Letters to Lily
Letters to Lily
ISBN: 9781861977809
作者: Alan Macfarlane
出版社: Trafalgar Square
出版年: 2006-9
页数: 320
定价: $ 16.89
装帧: Pap
原作名: On How the World Works
内容简介
In a frank and unpretentious series of letters addressed to a teenage granddaughter, this highly original book teaches us to know and understand the world we live in and its rules, and how to behave in it. In these thirty letters, Alan Macfarlane answers his granddaughter's questions about how the world works, how it got to be as it is, what it could be, and where she fits in. Lily's enquiries range from the intimate, personal and moral to the political, social and philosophical. What is the nature of good and evil? What is religion? How can I be truly me? Is right and wrong the same wherever you are? What is beauty? Does there have to be torture? Does money matter? Is knowledge always good? What is progress? What is truth? What is sex? Is democracy a good idea? These are just a few of the questions. In responding to Lily's challenging problems, Alan Macfarlane, from a lifetime's experience as a historian, anthropologist and teacher, ranges through history and across the world's cultures. Her questions are timeless. His answers add up to a classic.
作者简介
艾伦·麦克法兰是英国著名社会人类学家，剑桥大学社会人类学教授，国王学院院士和不列颠学术院院士，著名作家，著名电视节目制作人。著述凡16种，包括《英国个人主义的起源》（商务印书馆即将出版中译本）、《玻璃的世界》(商务印书馆已出版中译本，2003)、《都铎和斯图亚特王朝英格兰的巫术》、《现代世界之谜》、《资本主义文化》、《和平的野蛮战争》等。