capacity to face the reality of our long-term challenges, from national security to the economy, from issues of health and social welfare to the environment. As The Assault on Reason shows us, we have precious little time to waste.
Gore's larger goal in this book is to explain how the public sphere itself has evolved into a place hospitable to reason's enemies, to make us more aware of the forces at work on our own minds, and to lead us to an understanding of what we can do, individually and collectively, to restore the rule of reason and safeguard our future. Drawing on a life's work in politics as well as on the work of experts across a broad range of disciplines, Al Gore has written a farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking.
主要篇幅在批評Bush 對伊發動戰爭的政策,以及climate change。
评分just finished part of them, but has got some sight there, fear is the enemy of reason and rational, which we gotta conquer it.
评分主要篇幅在批評Bush 對伊發動戰爭的政策,以及climate change。
评分不愧是政客写出来的东西, 少不了对对手的攻击, 少不了对选民的絮絮叨叨. 鲜有客观辩证, 堆砌了不少显而易见的证据批判小布什对伊拉克发动战争的政策 (这不是在骂选民白痴被利用了么呵呵). 他对当下政体中的缺陷表达失望, 不停地阐述建国先辈们设想的民主自由体制并非如此, 但又不敢大胆提出造成问题的根源是什么. 但最后两三章终于写到点上. 包括单一的one-way propaganda会让公民渐渐对政府是否做出正确决策和改变丧失信心甚至不予关注, 如何利用新媒体更好的让公民理性的参与到政治决策中(几年过去应该很好的证明了你的天真), two-way dialogue, etc. Al Gore毕竟不是个学者, 不能跳出政客的眼光去深入分析
评分批判布什大会
Al penned pages to excoriate George W. Bush. This may assists to clear the lethargy clouds of myths currently puzzling the citizens. But this seeming endeavor to approach an equilibrium of the bifurcaing ideologies in the society is so exaggerated that...
评分This is a great synthesis on the discourse in public sphere. Fear vs. Trust, Reason vs. Faith, Image vs. Word, Internet vs. TV, Entertainment vs. Information are all laid out with great writing. This is so different from the Al Gore bureaucrat we know befor...
评分这本书失败的地方很多。它从最初对美国政治环境中理性思辨的反思变成了对于小布什政权滥用权力的控诉,从对竞选广告和选民行为关系的研究变成了对于纸媒体世纪的缅怀与向往。再加上那些充满自由派烙印却缺乏论证的对共和党和利益集团的揣测,以及戈尔本人对于互联网过分天真的...
评分Al penned pages to excoriate George W. Bush. This may assists to clear the lethargy clouds of myths currently puzzling the citizens. But this seeming endeavor to approach an equilibrium of the bifurcaing ideologies in the society is so exaggerated that...
评分This is a great synthesis on the discourse in public sphere. Fear vs. Trust, Reason vs. Faith, Image vs. Word, Internet vs. TV, Entertainment vs. Information are all laid out with great writing. This is so different from the Al Gore bureaucrat we know befor...
The Assault on Reason pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024