Upheaval

书名:UpheavalTurningPointsforNationsinCrisis
作者:JaredDiamond
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ISBN:9780316409131
出版社:Little,BrownandCompany
出版时间:2019-5-7
格式:epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数:512
豆瓣评分: 8.2

书籍简介:

In his earlier bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in the final book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis through selective change — a coping mechanism more commonly associated with personal trauma. In a dazzling comparative study, Diamond shows us how seven countries have survived defining upheavals in the recent past — from US Commodore Perry’s arrival in Japan to the Soviet invasion of Finland to Pinochet’s regime in Chile — through a process of painful self-appraisal and adaptation, and he identifies patterns in the way that these distinct nations recovered from calamity. Looking ahead to the future, he investigates whether the United States, and the world, are squandering their natural advantages, on a path towards political conflict and decline. Or can we still learn from the lessons of the past? Adding a psychological dimension to the awe-inspiring grasp of history, geography, economics, and anthropology that marks all Diamond’s work, Upheaval reveals how both nations and individuals can become more resilient. The result is a book that is epic, urgent, and groundbreaking.

作者简介:

Jared Diamond, a noted polymath, is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. Among his many awards are the U.S. National Medal of Science, Japan’s Cosmos Prize, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of the international best-selling books Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, Why Is Sex Fun?, The World until Yesterday, and The Third Chimpanzee, and is the presenter of TV documentary series based on three of those books.

书友短评:

@ 逆铭睡眼惺忪地 类比个人对危机应对,以此为框架看国家的危机应对,听起来有点民科但却也确实带来不少洞见。分析的例子中,有国内大家较为熟悉的如日本明治维新、德国二战后重建与两德统一,也有至少我个人不熟悉的如芬兰与苏联的冬季战争、澳大利亚的身份认同危机、智利的军政府政变等,还是很涨见识的。全书最后谈当下美国所面临的危机也顺便讨论了与中国的冲突,可惜局限于美国视角只能讲一些老生常谈的点,像贫富差距、左右党争之类,若是能站在中国的角度写当下的危机应该会有意思得多吧。当今朝廷强调“底线思维”,算是抛弃了幻想,做着最坏的打算最好的准备;按照书中框架衡量,这样是否真能做到承担责任,明确问题,准确评估自我,且保有足够耐心,就只能在多年后由历史评述了。 @ Kevin Lee 作者对中国的解读不知道是停留在哪个年代,难以认同,拿出的优劣对比之处早已发生改变。尤其”the biggest single disadvantage that will prevent China from ever catching up with the U.S. in average income per person—as long as the U.S. remains democratic and China remains non-democratic.” 不论哪种体制,最终还是得看最高决策人的水平;另,感谢美帝披着外衣的『民主』,不然不会有川某上台,天天给娱乐新闻加料。期待美帝将民主进行到底! @ seren Diamond写这本书的时候82岁了——他在书里自己说的,他不说我还不知道,总以为他才六十来岁,然后自己吓了一跳,原来看Germs,guns and steel已经是十年前的事了。很显然,82岁的Diamond写这本书的时候,想着的是“要给地球留下点什么”。这本书讲不同国家应对危机的方式,举了七个不同程度上成功应对危机的例子,而最后两章关于现代的日本和美国,则是结局还未见分晓。最后一部分,则从国家扩展到整个人类所面对的危机。我的感想:1)一直觉得Diamond太啰嗦,这本书居然并不让我厌烦,大概每个国家的故事都讲得清楚,有新的知识点;2)具体故事比作者隆重推出的应对危机12点要好看,12点不是不好,但没有什么让人醍醐灌顶的新意。3)既然不觉得这本书啰嗦,我决定把之前没看完的上一本再翻出来。 @ mango 不愧是Jared Diamond,以独到新颖的角度,用个人类比国家以此更形象深刻地理解危机的概念和影响,并用12个与危机产生结果有关的因素构成的框架很全面深入地剖析7个国家和全世界遭遇的不同危机和相应应对措施,预示未来潜在的危机,提议更严谨详细的量化研究和通过对历史经验的学习更好地应对危机,叙述通俗易懂诙谐幽默;第9章对美国的剖析中涉及到与中国的比较将两国的优缺点都列举出来,国内若引进估计不会完整保留。 @ 坏猪的坏_开心的 当全球75亿人口中仅有10亿人的生活水平能达到了第一世界标准的今天人们已经开始为资源枯竭而担忧,那么如果所有国家都发展到这么个水平时地球又能承载多久呢?正如作者所言,可持续发展所需要的的并不应该是阻遏发展中国家的发展诉求,而应该是发达国家自身节能降耗,起到表率作用。 @ 小西 由个人应对危机的方法投射到国家和全球,也了解了一些以前不熟悉的国家的历史。角度新颖,有所启发。 @ Linden Fun casual read. @ 棋只 断断续续啃了半年。略显啰嗦,但视角还算新颖。可读、好读,读了有所收获。 @ 牛彩霞 其实里面很多历史还是挺震撼的,但是总觉得有的时候在强行套用他的理论。

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