Worldly Philosopher chronicles the times and writings of Albert O. Hirschman, one of the twentieth century's most original and provocative thinkers. In this gripping biography, Jeremy Adelman tells the story of a man shaped by modern horrors and hopes, a worldly intellectual who fought for and wrote in defense of the values of tolerance and change. Born in Berlin in 1915, Hirschman grew up amid the promise and turmoil of the Weimar era, but fled Germany when the Nazis seized power in 1933. Amid hardship and personal tragedy, he volunteered to fight against the fascists in Spain and helped many of Europe's leading artists and intellectuals escape to America after France fell to Hitler. His intellectual career led him to Paris, London, and Trieste, and to academic appointments at Columbia, Harvard, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He was an influential adviser to governments in the United States, Latin America, and Europe, as well as major foundations and the World Bank. Along the way, he wrote some of the most innovative and important books in economics, the social sciences, and the history of ideas. Throughout, he remained committed to his belief that reform is possible, even in the darkest of times. This is the first major account of Hirschman's remarkable life, and a tale of the twentieth century as seen through the story of an astute and passionate observer. Adelman's riveting narrative traces how Hirschman's personal experiences shaped his unique intellectual perspective, and how his enduring legacy is one of hope, open-mindedness, and practical idealism.

【作者简介】

杰里米·阿德尔曼（Jeremy Adelman）著名美国历史学家，现为普林斯顿大学教授，同时担任普林斯顿大学全球历史实验室主任。另著有《发展前线：阿根廷和加拿大麦田的土地、劳力和资本》（Frontier Development: Land, Labo ur and Capital on the Wheatlands of Argentina and Canada）等，编有《赫希曼论文精要》（The Essential Hirschman）等。

【译者简介】

贾拥民 经济学博士。著作包括《超越经济人：人类的亲社会行为与社会偏好》（合著）等。译有《自我颠覆的倾向》《现代经济学主要流派》《经济学理论与认知科学》《宇宙的主宰：哈耶克、弗里德曼与新自由主义的诞生》《神经经济学分析基础》（待出）等20余本作品。