具体描述
The news is everywhere. We can’t stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds?
We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton (author of the best-selling The Architecture of Happiness), but this has a huge impact on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives. In his dazzling new book, de Botton takes twenty-five archetypal news stories—including an airplane crash, a murder, a celebrity interview and a political scandal—and submits them to unusually intense analysis with a view to helping us navigate our news-soaked age. He raises such questions as Why are disaster stories often so uplifting? What makes the love lives of celebrities so interesting? Why do we enjoy watching politicians being brought down? Why are upheavals in far-off lands often so boring?
In The News: A User’s Manual, de Botton has written the ultimate guide for our frenzied era, certain to bring calm, understanding and a measure of sanity to our daily (perhaps even hourly) interactions with the news machine.
作者简介
Alain de Botton is the author of nonfiction works on subjects ranging from love and travel to architecture and philosophy. His best-selling books include How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Art of Travel and The Architecture of Happiness. He lives in London, where he founded The School of Life (www.theschooloflife.com) and Living Architecture (www.living-architecture.co.uk).
目录信息
I. Preface
II. Politics
III. World News
IV. Economics
V. Celebrity
VI. Disaster
VII. Consumption
VIII. Conclusion
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读后感
互联网时代下，想找一个没有新闻的角落似乎已不那么容易。 当所有人逐渐被新闻所渗透，但却很少能意识到新闻的强大影响。 娱乐、政治、自然灾害、节日……我们需要外界的不安来消解、转移视线，以此获得片刻内心的平静。书中引用黑格尔：“当新闻取代宗教、成为我们的核心指导...
评分星期五的晚上可能是所有人在一周中最神往的时光。当然，那些没日没夜不分周末假期都要一心扑到工作上的加班狗除外。 这是一个无人接管的真空地带，漂浮着自由与自在。你刚刚从为期五天的囚禁中刑满释放，而周末又没有正式拉开序幕。此时身心松弛，满怀期待，揣着几分礼物未拆...
评分 评分用户评价
很传统的人文视角，某种程度上也可以理解为欧洲许知远的眼光。我承认作者的很多看法，新闻并没有改变我们世界观里的冷漠和狭隘。但或许我们的人性就是如此冷漠而狭隘。
评分I can see why some readers don't like him, but Alain de Botton's advice is invaluable.
评分虽然只看最后一章就可以，但还是五分。。。
评分感觉看个新闻好累
评分虽然只看最后一章就可以，但还是五分。。。
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