The War Against the Past: Why the West Must Fight for Its History

Furedi, Frank

The War Against the Past: Why the West Must Fight for Its History
  • 出版商: Polity
  • 出版日期: 2024-11-04
  • 售價: $1,250
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,188
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 272
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 1509561250
  • ISBN-13: 9781509561254

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商品描述

A war is being waged against the Past. Whether it's toppling statues, decolonising the curriculum or erasing terms from our vocabulary, a cultural crusade is underway designed to render the past toxic. It is condemned as enemy territory and has become the target of venomous hate. What is at stake in provoking such a strong sense of societal shame towards Western history?

In this book, Frank Furedi mounts a fierce defence of the past and calls for a fight back against the delegitimization of its ideals and accomplishments. Casting the past as a story of shame has become a taken-for granted outlook permeating the educational and cultural life of western society from the top down. Its advocates may see it as a cultural imperative, but a society that loses touch with its past will face a permanent crisis of identity. Squandering the wisdom provided by our historical inheritance means betraying humanity's positive achievements. Challenging this great betrayal, Furedi argues, is one of the most important battles of our time.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

一場針對過去的戰爭正在展開。無論是推翻雕像、去殖民化課程，還是從我們的詞彙中抹去某些術語，一場旨在使過去變得有毒的文化十字軍行動正在進行中。過去被譴責為敵方領土，並成為惡毒仇恨的目標。激起如此強烈的社會羞恥感對於西方歷史究竟有何風險？

在這本書中，Frank Furedi 對過去進行了激烈的辯護，並呼籲反擊對其理想和成就的合法性剝奪。將過去視為羞恥的故事已成為一種理所當然的觀點，滲透到西方社會的教育和文化生活中，從上而下。其倡導者可能將其視為文化上的必要，但一個與過去失去聯繫的社會將面臨永久的身份危機。浪費我們歷史遺產所提供的智慧意味著背叛人類的正面成就。Furedi 主張，挑戰這種重大背叛是我們這個時代最重要的戰鬥之一。

作者簡介

Dr. Frank Furedi, author and social commentator is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent. Author of more than 26 books, Furedi's studies have been devoted to an exploration of the cultural developments in western societies. In recent years he has published several studies on the impact of the Culture Wars on family life, socialisation, education and public life. His most recent book, 100 Years of Identity Crisis, argues that it disrupts the socialisation of young people and encourages the estrangement of generations from one another.

His research has been oriented towards the way that risk and uncertainty is managed by contemporary culture. His two influential books, The Culture of Fear and Paranoid Parenting, investigated the interaction between risk consciousness and perceptions of fear, trust relations and social capital in contemporary society. His book How Fear Works: The Culture of Fear in the 21st Century (2018) explored the distinct features of contemporary fear culture.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

弗蘭克·福雷迪博士（Dr. Frank Furedi），作家及社會評論家，是肯特大學的名譽社會學教授。福雷迪著作超過26本，研究專注於西方社會的文化發展。近年來，他發表了幾項研究，探討文化戰爭對家庭生活、社會化、教育和公共生活的影響。他最新的著作《身份危機一百年》（100 Years of Identity Crisis）主張，這種危機擾亂了年輕人的社會化，並促進了世代之間的疏離。

他的研究方向集中於當代文化如何管理風險和不確定性。他的兩本有影響力的書籍《恐懼的文化》（The Culture of Fear）和《偏執的父母》（Paranoid Parenting）探討了風險意識與恐懼感知、信任關係及社會資本之間的互動。他的書籍《恐懼如何運作：21世紀的恐懼文化》（How Fear Works: The Culture of Fear in the 21st Century, 2018）則探討了當代恐懼文化的獨特特徵。

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