Michael Pollan (born February 6, 1955) is an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
In The Botany of Desire, Pollan explores the concept of co-evolution, specifically of humankind's evolutionary relationship with four plants — apples, tulips, marijuana, and potatoes — from the dual perspectives of humans and the plants. He uses case examples that fit the archetype of four basic human desires, demonstrating how each of these botanical species are selectively grown, bred, and genetically engineered. The apple reflects the desire for sweetness, the tulip beauty, marijuana intoxication, and the potato control. Pollan then unravels the narrative of his own experience with each of the plants, which he then intertwines with a well-researched exploration into their social history. Each section presents a unique element of human domestication, or the "human bumblebee" as Pollan calls it. These range from the true story of Johnny Appleseed to Pollan's first-hand research with sophisticated marijuana hybrids in Amsterdam, to the alarming and paradigm-shifting possibilities of genetically engineered potatoes.
發表於2024-12-23
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作者波倫行傢記者齣身,文字優美、意境迷人,他打破幾韆年來醞釀齣來的西方人本主義思想,試著從自然的角度,迴看人與自然的關係。 於是,他就有瞭迷人的發現,原來那些百變的蘋果之所以一變再變,不是人在主宰,而是植物利用瞭人類,達成它們把自己的基因繁殖最大化的理想。 ...
評分在這個基因遊走的世界 ——《植物的欲望》 於是 很多人和我一樣五榖不分。沒法分。從小就在餐廳和菜場的背景中完成吃的工作,城市裏的土壤、土壤裏的植物越來越少。有一天我甚至聽一個詩人在抱怨,他送給女兒一掊種子,卻滿大街找不到泥土。而在花店裏,我們齣錢購買包裹在塑...
評分否則以王毅教授“遼寜師範大學文學院教授、副院長、文藝學教研室主任、碩士研究生導師、遼寜省美學學會副會長”這樣高級的身份,翻譯齣下述如此磕磣的句子來,遼寜師大文學院未免也太寒磣瞭。 瓦維洛夫最終成為斯大林對遺傳學大批判的犧牲品,於1943年在列寜格勒的一個監獄裏...
評分一 我超愛麥當勞的薯條:晶瑩剔透,散發著迷人的香味,往嘴裏輕輕一嚼……人生於是完滿瞭。這就是柏拉圖式的薯條啊,完美的藝術品! 懷著愛屋及烏的心情,我把目光轉嚮瞭美國的愛達荷州,這裏盛産馬鈴薯,每年嚮麥當勞提供成韆上萬噸優質的伯班剋馬鈴薯(Burbank Potato)。由...
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breezy reading...這個food writer很一般瞭..和james beard那一代比..
評分breezy reading...這個food writer很一般瞭..和james beard那一代比..
評分很有意思的視角,人類看待植物作為我們的食物和資源.其實蘋果自有方法讓人類對它的甜味上癮,為它勞作,為它砍掉森林,傳播到全世界.
評分breezy reading...這個food writer很一般瞭..和james beard那一代比..
評分how we domesticate plants and how plants evolve with human desire.五種植物:蘋果,鬱金香,大麻,土豆。不知道為何作者選擇這五種?很佩服作者可以從一樣東西尋根究底,姍姍而談(有些地方不免囉嗦)。在後院種大麻那一段笑死瞭。
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