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NO CONTEST: THE CASE AGAINST COMPETITION (TWENTIETH - ANNIVERSARY EDITION)

Book ID/图书代码: 07042004B06185

English Summary/英文概要: No Contest stands as the definitive critique of competition. Contrary to accepted wisdom, competition is not basic to human nature; it poisons our relationships and holds us back from doing our best. In this new edition, Alfie Kohn argues that the race to win turns all of us into losers.

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 也许,竞争就像苹果派一样,美国味十足,但是它也很害人。
自1986年首版以来,《不要竞争》引来了无数争议,堪称竞争类图书中的权威之作。ALFIE KOHN借鉴数千例研究成果,振振有辞地说道,在工作中,在学校里,在嬉戏中甚至在家里,我们想拼命击垮对方,而到头来我们却都成了失败者。
KOHN引导我们走出误区------虽说我们对此已耳濡目染、习以为常,说出了竞争的真谛,其实,竞争并不是人与生具有的特性,它不会激励我们闻鸡起舞,发奋图强(相反,我们工作和学习的地方就是因为太强调竞争性而忽略了出色的表现,所以才遇上了麻烦)。竞争并不会打造个性,它只会肆意地破坏自尊、蹂躏情感。它甚至把游戏、竞技场弄得更像血腥的沙场,扭曲了娱乐的本质。
《不要竞争》有利地论述了“良性竞争”这个词本事是自相矛盾的。或输或赢,任何一种情况都不会令人满意,所以为了我们自己、下一代还有整个社会的利益,不得不重组我们的社会机制。
新版书中还添加了作者本人犀利、带有强烈个人色彩的后记。在后记中,分析了美国人对竞争概念发生的转变,也描述了人们对他所传述的那些具有煽动意义的文字的各种反应。

Awards/获奖情况:Contending that competition in all areasschool, family, sports and businessis destructive, and that success so achieved is at the expense of another’s failure, Kohn, a correspondent for USA Today, advocates a restructuring of our institutions to replace competition with cooperation. He persuasively demonstrates how the ingrained American myth that competition is the only normal and desirable way of lifefrom Little Leagues to the presidencyis counterproductive, personally and for the national economy, and how psychologically it poisons relationships, fosters anxiety and takes the fun out of work and play. He charges that competition is a learned phenomenon and denies that it builds character and self-esteem. Kohn’s measures to encourage cooperation in lieu of competition include promoting noncompetitive games, eliminating scholastic grades and substitution of mutual security for national security.---From Publishers Weekly

Kohn, a journalist whose work has appeared in such publications as The Nation and Psychology Today , has written a timely summary of research and commentary by others on the psychology of competitiveness. He seeks to debunk "the rationalizations for competition"that it is inevitable, more productive, more enjoyable, and likely to build character. In closely reasoned argument he shows that, while competition is deeply ingrained, it is also inherently destructive, especially where self-esteem is contingent on winning at the expense of others. The book, which lacks depth only in its discussion of organizational behavior and the incentive for creativity, will provoke considerable discussion. Recommended for general collections and subject collections on social interaction.---William Abrams, Portland State Univ. Lib., Ore., From Library Journal

“Alfie Kohn marshals the evidence that [competition] is not the mainspring of achievement in industry, the arts, education, or games.”---Dr. Benjamin Spock

“We have been in prison from wrong teaching. By perceiving that cooperation is the answer, not competition, Alfie Kohn opens a new world of living. I am deeply indebted to him.”---W. Edwards Deming

About the Author/作者介绍: Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on education, management, and parenting. His articles on the subject of rewards have appeared in publications ranging from Parents magazine (“The Case Against Gold Stars”) to the Harvard Business Review (“Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work”). He was recently described by Time as “perhaps the country’s most outspoken critic of education’s fixation on grades [and] test scores” and by Fortune as “America’s most biting critic of money as motivator.”
Kohn’s other books include No Contest: The Case Against Competition (1990), as well as several titles on education: a book for teachers, Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community (1996), which he describes as a modest attempt to overthrow the entire field of classroom management; a collection of articles entitled What to Look For in a Classroom… and Other Essays (1998); and, most recently, The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards” (1999)
Kohn has written for the Journal of Education and for Ladies’ Home Journal, as well as for the Nation, the Atlantic Monthly, and the New York Times. He lectures across the country and abroad and has been featured on more than 250 TV and radio programs, including Oprah and the Today show. He lives (actually) in Belmont, Massachusetts, with his wife and daughter, and (virtually) at www.alfiekohn.org

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