利奥波德国王的鬼魂
King Leopold's ghost
Adam Hochschild · 初版 1998 年
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为什么值得读
- 客观记录刚果沦为比利时殖民地的残酷历史过程
- 填补对这段黑暗历史与殖民主义认识的空白
- 叙事极具冲击力，真实展现殖民统治的暴行
19世纪80年代，正当欧洲列强瓜分非洲之际，比利时国王 Leopold II 将刚果河周边广阔且多未被探索的领土据为己有。他对刚果进行了种族灭绝式的掠夺，劫掠其橡胶，残害其民众，最终导致其人口减少了一千万——而在此期间，他却精明地将自己塑造成伟大的慈善家。揭露这些罪行的英勇努力最终引发了20世纪第一场伟大的民权运动，从 Mark Twain 到 Archbishop of Canterbury 等各界人士均参与其中。
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……甚至承认他们历史上的这个污点，你依然能看到大量纪念他的雕像、广场和街道。如果你想进一步了解（读起来可一点都不轻松），我推荐 Adam Hochschild 写的《利奥波德国王的鬼魂》（King Leopold's Ghost）。
…even acknowledge this black spot in their history, and you will still find plenty of statues, squares and streets in his honour. Should you want to read more, and it's not an easy read, I'd recommend King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild.
刚果之友（Friends of the Congo）：http://www.friendsofthecongo.org/films-a-videos.html 上面有一些很棒的相关资源。另一部经典是《黑暗的心》（Heart of Darkness，虽说是虚构小说，但讲了很多殖民主义的事）。《利奥波德国王的鬼魂》（King Leopold's Ghost）也非常值得一读：http://www.amazon.com/King-Leopolds-Ghost-Heroism-Colonial/d...
Friends of the Congo: http://www.friendsofthecongo.org/films-a-videos.html has some great resources about this. Another classic is Heart of Darkness (although a fiction, it tells much about colonialism) King Leopold's Ghost is also a great read: http://www.amazon.com/King-Leopolds-Ghost-Heroism-Colonial/d...
……《云攻略》（Behind the Cloud，作为商业书来说好得出奇）；Keith Anderson 的《数字大教堂》（The Digital Cathedral，我一个朋友写的书，很难去描述，但它的精彩程度让我吃了一惊）；Adam Hochschild 的《利奥波德国王的鬼魂》（讲述刚果是如何沦为殖民地的）；Jessica Livingston 的《技术与商业的双螺旋》（Founders at Work）；《李光耀回忆录：风雨独立路》（The Singapore Story: The memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew，部分地方有点枯燥/篇幅略长，但其余部分非常有启发性）；《倾听……
…"Behind the Cloud" (surprisingly good for a business book) Keith Anderson - "The Digital Cathedral" (book a friend of mine wrote, hard to describe, but suprised me at how good it is) Adam Hochschild - "King Leopold's Ghost" (how the Congo became a colony) Jessica Livingston - "Founders at Work" "The Singapore Story: The memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew" (a little dry / long at points, but otherwise very instructive) "Listening…
顺着这条路走下去，如果你真想让自己感到悲伤/抑郁/恶心的话，可以去看看《利奥波德国王的鬼魂》（King Leopold's Ghost）。https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KZOWEG
And further along this path, if you really want to be saddened / depressed / disgusted, there's King Leopold's Ghost. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KZOWEG
……刚果入门读物。是的，它确实涉及了比利时殖民主义的残暴……但它已经过时了，而且自身也带有种族主义色彩，把非洲描绘成充斥着原始居民的黑暗大陆。不过我很赞同推荐《利奥波德国王的鬼魂》（King Leopold's Ghost），它对刚果殖民历史的综述非常精彩。
…beginner on the Congo. Yes it deals with the brutality of Belgian colonialism... but it's dated and has it's own racist portrayal of Africa as the dark continent with primitive peoples. I would tho second King Leopold's Ghost as a brilliant overview of colonialism in the Congo.
《利奥波德国王的鬼魂》（King Leopold's Ghost）：对殖民主义以及企图掩盖受压迫民众所受影响之行径的坦诚而残酷的记录。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Leopold%27s_Ghost
"King Leopold's Ghost" An honest, brutal account of colonialism and the attempt to cover up it's effects on the people suffering under it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Leopold%27s_Ghost