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...
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评分用户评价
Not inspiring.
评分很传统的人文视角，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。
评分对每日摄入的信息稍有挑剔和反思的读者，应该不会觉得书中的批判多刺激。但才子的文笔实在太~好~了~午休时钻到楼下书店零散读几章，成了每天最期待的事情。//于是在local同事眼中更奇怪了//Dymocks已经撤出IFC了，Metrobooks你可要挺住啊!
评分Not inspiring.
评分对每日摄入的信息稍有挑剔和反思的读者，应该不会觉得书中的批判多刺激。但才子的文笔实在太~好~了~午休时钻到楼下书店零散读几章，成了每天最期待的事情。//于是在local同事眼中更奇怪了//Dymocks已经撤出IFC了，Metrobooks你可要挺住啊!
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