信徒的国度
Among the believers
V. S. Naipaul · 初版 1981 年
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作者着眼于他所认为的宗教在影响国家自主发展所需的创造力与智力资源方面扮演的角色。作者记录了一段历时六个月横跨亚洲大陆的旅程。V.S. Naipaul 深入探索了伊斯兰原教旨主义抬头各国的文化与一触即发的局势。他的行程始于伊朗，途经巴基斯坦、马来西亚，终抵印度尼西亚，在返回英国途中又短暂经停巴基斯坦与伊朗。（本书内容）。
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埃里克·霍弗（Eric Hoffer）的《狂热分子》（The True Believer）。讲为什么人们会被群众运动所俘获，不论是政治运动还是宗教运动。V.S. 奈保尔（V.S. Naipaul）的《信徒的国度》（Among the Believers）。讲非阿拉伯国家伊斯兰教的一组速写集。礼萨·阿斯兰（Reza Aslan）的《唯真主惟一》（No God But God）、《超越原教旨主义》（Beyond Fundamentalism）。一部不枯燥的伊斯兰历史。解释了圣战主义与民族主义之间的区别……
Eric Hoffer - The True Believer. Why people are seduced by mass movements, whether political or religious. V.S. Naipaul - Among the Believers. A collection of vignettes about Islam in non-Arab countries. Reza Aslan - No God But God, Beyond Fundamentalism. A non boring history of Islam. An explanation of the difference between jihadic and nationalistic…
……伊朗的主要代表人物，并得到了神职人员的附和。阿亚图拉在法国时把和解说得天花乱坠，结果一回国就火速清剿了社会主义者。[如果你还没读过 V.S. 奈保尔的《信徒的国度》，一定要去看看——这是我读过最引人入胜的书之一]。不知怎么的，伊朗的社会主义者竟然没看出来霍梅尼是个比巴列维国王还要糟糕的反动派，直到为时……
…leading exponents in Iran, seconded by the theocrats. The Ayatollah talked a good game about reconciliation from France, until he came back and wiped the Socialists out in short order. [If you haven't read Among the Believers by VS Naipaul, check it out - it's one of the most engaging books I've ever read]. So somehow the Iranian socialists failed to see that Khomeini was a reactionary even worse than the Shah, until it was…
……类似这样的东西是他许多书中的一个主题，常常既适用于他自己，也适用于其他移居西方国家（或进入西方衍生文化）的人。这也接近《信徒的国度》等书的主题，在那些书里（粗略转述一下！），他逐渐把非阿拉伯穆斯林看作某种意义上向以阿拉伯为中心的文化迁移的移民，并带着同样的一些失落感。
…something like this is a theme in many of his books, often applied to himself, and to other people who've moved to western countries (or, into western-derived cultures). It's also close to a theme of Among the Believers etc, where (to paraphrase crudely!) he comes to view non-arab muslims as being in some sense immigrants to an Arab-centred culture, with some of the same feelings of loss.
对于一个在《信徒的国度》里把巴基斯坦写得一派胡言的人来说，读读关于他第二任妻子的事情还挺有意思的（还有她哥哥阿米尔跟他服役过的巴基斯坦陆军之间的纠葛）
For someone who wrote such guff about Pakistan in Among the Believers, it's interesting to read about his second wife (and her brother Amir's tangles with the Pakistan Army he served in)