具体描述
In a frank and unpretentious series of letters addressed to a teenage granddaughter, this highly original book teaches us to know and understand the world we live in and its rules, and how to behave in it. In these thirty letters, Alan Macfarlane answers his granddaughter's questions about how the world works, how it got to be as it is, what it could be, and where she fits in. Lily's enquiries range from the intimate, personal and moral to the political, social and philosophical. What is the nature of good and evil? What is religion? How can I be truly me? Is right and wrong the same wherever you are? What is beauty? Does there have to be torture? Does money matter? Is knowledge always good? What is progress? What is truth? What is sex? Is democracy a good idea? These are just a few of the questions. In responding to Lily's challenging problems, Alan Macfarlane, from a lifetime's experience as a historian, anthropologist and teacher, ranges through history and across the world's cultures. Her questions are timeless. His answers add up to a classic.
作者简介
艾伦·麦克法兰是英国著名社会人类学家，剑桥大学社会人类学教授，国王学院院士和不列颠学术院院士，著名作家，著名电视节目制作人。著述凡16种，包括《英国个人主义的起源》（商务印书馆即将出版中译本）、《玻璃的世界》(商务印书馆已出版中译本，2003)、《都铎和斯图亚特王朝英格兰的巫术》、《现代世界之谜》、《资本主义文化》、《和平的野蛮战争》等。
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Nov. 14th --- Dec. 11th "Letters To Lily: On How The World Works" If your grandfather happens to be an anthopoligist, imagine the scope of questions you can ask him about. This book is answering the questions the author's granddaughter had ask him an...
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评分这位天外来客十有八九会断言，人类真是莫名其妙啊。他们明明只是动物，可他们好像自以为别具一格。他们拿不定主意，到底应该看重自己的精神还是肉体。他们也委决不下，到底应该看重自己的感官还是思想。他们自视不朽，而终于要死亡。他们自诩为造物主，却沦为许多其他物种的爪...
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Nations are constructed and deconstructed. There is nothing or given about them.They are imagined, invented concepts and there is no British nation, no English nation,except in our imagination.
评分recommend to teenagers. 有些部分还是写的挺浅的。
评分Nations are constructed and deconstructed. There is nothing or given about them.They are imagined, invented concepts and there is no British nation, no English nation,except in our imagination.
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