圖書標籤: 曆史 文化 Civilization 西方 社會學 Niall_Ferguson History NiallFerguson
发表于2024-08-06
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If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe, you would have been most impressed by the dazzling civilizations of the Orient. The Forbidden City was under construction in Ming Beijing; in the Near East, the Ottomans were closing in on Constantinople. By contrast, England would have struck you as a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, bad sanitation and incessant war. The other quarrelsome kingdoms of Western Europe - Aragon, Castile, France, Portugal and Scotland - would have seemed little better. As for fifteenth-century North America, it was an anarchic wilderness compared with the realms of the Aztecs and Incas. The idea that the West would come to dominate the Rest for most of the next half millennium would have struck you as wildly fanciful. And yet it happened. What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, was that the West developed six 'killer applications' that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic. The key question today is whether or not the West has lost its monopoly on these six things. If so, Ferguson warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy. Civilization takes readers on their own extraordinary journey around the world - from the Grand Canal at Nanjing to the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul; from Machu Picchu in the Andes to Shark Island, Namibia; from the proud towers of Prague to the secret churches of Wenzhou. It is the story of sailboats, missiles, land deeds, vaccines, blue jeans and Chinese Bibles. It is the defining narrative of modern world history.
Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the author of Paper and Iron, The House of Rothschild, The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, Empire, Colossus, The War of the World and The Ascent of Money. He writes regularly for newspapers and magazines all over the world. He has written and presented five highly successful television document series for Channel Four: Empire, American Colossus, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money and, most recently, Civilization.
企鵝平裝版。基本上是把先賢們已有的結論炒個冷飯,裏邊繞過瞭Democracy而直接以Property代之還是蠻有意思的。
評分企鵝平裝版。基本上是把先賢們已有的結論炒個冷飯,裏邊繞過瞭Democracy而直接以Property代之還是蠻有意思的。
評分提齣六個基本點的通俗讀物
評分書中總結的六點還是很到位的:競爭、科學、法製(産權)、現代醫藥、消費主義(以消費為中心的商品社會)、敬業和專業(新教倫理)。每一點的論證都具象化為與另一個非西歐國傢的對比,同時將這六點穿插在整個近現代史的敘述中。每次看曆史都能感受到自己的渺小,對人世間的苦難更加感同身受。不足在於有偏嚮性的錶述方式,大概社會科學的分析都很難完全擺脫主觀的意識形態吧。
評分Blikist掃過。不算新鮮的六大元素主導瞭西方這幾個世紀來的主導地位:競爭精神(地緣政治導緻的日常戰火催生裝備升級&資本主義)、科學實證原則(read bible on your own led a rise in literacy&printing)、representative gov based on property rights&rule of law,當代醫學、消費主義、清教徒思想:work hard&save money. 沒有特彆新鮮的概念,有幾條感覺是為瞭湊字數,比如當代醫學完全可以歸入科學中去。其實核心就是地緣政治和第三條,然而這恰恰是華人文化無法照搬的。
尼尔·弗格森应该算得上近几年来比较出名历史学家了,我比较感兴趣的是他的其他学术背景,他主修的其实是金融学。在这本书的一开篇,他就提出了在现今的西方,学生们的历史学习都是很片段的,而且他也很忧患的提出,正是由于人们对历史的不重视,导致了对未来形势的看不清楚。...
評分第一章:竞争 为什么在西方文明前面,东方文明压倒性的溃败。 因为,他们明白,什么才是永恒的动力。 首先是贪欲。 为了利润,为了财富,哥伦布麦哲伦这样的冒险家才会舍生忘死的寻找香料,追寻东方大陆。 而讲求存天理灭人欲的东方大国却是停滞和衰落。这大致能够说明,作为人...
評分【http://blog.sina.com.cn/leiwon】面对拉塞勒斯之问——“欧洲人为何能如此强大?他们为什么能如此轻易地踏足于非洲和亚洲,进行贸易或征服?亚洲人和非洲人为什么不能入侵他们的海岸线,在他们的港口设立殖民地,将法令加诸他们的王室?”——作者提出了六个因素,并认为这...
評分尼尔·弗格森应该算得上近几年来比较出名历史学家了,我比较感兴趣的是他的其他学术背景,他主修的其实是金融学。在这本书的一开篇,他就提出了在现今的西方,学生们的历史学习都是很片段的,而且他也很忧患的提出,正是由于人们对历史的不重视,导致了对未来形势的看不清楚。...
評分尼尔·弗格森应该算得上近几年来比较出名历史学家了,我比较感兴趣的是他的其他学术背景,他主修的其实是金融学。在这本书的一开篇,他就提出了在现今的西方,学生们的历史学习都是很片段的,而且他也很忧患的提出,正是由于人们对历史的不重视,导致了对未来形势的看不清楚。...
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