A riveting, original book about the creation of the modern American mind. The Metaphysical Club was an informal group that met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872, to talk about ideas. Its members included Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., founder of modern jurisprudence; William James, the father of modern American psychology; and Charles Sanders Peirce, logician, scientist, and the founder of semiotics. The Club was probably in existence for about nine months. No records were kept. The one thing we know that came out of it was an idea -- an idea about ideas. This book is the story of that idea. Holmes, James, and Peirce all believed that ideas are not things "out there" waiting to be discovered but are tools people invent -- like knives and forks and microchips -- to make their way in the world. They thought that ideas are produced not by individuals, but by groups of individuals -- that ideas are social. They do not develop according to some inner logic of their own but are entirely dependent -- like germs -- on their human carriers and environment. And they thought that the survival of any idea depends not on its immutability but on its adaptability. 'The Metaphysical Club' is written in the spirit of this idea about ideas. It is not a history of philosophy but an absorbing narrative about personalities and social history, a story about America. It begins with the American Civil War and ends with World War I. This is a book about the evolution of the American mind during the crucial period that formed the world we now inhabit.
路易斯•梅南 Louis Menand
哈佛大學英文係教授,《紐約客》特約撰稿人。2002年,他的第一本麵嚮大眾的著作《形而上學俱樂部》榮獲普利策奬最佳曆史類圖書,以及美國曆史學會的帕剋曼奬。2016年,梅南獲得瞭奧巴馬總統授予的美國國傢人文勛章。
(对相关背景了解不多,记录一下初步的读书笔记,以后有时间好好完善) 6月10日,在弗吉尼亚州首府里士满,美国内战时南方邦联“总统”杰斐逊·戴维斯的雕像在欢呼声中轰然倒地。这是由乔治·弗洛伊德之死引起的抗议浪潮中的一朵水花,既是多元主义对种族主义的愤怒回击,也代...
評分 評分1. The Metaphysical Club是Pierce在John Hopkins University成立的; 2. 这本书还花了大量的篇幅记录著名的最高法院大法官Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr;
評分[https://athenacool.wordpress.com/2020/06/15/%e5%bd%a2%e8%80%8c%e4%b8%8a%e5%ad%a6%e4%bf%b1%e4%b9%90%e9%83%a8/] 形而上学俱乐部:美国思想的故事 [美]路易斯·梅南(Louis Menand) / 舍其 / 上海译文出版社 / 2020-5 子扉我 2020年夏 申城西楼 原载[回响编辑部]微信2020...
評分(对相关背景了解不多,记录一下初步的读书笔记,以后有时间好好完善) 6月10日,在弗吉尼亚州首府里士满,美国内战时南方邦联“总统”杰斐逊·戴维斯的雕像在欢呼声中轰然倒地。这是由乔治·弗洛伊德之死引起的抗议浪潮中的一朵水花,既是多元主义对种族主义的愤怒回击,也代...
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