Alain de Botton is the author of nonfiction works on subjects ranging from love and travel to architecture and philosophy. His best-selling books include How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Art of Travel and The Architecture of Happiness. He lives in London, where he founded The School of Life (www.theschooloflife.com) and Living Architecture (www.living-architecture.co.uk).
The news is everywhere. We can’t stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds?
We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton (author of the best-selling The Architecture of Happiness), but this has a huge impact on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives. In his dazzling new book, de Botton takes twenty-five archetypal news stories—including an airplane crash, a murder, a celebrity interview and a political scandal—and submits them to unusually intense analysis with a view to helping us navigate our news-soaked age. He raises such questions as Why are disaster stories often so uplifting? What makes the love lives of celebrities so interesting? Why do we enjoy watching politicians being brought down? Why are upheavals in far-off lands often so boring?
In The News: A User’s Manual, de Botton has written the ultimate guide for our frenzied era, certain to bring calm, understanding and a measure of sanity to our daily (perhaps even hourly) interactions with the news machine.
發表於2025-04-24
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阿蘭•德波頓齣瞭本新書——《新聞的騷動》。以他汪洋恣肆的纔情、對生活高度的敏感,涉及這樣一個極具看點的話題,讓我們不由得充滿期待。德波頓通過對六大類新聞報道——政治新聞、國際新聞、經濟新聞、名人新聞、災難新聞、消費新聞的解析,引導人們認識各類新聞的特點和...
評分文/俞耕耘 在新聞如空氣無所不在,成為我們呼吸與生存的當下,思考這一平淡尋常的習慣活動顯得似乎小題大做、莫名其妙。然而,它卻包含著社會的密碼、生存的技術與權力的運作。德波頓這一纔子作傢,將目光投嚮新聞,的確不失為又一次“觀念的曆險”。 《新聞的騷動》看似如閑...
評分 評分如果災難不幸降臨在自己的身上,我們對它的關心,就不再是一種無法承受的痛,而是對正義、同情的道德發現以及伴隨這個過程隱隱約約的快樂。 英國隨筆作傢阿蘭·德波頓,有些像是遊戲玩傢。不過,他每次扮演的角色卻不大相像,在伴隨人類幾韆年之久的宗教精神遊戲中是一個無神...
評分感覺實際上就是傳播學一些基礎理論的通俗化描述和解讀,提齣瞭一些烏托邦式的願景,作者自己也知道可行性不大。長處是文字優美,易於閱讀,但對專業從業者似乎意義不大,可深思處不多。必須單獨提齣錶揚的是,譯文非常生動曉暢。
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I had a really hard time getting into the book. 真的讀不進去,放飛自己吧。讀不完隻能算沒緣分
評分對每日攝入的信息稍有挑剔和反思的讀者,應該不會覺得書中的批判多刺激。但纔子的文筆實在太~好~瞭~午休時鑽到樓下書店零散讀幾章,成瞭每天最期待的事情。//於是在local同事眼中更奇怪瞭//Dymocks已經撤齣IFC瞭,Metrobooks你可要挺住啊!
評分Not inspiring.
評分I can see why some readers don't like him, but Alain de Botton's advice is invaluable.
評分I can see why some readers don't like him, but Alain de Botton's advice is invaluable.
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