伏尔泰的私生子
Voltaire's bastards
John Ralston Saul · 初版 1992 年
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为什么值得读
- 梳理十八世纪以来的理性历史，剖析其为何走偏
- 深入阐释现代上市公司短视与民主异化的制度根源
- 揭示了历史上作者与漫画家遭受迫害的权力机制
Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West是对西方社会政治、经济、社会和文化根源的一次全面而具启发性的深刻探索。John Ralston Saul以非凡的胆识与独创性，剖析了将世界推向混乱与危机边缘的矛盾、妄念与幻象，并打破了那些我们被教导要去崇敬和珍视的偶像与制度的神话。
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……上市公司的症结所在。它们是按财年苟活的。1 月 1 日没有过去，12 月 31 日没有未来。西方社会出现这种现象的深层原因，在 John Ralston Saul 的《伏尔泰的私生子们》（Voltaire’s Bastards）里解释得非常透彻。要理解我们共同面临的困境，这是一本好书，书中还提出了一些应对思路。答案并不明朗。我一点都不信教，但宗教确实是一股强大的力量。伊斯兰教……
…the problem with publicly traded companies. They exist a fiscal year at a time. No past on January 1, no future December 31st. The underlying cause of this in western society is well explained in ‘Voltaire’s Bastards’ by John Ralston Saul. Good reading to understand our collective problem with some ideas on what to do about it. The answer isn’t clear. I am not remotely religious, but it is a powerful force. Islam…
本应该凑成 9 本书的。John Ralston Saul 的《伏尔泰的私生子们：理性在西方的独裁统治》，一篇批判理性时代如何被扭曲并践踏现代民主的批评长文。
should've made it 9 books Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West by John Ralston Saul a critical essay of how the age of reason was distorted to trample all over modern democracy
去读读 John Ralston Saul 的《伏尔泰的私生子们》吧，他在书中描写了贯穿历史的、对作家和漫画家的迫害。国际笔会（PEN Intl）也一直在更新一份受到国家、律师或媒体针对的作家名单。Rowling 大概……
Read the book Voltaire's bastards by John Ralston Saul where he writes about persecution of authors and cartoonists throughout history. PEN Intl also keeps a current list of authors targeted by the state, lawyers, or media. Rowling probably…
两本都非常耗时间，但绝对物有所值：伏尔泰的私生子们：理性在西方的独裁（VOLTAIRE’S BASTARDS: THE DICTATORSHIP OF REASON IN THE WEST）http://www.johnralstonsaul.com/non-fiction-books/voltaires_b... 企鹅世界史（The Penguin History of the World）https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316944/the-penguin-...
Both are a major investment of time, but have paid off: VOLTAIRE’S BASTARDS: THE DICTATORSHIP OF REASON IN THE WEST http://www.johnralstonsaul.com/non-fiction-books/voltaires_b... The Penguin History of the World https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316944/the-penguin-...
JR Saul 的《伏尔泰的私生子们》讲的就是所有这些事情，甚至远不止于此。绝对是一本神作，他的其他大部分作品也一样。算是一部 18 世纪以来的理性主义发展史，以及它是如何彻底走偏的。里面还大量谈到了技术官僚……
Voltaire's Bastards by JR Saul is about all those things and many more. Absolutely amazing book, as are most of his others. Kind of a history of rationality since the 18th C, and how it went so wrong. Also a lot about technocrats,…
Charest 写的《蝴蝶》（Papillion），令人惊叹且励志的真实故事。John Rolston Saul 的《伏尔泰的私生子们》——永不过时。尼采的任何作品。《经济学人》和《纽约客》，任何你能拿到手的东西，但阅读时要保持审慎怀疑。
Papillion by Charest, amazing inspirational true story. Voltaire's Bastards - John Rolston Saul - Timeless anything by Nietzsche The economist and the New Yorker anything you can get your hands on but with a grain of salt.