Martha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, appointed in the Philosophy Department and the Law School of the University of Chicago. She gave the 2016 Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities and won the 2016 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, which is regarded as the most prestigious award available in fields not eligible for a Nobel. She has written more than twenty-two books, including Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions; Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice; Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities; and The Monarchy of Fear.
From one of the world’s most celebrated moral philosophers comes a thorough examination of the current political crisis and recommendations for how to mend our divided country.
For decades Martha C. Nussbaum has been an acclaimed scholar and humanist, earning dozens of honors for her books and essays. In The Monarchy of Fear she turns her attention to the current political crisis that has polarized American since the 2016 election.
Although today’s atmosphere is marked by partisanship, divisive rhetoric, and the inability of two halves of the country to communicate with one another, Nussbaum focuses on what so many pollsters and pundits have overlooked. She sees a simple truth at the heart of the problem: the political is always emotional. Globalization has produced feelings of powerlessness in millions of people in the West. That sense of powerlessness bubbles into resentment and blame. Blame of immigrants. Blame of Muslims. Blame of other races. Blame of cultural elites. While this politics of blame is exemplified by the election of Donald Trump and the vote for Brexit, Nussbaum argues it can be found on all sides of the political spectrum, left or right.
Drawing on a mix of historical and contemporary examples, from classical Athens to the musical Hamilton, The Monarchy of Fear untangles this web of feelings and provides a roadmap of where to go next.
發表於2024-11-25
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圖書標籤: 政治 哲學 MarthaNussbaum 英文 美國 美國 恐懼 哲學
這本令人失望,新內容不多,重復瞭很多此前的觀點和例子,書後連索引也沒有,大概是寫給普通公眾看的吧。
評分主題是作為萬惡之源(笑)的fear,對自我關注、痛苦以及無力感。接下來分析瞭由fear驅使並毒害瞭的三種情感anger/envy/disgust,之後用misogyny為例。最後將hope視為fear的對立麵,一種不同的視角,催化麵對未來的自由民主。
評分當然,是通俗讀物而不是學術專著。有趣的地方在於:Nussbaum認為可以想象一種不帶復仇的憤怒,而這周的一篇閱讀裏反而在強調一種不帶憤怒的復仇(retribution),兩者在我看來都不太可能,除非我們將懲罰的原始驅力和道德義憤的普遍性都視為不正義的,但這種看法不僅過於legalistic,可能還反而會在政治上引起更大的反彈,從而帶來和解的不可能;評價misogyny和sexism的區彆是前者認同女性的實質平等甚至優越,但卻不願意放棄原有的既得利益,而後者是基於站不住的證據認為女不如男,這個思考框架似乎對分析很多議題很有利——也更能給我們希望(或者另一種絕望):在某些事實的領域,很多年的成見已經慢慢被打破瞭,需要應對的隻是利益上赤裸裸的偏私。至於希望究竟多大,還未可期。
評分水份越來越多
評分水份越來越多
The Monarchy of Fear 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載