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Arthur M·Schlesinger 出版社: W. W. Norton & Company 副标题: Reflections on a Multicultural Society 出版年: 1998-9-17 页数: 208 定价: USD 15.95 装帧: Paperback ISBN: 9780393318548
The bestseller that reminded us what it means to be an American is more timely than ever in this updated and enlarged edition, including "Schlesinger's Syllabus," an annotated reading list of core books on the American experience. The classic image of the American nation — a melting pot in which differences of race, wealth, religion, and nationality are submerged in democracy ...
The bestseller that reminded us what it means to be an American is more timely than ever in this updated and enlarged edition, including "Schlesinger's Syllabus," an annotated reading list of core books on the American experience. The classic image of the American nation — a melting pot in which differences of race, wealth, religion, and nationality are submerged in democracy — is being replaced by an orthodoxy that celebrates difference and abandons assimilation. While this upsurge in ethnic awareness has had many healthy consequences in a nation shamed by a history of prejudice, the cult of ethnicity, if pressed too far, threatens to fragment American society to a dangerous degree. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner in history and adviser to the Kennedy and other administrations, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., is uniquely positioned to wave the caution flag in the race to a politics of identity. Using a broader canvas in this updated and expanded edition, he examines the international dimension and the lessons of one polyglot country after another tearing itself apart or on the brink of doing so: among them the former Yugoslavia, Nigeria, even Canada. Closer to home, he finds troubling new evidence that multiculturalism gone awry here in the United States threatens to do the same. "One of the most devastating and articulate attacks on multiculturalism yet to appear."— Wall Street Journal "A brilliant book . . . we owe Arthur Schlesinger a great debt of gratitude."—C. Vann Woodward, New Republic
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ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER, JR.(1917-2007), the author of sixteen books, is a renowned historian and social critic. He has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1946 for The Age of Jackson and in 1966 for A Thousand Days. He is also the winner of the National Book Award for both A Thousand Days and Robert Kennedy and His Times (1979).
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0 有用 千葉 2016-11-14 10:15:10
刚来的时候看的，现在回看，简直不能再写实。
1 有用 職業呆瓜 2019-07-20 01:07:59
从种族狂热的角度对多元主义的一种批判，倒是对固有思维的一次冲击——多元就一定是正义的吗？以今天的眼光看来，几乎条件反射般的无法认同小施莱辛格对熔炉以及美利坚作为一个统一民族的推崇，因此同样的反问便是，过于强调“合众为一”也一定是正义的吗？于是本书如同附录中列出来的13本了解美国的书单一样属于认识美国的著作之一，因此很难去简单地评判小施莱辛格在本书中的观点，正如他在本书的第二章“历史作为一种武器”所... 从种族狂热的角度对多元主义的一种批判，倒是对固有思维的一次冲击——多元就一定是正义的吗？以今天的眼光看来，几乎条件反射般的无法认同小施莱辛格对熔炉以及美利坚作为一个统一民族的推崇，因此同样的反问便是，过于强调“合众为一”也一定是正义的吗？于是本书如同附录中列出来的13本了解美国的书单一样属于认识美国的著作之一，因此很难去简单地评判小施莱辛格在本书中的观点，正如他在本书的第二章“历史作为一种武器”所说，任何历史只应也只能是对过往的真实反映而非目前所流行的“辩解性历史”或“补偿性历史”，但道理如此，任何个人观念又无论如何也逃不开时代背景，本书的论点也同样基于美国当时种族主义的兴起以及对族群认同取代个人认同的现象的反思。历史作为一种武器，永远是由人这一最变幻莫测的主体来呈现和演说，这便是悖论所在。 (展开)