THE POLITICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE: MAKING CHOICES, CHANDING LIVES

Book ID/图书代码： 05B00417

English Summary/英文概要： Concern over the present state of the world - its tensions and disparities - fosters in many people the uneasy combination of two sensations: those of urgency and powerlessness. We feel that something must be done before it is too late, but we have little idea of what we as individuals, or as families, or as groups of friends, can possibly do to stem the tide. This book explores the choices we have. It considers the options for civil society, and for the individual within today’s political culture. It offers a strong critique of the prevailing model of modernity in developed countries, a model which is being exported and imposed on the rest of the world. The solution lies in our own hands. We need to rethink the choices we make on a day-to-day basis, of the ways we use our time, of the family lives we live, of the sorts of goods and services we consume, of the quality of democracy we are able to exercise. The individual, the local, and the global are inextricably intertwined, in positive as in negative ways. Passivity and indifference at the individual level contribute greatly to collective dismay at the condition of the world. "Succinct and lucid ... Ginsborg is best known for his authoritative surveys of postwar Italy ... In recent years Mr. Ginsborg has been a protagonist in the movement to strengthen Italian civil society and reconfigure the Italian left to meet the challenge of defeating Mr. Berlusconi." The New York Times, review of Berlusconi "Ginsborg is never judgemental, though he is devastatingly thorough and occasionally mischievously witty." Times Literary Supplement

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 很多人都对当今世界到处是绷紧的状态和悬殊的差距的状况表示忧虑，而这样的担忧就让许多人觉得有一种不协调的感觉，一种融合了紧迫感和无力的不安感。我们都觉得该是采取行动的时候了，要不然就太晚了，但是我们真不知道作为个体，家庭，或者朋友群，到底该怎么做才可以遏止这样的势头呢。 这部作品深入探究了我们面临种种抉择，它分析了在当今政治文化背景下文明社会以及个体面对的不同选择，它剖析了发展中国家颇为盛行的现代模式-----这一模式正被广泛运用到其他国家。 我们需要反思一下我们每天的抉择，我们必须审视一下我们是怎样支配我们的时间，怎样和家人分享生活，我们消费哪些物品和服务，以及我们可以运用哪种民主形式。照Ginsborg的话说，答案就在我们的手中。 作者简介：Paul Ginsborg出生于1945年的伦敦，他在剑桥大学任教多年后于1992来到佛洛伦萨大学担任当代欧洲史教授。他积极参与意大利民事事务，特别是在反对西尔维奥·贝卢斯科尼的活动中尤其突出，他于2003年出版了批评性传记《贝卢斯科尼》，该传记荣登意大利非小说类畅销作品排行榜首位。

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