European history of the past century is full of examples of philosophers, writers, and jurists who, whether they lived in democratic, communist, or fascist societies, supported and defended totalitarian principles and horrific regimes. But how can intellectuals, who should be alert to the evils of tyranny, betray the ideals of freedom and independent inquiry? How can they take ...
European history of the past century is full of examples of philosophers, writers, and jurists who, whether they lived in democratic, communist, or fascist societies, supported and defended totalitarian principles and horrific regimes. But how can intellectuals, who should be alert to the evils of tyranny, betray the ideals of freedom and independent inquiry? How can they take positions that, implicitly or not, endorse oppression and human suffering on a vast scale?
In profiles of Martin Heidegger, Carl Schmitt, Walter Benjamin, Alexandre Kojeve, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida, Mark Lilla demonstrates how these thinkers were so deluded by the ideologies and convulsions of their times that they closed their eyes to authoritarianism, brutality, and state terror. He shows how intellectuals who fail to master their passions can be driven into a political sphere they scarcely understand, with momentous results for our intellectual and political lives.
Actually a fascinating and lucid (maybe biased? and shallow?) description of the ideas of those minds. Eerily there seems to be a “grand return” to the maxim “know thyself” (with a necessity being sel...Actually a fascinating and lucid (maybe biased? and shallow?) description of the ideas of those minds. Eerily there seems to be a “grand return” to the maxim “know thyself” (with a necessity being self-aware). Whilst reading Lure of Syracuse, one could not help but remember the life of Chu Hsi and the Chinese tradition of 得君行道。德里达章最后几小节有助厘清纷乱思潮。(展开)
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马克·里拉 作者
砂眼
新星出版社2005版
shiduo
新星出版社2005版
feimo
新星出版社2005版
#暗蓝#
中信出版社2014版
江海一蓑翁
新星出版社2010版
0 有用 明 2013-05-28 14:17:38
最近所读的几本关于知识分子的书，以马克·里拉的这本《当知识分子遇见政治》最为精彩，后记《叙拉古的诱惑》尤其值得一读再读。在作者看来，20世纪的大部分时间，欧洲知识分子都迷失在政治的诱惑当中，很少有人能保持清醒、独立和温和的精神。类似的情形，在中国不同时代的知识分子身上都能找到参照。
0 有用 SuSo 2019-01-08 02:51:45
Actually a fascinating and lucid (maybe biased? and shallow?) description of the ideas of those minds. Eerily there seems to be a “grand return” to the maxim “know thyself” (with a necessity being sel... Actually a fascinating and lucid (maybe biased? and shallow?) description of the ideas of those minds. Eerily there seems to be a “grand return” to the maxim “know thyself” (with a necessity being self-aware). Whilst reading Lure of Syracuse, one could not help but remember the life of Chu Hsi and the Chinese tradition of 得君行道。德里达章最后几小节有助厘清纷乱思潮。 (展开)
0 有用 Love 2019-05-28 06:09:19
very readable