Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power, widely known as a relentless advocate for promoting human rights, has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America's "foremost thinkers on foreign policy."
In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?"―and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives. The Education of an Idealist traces Power’s distinctly American journey from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet official. In 2005, her critiques of US foreign policy caught the eye of newly elected senator Barack Obama, who invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign. After Obama was elected president, Power went from being an activist outsider to a government insider, navigating the halls of power while trying to put her ideals into practice. She served for four years as Obama’s human rights adviser, and in 2013, he named her US Ambassador to the United Nations, the youngest American to assume the role.
A Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, Power transports us from her childhood in Dublin to the streets of war-torn Bosnia to the White House Situation Room and the world of high-stakes diplomacy. Humorous and deeply honest, The Education of an Idealist lays bare the searing battles and defining moments of her life and shows how she juggled the demands of a 24/7 national security job with the challenge of raising two young children. Along the way, she illuminates the intricacies of politics and geopolitics, reminding us how the United States can lead in the world, and why we each have the opportunity to advance the cause of human dignity. Power’s memoir is an unforgettable account of the power of idealism―and of one person’s fierce determination to make a difference.
Samantha Power is the Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the William D. Zabel Professor of Practice in Human Rights at Harvard Law School. From 2013 to 2017, Power served in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama and as US Ambassador to the United Nations. From 2009 to 2013, Power worked on the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. Power’s book “A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. She is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Sergio: One Man’s Fight to Save the World. Power began her career as a journalist reporting from countries including Bosnia, East Timor, Rwanda, and Sudan, and she has been named by TIME as one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People and by Forbes as one of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. She immigrated to the United States from Ireland as a child, and lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Cass Sunstein, and their two children.
[https://athenacool.wordpress.com/2019/11/13/the-education-of-an-idealist/] The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir 理想主义者的教育:回忆录 Samantha Power September 10th 2019 by Dey Street Books 子扉我 2019年秋 季风异次元空间二世 原载[回响编辑部]微信2019年1...
评分[https://athenacool.wordpress.com/2019/11/13/the-education-of-an-idealist/] The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir 理想主义者的教育:回忆录 Samantha Power September 10th 2019 by Dey Street Books 子扉我 2019年秋 季风异次元空间二世 原载[回响编辑部]微信2019年1...
评分[https://athenacool.wordpress.com/2019/11/13/the-education-of-an-idealist/] The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir 理想主义者的教育:回忆录 Samantha Power September 10th 2019 by Dey Street Books 子扉我 2019年秋 季风异次元空间二世 原载[回响编辑部]微信2019年1...
评分[https://athenacool.wordpress.com/2019/11/13/the-education-of-an-idealist/] The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir 理想主义者的教育:回忆录 Samantha Power September 10th 2019 by Dey Street Books 子扉我 2019年秋 季风异次元空间二世 原载[回响编辑部]微信2019年1...
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这本书读起来,给我最大的感受是它的“密度”——每一个句子似乎都承载了过多的信息和情感重量,需要放慢速度才能完全消化。作者在构建其论述时,采用了多层次的叙事结构,交织着个人回忆、历史文献的引用以及对当代文化现象的犀利点评。这种复杂的织体结构,虽然在初期阅读时需要适应,但一旦进入状态,便会产生一种强大的沉浸感,仿佛进入了一个由思想构建的迷宫。它成功地搭建起了一座桥梁,连接了古典的理想追求与后现代的碎片化现实,展示了两者之间既冲突又依存的复杂关系。阅读这本书的过程,与其说是获取信息,不如说是一种对思维模式的系统性训练,它极大地拓展了我对“进步”这一概念边界的理解,让人在合上书页时,带着一种沉甸甸的责任感,去审视自己与周遭世界的联系。
评分坦率地说,这本书的某些章节读起来颇具挑战性,它需要读者投入极大的注意力去跟上作者那跳跃而又精准的逻辑链条。这不是一本用来消磨时间的读物,它更像是一份精密的思想地图,描绘了从启蒙运动的余晖到当代全球化困境中的知识分子心态演变。作者对于各种哲学流派和政治思潮的梳理,既有学术上的严谨性,又不失人文关怀的温度。我发现自己不得不频繁地停下来,查阅一些背景资料,这本身就是一种积极的阅读反馈——它激活了我对未知领域的求知欲。这本书成功地将复杂的理论转化为可以感知的、关于人类精神状态的描绘,使得那些原本可能枯燥的思辨变得鲜活起来。它像是一个严厉的导师,不断地叩问读者的理解深度,迫使我们摆脱舒适的既有认知,去面对思想世界的广袤与深邃。
评分这本书的叙事节奏和文风,给我带来了一种久违的、老派文学作品的厚重感,但其探讨的主题却是如此地与当下息息相关。它以一种近乎编年史的方式,串联起了一系列关于社会变革与个人觉醒的历史片段,笔触之老练,让人惊叹。尤其是在处理那些宏大叙事与个体命运的交汇点时,作者展现出了非凡的洞察力,那种对历史必然性与偶然性的辩证思考,极具启发性。我尤其欣赏其中对于“行动伦理”的探讨,它迫使读者去直面那些我们常常在舒适区内回避的道德抉择。读完后,感觉自己的知识框架被某种无形的力量重塑了,不再满足于肤浅的标签化理解,而是开始寻求事物背后更深层的结构性原因。这种智力上的挑战与愉悦,是近年来罕见的阅读收获,它不是让你轻松入眠的书,而是会让你在夜深人静时反复咀嚼的文本。
评分这本书的阅读体验简直像是一场深入心灵的对话,作者以一种近乎坦诚的姿态,剖析了现代社会中理想主义者所面临的种种困境与挣扎。它并非那种高高在上的理论说教,而是充满了生活本身的质感,让人在字里行间看到了那些渴望让世界变得更美好的灵魂,如何在现实的泥泞中摸索前行。最令人动容的是作者对“何为真正的教育”的追问,那种对知识与信念之间张力的细腻捕捉,让人不禁反思自己的人生轨迹中,那些被我们轻易忽略的价值锚点究竟是什么。书中描绘的那些人物,他们的挫败感、他们的不屈服,都像是镜子一样映照出我们自身的影子,使得整本书的阅读过程既痛苦又充满了希望。它不提供简单的答案,而是提供了一种面对复杂性的勇气和工具,去重新审视我们对“完美”的执念,并学会在不完美中寻找前行的意义。这种深刻的内省体验,远超出了普通阅读的范畴,更像是一次精神上的洗礼。
评分这部作品最令人耳目一新之处,在于它对“希望”这个概念进行了彻底的去浪漫化处理。它没有提供廉价的安慰剂,而是用一种近乎残酷的诚实,解剖了美好愿景如何在现实的摩擦中逐渐褪色、变形,甚至异化。作者的文字风格冷峻而克制,如同一个经验丰富的外科医生,冷静地剖开社会病灶,但其字里行间流淌的,却是对人类困境深沉的悲悯。我特别喜欢其中对“沉默的共识”的批判,那种对群体惰性和思想同质化的无情揭露,让人读来脊背发凉,却又不得不拍案叫绝。它促使我重新评估自己日常生活中所参与的那些社会行为的真正动机。这本书就像一把锋利的解剖刀,直指现代社会构建的那些看似坚不可摧的道德与政治外壳之下,那些脆弱而真实的内核。
评分读了一章已经无法自拔。先给个5分。2019年我的书单里最佳。
评分中规中矩的一本自传吧,很好读,有些讲外交和政府工作的地方稍显冗长。更多是在讲being an idealist,education的部分不那么突出,当然也可能她想要表达的education跟我想要看到的不太一样。不否认她的能力和努力,但她一路走过来的机遇实在太好了,难得她自己对这一点有深刻的认识并且也在让自己更接地气做实事。
评分文笔隐忍简练 更显出她的理性 谦卑 和 共情
评分文笔隐忍简练 更显出她的理性 谦卑 和 共情
评分很少见到这样诚恳、自我质疑和私密的自传,Power关于国家外交的思路十分清晰。写了很多关于奥巴马政府的细节,以及法学院之后怎么走国际关系的路的参考。写作功底太扎实了,想再读一遍专门学习文笔。
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