An intellectual memoir by the author of the acclaimed Imagined Communities
Benedict Anderson is one of the leading historians of nationalism and Southeast Asia. His seminal book Imagined Commu-nities has changed the way we think about the reason why people live, die and kill in the name of nation-hood.
Born in China, Anderson spent his childhood in California and Ireland, was educated in England and finally found a home at Cornell University, where he immersed himself in the growing field of Southeast Asian studies. After field work in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, he was banned from Suharto’s Indonesia for disputing the legitimacy of the 1965 coup. In his memoir, he brings to life the intellectual formation of a life spent open to the world, resisting the easy comforts of imagined homes: the joys of learning languages; the importance of field work; the influence of the New Left upon global think-ing; and the satisfactions of teaching.
Benedict Anderson was Aaron L. Binenkorp Professor of International Studies Emeritus at Cornell University. He was editor of the journal Indonesia and author of Java in a Time of Revolution, The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World and Imagined Communities.
毫无疑问,能够在思想与学术的游牧经历中成长,这是很令人羡慕的青春命运。著名经济学家阿尔伯特·赫希曼(Albert Otto Hirschman)少年时代以黑格尔哲学和德国左翼社会主义运动为起点,经常作为抵抗组织的秘密信使往返于巴黎和意大利之间,在夜行火车上,他的手提箱里面装着孟...
评分毫无疑问,能够在思想与学术的游牧经历中成长,这是很令人羡慕的青春命运。著名经济学家阿尔伯特·赫希曼(Albert Otto Hirschman)少年时代以黑格尔哲学和德国左翼社会主义运动为起点,经常作为抵抗组织的秘密信使往返于巴黎和意大利之间,在夜行火车上,他的手提箱里面装着孟...
评分本书不止是了解安德森个人生活经历,更是了解二战后美国区域研究(area studies)兴起的珍贵记录。字里行间闪烁着智慧火花,读来让人欲罢不能,书中有许多字句都深深打动我,谨抄录于下: p.11:“在长大成人的过程中,毋庸讳言我们拥有灵魂与个性,但很少困惑于身份,身份主要...
评分“跃出椰壳碗下的青蛙” 在泰国和印度尼西亚有一种比喻,一只青蛙被扣在椰壳碗下面。“静静地坐在椰壳下,青蛙很快就开始觉得椰壳碗圈起了整个宇宙。”“对于这个印象的道德判断是青蛙无缘无故地心胸狭隘、迂腐守旧、深居简出和自我满足。就我而言,我在任何地方都无法久居到安...
评分此书所写的“椰壳碗”形同我们常说的“井底之蛙”的井,都是在描述一种囿于原地、不思进取的状态的。相对的,作者本尼迪克特·安德森于书中恰恰描写的就是他走出“椰壳碗”之外,所遇见的更加广阔的人生,不仅是地域,还有意识形态。 作者自叙平生经历,有几分回忆录的样子,但...
"...How to use a language to make things so remote also frightening, tragic and understandable."
评分Frog under coconut shell is a strong metaphor indicating the limited horizon formed by one's upbringing,only by efforts of endless endeavor to develop habits of observation and comparison and keeping in mind that our culture is not superior or inferior,could one understand the freedom built by less prejudiced thinking.
评分充满深刻的感悟。真正有志于学者应该打破各种边界,沉迷在自己的小壳里可能舒服,但一定可鄙。
评分断断续续读了好久,最近终于收束了。老头子太有劲,彻底点燃了我对东南亚的热情和兴趣。
评分Frog under coconut shell is a strong metaphor indicating the limited horizon formed by one's upbringing,only by efforts of endless endeavor to develop habits of observation and comparison and keeping in mind that our culture is not superior or inferior,could one understand the freedom built by less prejudiced thinking.
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