从黎明到衰落
From Dawn to Decadence
Jacques Barzun、Edward Lewis · 初版 2000 年
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为什么值得读
- 刻意淡化年份死记，聚焦历史背景与重大事件
- 纵览1500至2000年西方文化与艺术高光
- 有力反击相对主义并重申古典文化价值
“文化历史与评论大师雅克·巴赞（Jacques Barzun）因约三十部著作而在国内外备受推崇，如今他将自己关于1500年以来整个西方文化的发现与结论，汇聚成了一部连贯完整的叙事史书。”“在这部记述中，巴赞立足于历史时代与当代紧迫关切的双重视角，描绘了西方人从文艺复兴和宗教改革直至当代所创造的一切。他以一贯优雅脱俗的文学文风引入人物与事件，使那些已被遗忘或湮没的过往重回前台。他那扣人心弦的
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……作者关于“需要更好地理解环绕在任何特定人物或事件周围的时代背景”的观点，我深有同感。这也是我喜欢雅克·巴尔赞的《从黎明到衰落》（From Dawn to Decadence）的原因之一，这是一部讲述1500至2000年间西方文明的鸿篇巨制。他刻意淡化了具体日期，把更多精力放在展现重大事件所处的时代“氛围”……
…author's comments on needing to have a better understanding of the state of the world that surrounded any particular person or event rings true to me. It's one of the reasons I enjoyed Jacques Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence, a sprawling historical account of western civilization from 1500~2000. He deliberately de-emphasizes the exact dates of things, aiming more to show the significant events within the surrounding "mood"…
巴尔赞的《从黎明到衰落》相当不错。现在有一大帮时评人靠谈论“衰落”（decadence）混饭吃，但他们全都是在炒巴尔赞的冷饭罢了。
Barzun's book "From Dawn to Decadence" is pretty good. There's now a cottage industry of pundits talking about "decadence", but they are all just rehashing Barzun.
……这足以成为任何人将其冠以“高雅”文化之名的充分理由。如果你连莫扎特、米开朗基罗或莎士比亚都无法做出价值评判，那简直就是一场悲剧。我强烈推荐巴尔赞的《从黎明到衰落：西方文化生活五百年》。直接给相对主义一记重拳：我认为完全有理由证明，过去500年的西方是人类历史上艺术与科学成果最丰硕的时代……
…than enough justification for anyone to call it "high" culture. If you can't make value judgments about Mozart, Michelangelo, or Shakespeare, that's simply a tragedy. I strongly recommend Barzun's "From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life." To take a direct shot at relativism: I think it's quite possible to justify the West over the last 500 years as the most productive era for art and science in all…
在《从黎明到衰落》中，雅克·巴尔赞顺带提到了1970年出版的《仓促的休闲阶级》（The Harried Leisure Class）一书。在很多大学图书馆里应该都能找到它。我记得那是一本既有趣又令人信服的书。我也许……
In From Dawn to Decadence, Jacques Barzun mentions in passing the book The Harried Leisure Class, published in 1970. One can probably find it in many college libraries. I remember it as an interesting and cogent book. I am probably…
雅克·巴尔赞的《从黎明到衰落》是一部横跨过去500年历史的宏伟之作。
From Dawn to Decadence by Jacques Barzun is a sweeping account of the past 500 years.
……在其中大量引用了詹姆斯的观点，并游刃有余地将他各部作品的核心主题串联在一起。我这么说可能略带偏见，因为我开始读詹姆斯的契机正是巴尔赞的《从黎明到衰落》，那是一部气势恢宏的巨著，引得我去查阅了大量参考文献，但没有哪位作家像威廉·詹姆斯那样让我受益匪浅，如今他已经成了我个人的偶像。
…quotes James extensively in it, and ties together the overarching themes of his various works with a deft hand. I may be slightly biased here because my jumping-off point for reading James was Barzun’s “From Dawn to Decadence,” a sprawling work that led me to investigate a number of references, but none turned out to be as rewarding as reading William James, who has become a personal hero.