具体描述
An intellectual memoir by the author of the acclaimed Imagined Communities
Benedict Anderson is one of the leading historians of nationalism and Southeast Asia. His seminal book Imagined Commu-nities has changed the way we think about the reason why people live, die and kill in the name of nation-hood.
Born in China, Anderson spent his childhood in California and Ireland, was educated in England and finally found a home at Cornell University, where he immersed himself in the growing field of Southeast Asian studies. After field work in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, he was banned from Suharto’s Indonesia for disputing the legitimacy of the 1965 coup. In his memoir, he brings to life the intellectual formation of a life spent open to the world, resisting the easy comforts of imagined homes: the joys of learning languages; the importance of field work; the influence of the New Left upon global think-ing; and the satisfactions of teaching.
用户评价
##Benedict Anderson shows that a real internationalist should respect cultural diversity and minority rights. 各美其美，天下大同。
评分##Ben老师的传记没有无聊的时地线性回忆，满是学术思路回顾、反省，对学术界规范、状况的批评。这些话题被这头狡猾又诙谐的“粉牛”穿插起各类笑料段子予以讲述，显得轻松好玩又有料（一个名额给老鼠一个名额给拉康真笑死我）。年迈名盛之际还能深刻反省imagined community的思路缺陷也是难能可贵。Frogs of the world unite！
评分##Insightful perspectives about interdisciplinary studies and academic environments from the 1950s of Europe and USA with interesting anecdotes. Loved to see the Southeast Asia through his eyes. An enjoyable read. Last but not the least, frogs of the world unite!
评分##真心看得一愣一愣。我也要这样进入东南亚！
评分##充满深刻的感悟。真正有志于学者应该打破各种边界，沉迷在自己的小壳里可能舒服，但一定可鄙。
评分##Anderson的受教育经历与Tony Judt非常相似——战后，伦敦，靠奖学金才得以接受精英教育，分外强调历史、语言学习和文学的人文教育背景，并且两人的生活和研究经历都在突出陌生感在学术研究中的作用。这本书里时不时涉及的美国学科构建、评定教职、对跨学科和“理论”的追捧，被行业黑话所腐蚀的学术写作，让人不得不思考我们是不是在错误的道路上越走越远。
评分##充满深刻的感悟。真正有志于学者应该打破各种边界，沉迷在自己的小壳里可能舒服，但一定可鄙。
评分##expected sth more humorous and humble until i saw the sentence"the pearl is produced by an oyster in pain not a happy oyster with a laptop" lol an oyster can be still in pain even with a laptop(c'est moi. somehow the interdisciplinary chap makes me less interested in doing a phd mmm
评分##"...How to use a language to make things so remote also frightening, tragic and understandable."
