作者: Paul Johnson
出版社: Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
出版年: 2005-3
页数: 400
定价: GBP 9.99
装帧: Paperback
ISBN: 9781842120392
出版社: Weidenfeld & Nicolson History
出版年: 2005-3
页数: 400
定价: GBP 9.99
装帧: Paperback
ISBN: 9781842120392
内容简介 · · · · · ·
Veteran political commentator, scholar and former editor of The New Statesman Paul Johnson has collected all the nasty, cruel and disgusting episodes in the lives of the mighty dead in order to question their "moral and judgmental credentials to give advice to humanity on how to conduct its affairs."
Intellectuals, according to Johnson, often possess a defining set of character... (展开全部) Veteran political commentator, scholar and former editor of The New Statesman Paul Johnson has collected all the nasty, cruel and disgusting episodes in the lives of the mighty dead in order to question their "moral and judgmental credentials to give advice to humanity on how to conduct its affairs."
Intellectuals, according to Johnson, often possess a defining set of characteristic traits; they are lying, cheating, hypocritical, megalomaniacs who combine an abstract love of humanity with an exploitative, selfish and cruel treatment of those who were closest to them. Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sartre, Lillian Hellman, Norman Mailer and Kenneth Tynan are put under the spotlight and damned as moral exemplars and truth-tellers while Edmund Wilson, Evelyn Waugh and Orwell provide the necessary foil of intellectual integrity.
This is a voyeuristic, gossip-mongering, ruthless and completely compelling book that leaves a bad taste in the mouth if you consume it at one sitting. Fortunately--since it's a collection of short biographical essays or exposès one can dip in where one likes. Intellectuals is well researched and has the polished concision one might expect from a veteran journalist and scholar. It also has the advantage of dealing with subject matter that is fascinating in itself--the extravagant personalities and spectacular immoralities of some of our most revered figures. Intellectuals doesn't always work as dispassionate intellectual history--for instance the overview of intellectual trends since the 1960s in the final chapter "The Flight of Reason" seems forced--but as a set of exposès it is splendid. --Larry Brown
Intellectuals, according to Johnson, often possess a defining set of character... (展开全部) Veteran political commentator, scholar and former editor of The New Statesman Paul Johnson has collected all the nasty, cruel and disgusting episodes in the lives of the mighty dead in order to question their "moral and judgmental credentials to give advice to humanity on how to conduct its affairs."
Intellectuals, according to Johnson, often possess a defining set of characteristic traits; they are lying, cheating, hypocritical, megalomaniacs who combine an abstract love of humanity with an exploitative, selfish and cruel treatment of those who were closest to them. Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sartre, Lillian Hellman, Norman Mailer and Kenneth Tynan are put under the spotlight and damned as moral exemplars and truth-tellers while Edmund Wilson, Evelyn Waugh and Orwell provide the necessary foil of intellectual integrity.
This is a voyeuristic, gossip-mongering, ruthless and completely compelling book that leaves a bad taste in the mouth if you consume it at one sitting. Fortunately--since it's a collection of short biographical essays or exposès one can dip in where one likes. Intellectuals is well researched and has the polished concision one might expect from a veteran journalist and scholar. It also has the advantage of dealing with subject matter that is fascinating in itself--the extravagant personalities and spectacular immoralities of some of our most revered figures. Intellectuals doesn't always work as dispassionate intellectual history--for instance the overview of intellectual trends since the 1960s in the final chapter "The Flight of Reason" seems forced--but as a set of exposès it is splendid. --Larry Brown
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Paul Johnson, who was born in 1928, has written over forty books and is one of Britain's leading historians. A former editor of the New Statesman, he is a frequent contributor to newspapers throughout the world. His book Modern Times has been translated into thirty languages; Intellectuals has been translated into twenty languages. His History of Christianity and History of the... (展开全部)
Paul Johnson, who was born in 1928, has written over forty books and is one of Britain's leading historians. A former editor of the New Statesman, he is a frequent contributor to newspapers throughout the world. His book Modern Times has been translated into thirty languages; Intellectuals has been translated into twenty languages. His History of Christianity and History of the Jews are standard works in five continents. His other books include The Offshore Islanders, The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830 and A History of the American People. He lives in London and Somerset.
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找到被删除的“马克思”的那段了!!
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- ektara 当然只是简介: 记忆中的马克思不仅仅是革命家、哲学家、科学家,更是一个道德上的完人。他的爱情故事曾经作为经典被世人广为传颂。然而最近看到的一则前东德的解密资料显示,实际情况却远非如此。1843年身为贵族的千金小姐燕妮,毅然嫁给了25岁的马克思,还带来了陪嫁的女仆琳衡。在我们今天来看,这不仅仅是因为马克思的才华的确...... (27回应)2008-01-10 58/62有用来自 江苏人民出版社2003版
此书有风险,阅读请谨慎
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- moviejunkie(CBD外皆凄凉) 该书可能引起如下后果,请慎读: 再也不相信爱情 再也不相信文人 再也不相信圣人 再也不相信主义 世界观崩溃 伟光正的卢梭是个性变态,露阴癖,像农夫怀里的蛇一样春天一到就开始撕咬善待他的亲朋好友。抛弃5个亲生孩子(跟他伟光正的爱弥儿正好相反,他对小孩没有一点兴趣)———当时的孤儿院极其恶劣,被扔到...... (3回应)2011-08-29 11/11有用
剥下知识分子的外衣
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- 老探戈 终于读完了保罗·约翰逊(Paul Johnson)的《所谓的知识分子》(Intellectuals),这是一本“颠覆”之作,作者把笼罩在所谓的知识分子头上的光环抛开,把这些“人类的良心”放在聚光灯下,从个人生活的角度观察他们,从而揭露出他们华丽的外衣下藏着的“小”。 读这本书,首先要做好心理准备,因为作者揭露或颠...... (2回应)2007-01-28 7/7有用来自 究竟出版社2002版
最危险的知识分子
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- 深山夜读 看完了保罗.约翰逊的《知识分子》。 这是一本专揭知识分子尤其是大知识分子短的书。作者详尽地展示和评说了卢梭、雪莱、易卜生、托尔斯泰、海明威、布莱希特、罗素、萨特、埃德蒙·威尔逊、维克多·高兰茨、莉莲·海尔曼等十多位人文知识分子不为常人所知的私生活。以往,这些私生活作为阴暗面从他们被神化了的生活中剔除或掩蔽了。“为...... (3回应)2007-01-21 10/10有用来自 江苏人民出版社2003版
保罗·约翰逊到底想说什么
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- Thomas(八月雪) 保罗·约翰逊的《知识分子》一书是一部才华横溢,引人入胜的八卦事例汇集,其中列举雪莱,布莱希特,托尔斯泰等人的丑闻,每章的结构基本雷同。归结起来,所有这些知识分子的特点是: 对亲人不够关心 对朋友忘恩负义 好色,全部有性变态倾向 追求名利,好大喜功,言行不一 这些能构成否认这些知识分子的理由么? ...... (10回应)2008-06-28 8/8有用来自 江苏人民出版社2003版
台湾版《知识分子》关于马克思的一章
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- longtingfang(我是自己的事业) 马克思——披上科学外衣的诗人革命家 pdf下载:http://vdisk.weibo.com/s/uEcl/1312019169 这是台湾版《所谓知识分子》的第三章,为大陆版《知识分子》所未有 科学的面具 马克思(Karl Marx,一八一八—八三)对现实事件、人类心灵所产生的冲击,比任何一位现代知识分......2011-07-30 3/3有用来自 江苏人民出版社2003版
至纯的灵魂
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- 我(娑婆世界 , 不得解脱) 心智与人格,除了自我诞生时的至纯 便不再是统一的完美一体 知识与智慧,在很大程度上,并不能战胜人类的经验逻辑和兽性本能 这一点,古中国修士和西方苦修士有相似之处 我并不认为他们的行为和思想差异如此巨大是丑陋的,荒诞的 那只是每个人都会做的事情 除了思想和知识,在人格上,他们和普通凡人并无而已 他们并没......2011-11-24 来自 究竟出版社2002版
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- aphrodite(恐惧是终极武器,无知确保其生效) 但我还要再进一步说,在我们这个悲剧的世纪,千百万无辜的生命牺牲于改善全部人性的那些计划——最主要的教训之一是:提防知识份子。 不但要把他们同权利杠杆隔离开来,而且当他们试图集体提供劝告时,他们应当成为特别怀疑的对象。提放知识分子的委员会、讨论会和联盟,不要信任他们拥挤的队伍中发出的公开声明,他们对政治领袖和重要事......2011-08-23 来自 江苏人民出版社2003版
序言导读很不错
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- ice 一直想看这本书,大概还是怀着八卦的心态吧。终于从网上下载了台版的PDF文档,繁体字和竖排版实在让我的阅读速度有些下降。仔仔细细从序言导读读起,似乎观点对立的两篇,揭示了全书的背景,以及阅读的外延。心里对编辑立刻充满敬佩,序言和导读都是台湾知名学者,媒体人,见解深入独到,完全提升了我对全书的期望值。 导读中,“体制...... (2回应)2011-02-21 来自 究竟出版社2002版
不仅仅是八卦一勺烩~
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- mango 约翰逊的这本书与我们当今的“潮流”——鄙视知识分子,嘲笑高学历,颇有契合之处。比如,眼下网上常有人将教授戏称为“叫兽”,而大众媒体也的确不是披露某些教授的无耻言行。一个浮躁拜金的社会出现招摇撞骗、德行有亏的知识分子是在不足为奇。然而我们也不能以“一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤”的态度把一锅汤都倒掉,相反,在看到食堂的饭菜......2010-10-11 2/2有用来自 江苏人民出版社2003版
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