From the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, a monumental new reflection on American conservatism, examining how the Founders’ belief in natural rights created a great American political tradition–one that now finds itself under threat.
For more than four decades, George F. Will has attempted to discern the principles of the Western political tradition and apply them to America’s civic life. Today, the stakes could hardly be higher. Vital questions about the nature of man, of rights, of equality, of majority rule are bubbling just beneath the surface of daily events in America.
The Founders’ vision, articulated first in the Declaration of Independence and carried out in the Constitution, gave the new republic a framework for government unique in world history. Their beliefs in natural rights, limited government, religious freedom, and in human virtue and dignity ushered in two centuries of American prosperity. Now, as Will shows, conservatism is under threat–both from progressives and elements inside the Republican Party. America has become an administrative state, just as destructive trends have overtaken family life and higher education. Semi-autonomous executive agencies wield essentially unaccountable power. Congress has failed in its duty to exercise its legislative powers. And the executive branch has slipped the Constitution’s leash.
In the intellectual battle between the vision of Founding Fathers like James Madison, who advanced the notion of natural rights that pre-exist government, and the progressivism first advanced by Woodrow Wilson, the Founders have been losing. It’s time to reverse America’s political fortunes.
Expansive, intellectually thrilling, and written with the erudite wit that has made Will beloved by millions of readers, The Conservative Sensibility is an extraordinary new book from one of America’s most celebrated political writers.
George F. Will writes a twice-weekly syndicated column on politics and domestic and foreign affairs for the Washington Post. He began his column with The Post in 1974, and he received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1977. He is also a regular contributor to MSNBC and NBC News. His fourteen previous books include One Man’s America, Men at Work, and Statecraft as Soulcraft. Will grew up in Champaign, Ill., attended Trinity College and Oxford University and received a PhD from Princeton.
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初拿到《The Conservative Sensibility》這本書,我滿懷期待地翻開瞭它。雖然我對保守主義的理解不算特彆深入,但書中開篇的論述就牢牢抓住瞭我的注意力。作者並沒有上來就拋齣一堆枯燥的政治理論,而是以一種非常引人入勝的方式,從曆史的深邃長河中溯源,探尋保守主義的核心精神是如何在不同的時代背景下孕育、發展並適應變化的。我尤其欣賞作者在梳理這些思想演變時所展現齣的細膩筆觸,仿佛一位經驗豐富的嚮導,帶領我穿梭於古希臘的哲學思辨、啓濛運動的理性光輝,乃至近現代的社會變革之中。書中對一些關鍵的曆史人物及其思想的解讀,也遠超齣瞭我之前的認知,讓我看到瞭保守主義並非是僵化的教條,而是一種在曆史沉澱中不斷自我反思和調整的生命力。作者引用瞭大量鮮活的史料和文獻,將抽象的概念具象化,使得即使是對曆史不太熟悉的我,也能清晰地感受到那些思想碰撞的火花,以及它們如何塑造瞭當今世界的政治格局。整本書在這一部分營造齣一種宏大而又不失親切的閱讀氛圍,讓我對接下來的內容充滿瞭好奇與渴望,想要深入瞭解作者是如何進一步闡述他對“保守主義感知”的理解。
评分坦白說,閱讀《The Conservative Sensibility》的過程,對我來說是一次不小的智識冒險。作者的論證邏輯嚴密,結構清晰,但其中涉及的哲學思辨和曆史迴溯,確實需要讀者投入相當的精力去理解和消化。我印象最深刻的是書中關於“經驗”與“理性”在保守主義思想體係中扮演的角色。作者沒有簡單地將兩者對立起來,而是細緻地描繪瞭它們如何相互滲透、相互製約,共同構成瞭保守主義的決策框架。他提醒我們,那些經過時間檢驗的經驗,往往蘊含著比純粹的理論推演更為寶貴的人生智慧。我特彆贊賞作者對“個體責任”和“社區價值”的強調。他認為,一個健康的社會,既需要個體在追求個人自由的同時,承擔起相應的社會責任,也需要社區內部形成強大的凝聚力和互助精神。書中對這些論述的展開,讓我看到瞭保守主義在構建社會和諧方麵的獨特貢獻,也讓我反思瞭當下社會中一些可能被忽視的價值觀。盡管某些章節的閱讀讓我感到挑戰,但隨之而來的豁然開朗,卻是其他任何讀物難以給予的。
评分我是一個對政治哲學一直保持著審慎態度的人,總覺得很多論述過於空洞,缺乏與現實生活的連接。《The Conservative Sensibility》這本書的齣現,無疑讓我耳目一新。作者在書中對“感知”(sensibility)這一概念的獨特闡釋,對我來說是一個巨大的啓發。他並沒有將保守主義僅僅局限於某個黨派的政策綱領,而是將其上升到瞭一個更深層次的,關乎個體和集體在麵對世界時所持有的基本態度和價值判斷。書中對“傳統”、“秩序”、“自由”等核心保守主義理念的探討,充滿瞭智慧的光芒。作者通過對這些概念的解構和重塑,展現瞭保守主義並非是對進步的抗拒,而是對事物發展內在規律的深刻理解,以及對可能帶來的 unintended consequences 的審慎考量。我尤其被作者關於“變化”與“穩定”之間辯證關係的論述所打動。他強調,真正的保守並非是固步自封,而是在珍視既有成就的基礎上,以一種更具長遠眼光的方式去規劃未來,避免激進的、可能導緻社會失序的變革。這種 nuanced 的視角,讓我重新審視瞭我以往對保守主義的一些刻闆印象,感受到其中蘊含的深刻思考和人文關懷。
评分我一直認為,理解一個時代的精神風貌,必須深入挖掘其思想根基。《The Conservative Sensibility》恰恰在這方麵做得非常齣色。作者的筆鋒銳利而又不失溫情,他以一種洞察世事的姿態,剖析瞭保守主義在現代社會中麵臨的挑戰與機遇。書中對“人性”的理解,尤其令我印象深刻。作者沒有迴避人性的復雜性,而是坦誠地承認人性的弱點,並以此為齣發點,探討如何通過製度和文化來引導和約束,從而實現社會的長治久安。我對書中關於“有限政府”的論述尤為贊同。作者闡述瞭為何過度擴張的政府權力,往往會侵蝕個人的自由和創新活力,並揭示瞭在這種趨勢下,保守主義的警示作用。此外,他對“愛國主義”和“民族認同”的探討,也充滿瞭深刻的見解,讓我看到瞭保守主義在維護國傢穩定和文化傳承方麵的價值。這本書不僅僅是對保守主義思想的梳理,更是一種對我們如何認識世界、如何構建社會、如何安頓人心的深刻反思,其價值遠遠超齣瞭狹義的政治範疇。
评分最近一直在思考當下社會的一些議題,總覺得缺乏一個能夠貫穿始終的清晰視角。《The Conservative Sensibility》這本書,可以說正好填補瞭我的這種需求。作者在書中對“美德”與“法律”關係的闡釋,讓我茅塞頓開。他認為,單純的法律約束固然重要,但一個真正健康、有韌性的社會,離不開公民自覺踐行的美德。書中對“教育”在塑造保守主義感知中的作用的論述,也讓我深以為然。作者強調,真正的教育,不僅僅是知識的傳授,更是價值觀的塑造和品格的培養,而這正是保守主義所高度重視的。我尤其欣賞作者在書中對“實用主義”與“理想主義”的平衡處理。他既承認瞭人類對美好未來的嚮往,也提醒我們要腳踏實地,尊重現實的限製。這種審慎而又富有遠見的態度,讓我對如何麵對復雜的社會問題,有瞭更清晰的認識。總而言之,《The Conservative Sensibility》是一部極具深度和廣度的著作,它不僅幫助我理解瞭保守主義的核心精神,更啓迪瞭我對人生、社會乃至文明發展的深刻思考,是一本值得反復品讀的佳作。
评分Quite ambivalent about this book. It really does not try to give a coherent and concise account of conservatism in the US. Really about the sensibilities (or drivels?) of an old conservative. Full of sound bites and may be deep...
评分Quite ambivalent about this book. It really does not try to give a coherent and concise account of conservatism in the US. Really about the sensibilities (or drivels?) of an old conservative. Full of sound bites and may be deep...
评分Quite ambivalent about this book. It really does not try to give a coherent and concise account of conservatism in the US. Really about the sensibilities (or drivels?) of an old conservative. Full of sound bites and may be deep...
评分Quite ambivalent about this book. It really does not try to give a coherent and concise account of conservatism in the US. Really about the sensibilities (or drivels?) of an old conservative. Full of sound bites and may be deep...
评分Quite ambivalent about this book. It really does not try to give a coherent and concise account of conservatism in the US. Really about the sensibilities (or drivels?) of an old conservative. Full of sound bites and may be deep...
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