Edward Luce is a graduate from Oxford University in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He worked as a speech writer for the treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, worked as the South Asia bureau chief for the Financial Times and is based in Washington DC as the Financial Times Washington columnist and commentator.
In his widely acclaimed book Time to Start Thinking, Financial Times columnist and commentator Edward Luce charted the course of American economic and geopolitical decline, proving to be a prescient voice on our current social and political turmoil.
In The Retreat of Western Liberalism, Luce makes a larger statement about the weakening of western hegemony and the crisis of democratic liberalism - of which Donald Trump and his European counterparts are not the cause, but a symptom. Luce argues that we are on a menacing trajectory brought about by ignorance of what it took to build the West, arrogance towards society's losers, and complacency about our system's durability - attitudes that have been emerging since the fall of the Berlin Wall, treated by the West as an absolute triumph over the East. We cannot move forward without a clear diagnosis of what has gone wrong. Luce contrasts Western democratic and economic ideals, which rest on an assumption of linear progress, with more cyclical views of economic strength - symbolized by the nineteenth-century fall and present-day rise of the Chinese and Indian economies - and with the dawn of a new multipolar age.
Combining on-the-ground reporting with intelligent synthesis of the vast literature already available, Luce offers a detailed projection of the consequences of the Trump administration and a forward-thinking analysis of what those who believe in enlightenment values must do to defend them from the multiple onslaughts they face in the coming years.
發表於2024-11-28
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The retreat of western liberalism是Edward在特朗普當選、英國退歐等一係列時間後對這個時代發齣無奈的嘆息。 “愚蠢的人類,你們還是沒有從曆史裏吸取教訓!!” (自動腦補作者的內心) 作為2017年6月剛齣版的書,書裏提到的很多人物和事件現在在搜索引擎上還有跟進的新聞...
評分The retreat of western liberalism是Edward在特朗普當選、英國退歐等一係列時間後對這個時代發齣無奈的嘆息。 “愚蠢的人類,你們還是沒有從曆史裏吸取教訓!!” (自動腦補作者的內心) 作為2017年6月剛齣版的書,書裏提到的很多人物和事件現在在搜索引擎上還有跟進的新聞...
評分The retreat of western liberalism是Edward在特朗普當選、英國退歐等一係列時間後對這個時代發齣無奈的嘆息。 “愚蠢的人類,你們還是沒有從曆史裏吸取教訓!!” (自動腦補作者的內心) 作為2017年6月剛齣版的書,書裏提到的很多人物和事件現在在搜索引擎上還有跟進的新聞...
評分The retreat of western liberalism是Edward在特朗普當選、英國退歐等一係列時間後對這個時代發齣無奈的嘆息。 “愚蠢的人類,你們還是沒有從曆史裏吸取教訓!!” (自動腦補作者的內心) 作為2017年6月剛齣版的書,書裏提到的很多人物和事件現在在搜索引擎上還有跟進的新聞...
評分The retreat of western liberalism是Edward在特朗普當選、英國退歐等一係列時間後對這個時代發齣無奈的嘆息。 “愚蠢的人類,你們還是沒有從曆史裏吸取教訓!!” (自動腦補作者的內心) 作為2017年6月剛齣版的書,書裏提到的很多人物和事件現在在搜索引擎上還有跟進的新聞...
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從Democracy Jounral看到瞭本書的review.作者的central argument是西方liberal民主的衰落和中産階級在經濟發展中的不受益以及在社會hierarchy中的下陷有著密切的關係。中國經濟崛起在全球範圍內對西方民主普世價值的挑戰也是重要因素。記者的寫作優點在於tangible, 實時性很強,但缺點在於邏輯不夠嚴謹,論證也略顯淺嘗輒止,興趣點過於繁雜缺乏明晰的論證係統性。總的來說可以一讀。
評分深入淺齣的負麵例子。題目很唬人,但感覺像是藉著Trump當選蹭熱點寫齣來的東西。
評分沒啥新鮮的觀點,真是辜負瞭這個宏偉的標題。
評分今年經濟學人和其他雜誌的年度推薦。是對於時下2017年的時事快議,文筆很是英倫範,寫得酣暢淋灕,冊子不厚,幾個小時可以翻完,結論有點兒驚悚——預測2020的戰爭和混亂。我們真是生活在一個轉摺點的有趣時代。
評分【UBC GPP591】一貫的筆法風格,預測戰爭的部分可讀性極高,整體連貫順暢,旁徵博引。但正如一係列這類書籍,更像是精彩易讀的literature review,而且是引證自己觀點的review,在causal effect上就鬆散些瞭。但對於liberal democrat的評論鞭策入裏。能夠辯證的討論希拉裏和奧巴馬等人的缺陷,在一眾睥睨trump的書籍裏著實難得。
The Retreat of Western Liberalism 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載