BORN BAD: ORIGINAL SIN AND THE MAKING OF THE WESTERN WORLD
Book ID/图书代码： 01899514B67883
English Summary/英文概要： Born Bad: Original Sin and the Creation of the Western World is the latest book from James Boyce, acclaimed author and historian. Boyce traces a history of original sin from Adam and Eve, St Augustine and Martin Luther to Adam Smith, Sigmund Freud and Richard Dawkins.
According to original sin, humans are "born bad" and only God’s grace can bring salvation. Although Christianity is on the wane, Boyce explores how these religious ideas of morality still underpin our modern secular society, though we are often not aware of their origins. If today the specific doctrine has all but disappeared (even from the churches), what remains is the distinctive discontent of Western people – the feelings of guilt and inadequacy associated not with doing wrong, but with being wrong.
"Original sin is the Western world’s creation story," James Boyce writes, in this fascinating sweeping history of a dark and controversial idea.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《人性本恶：西方世界的原罪与创世纪》，来自詹姆斯•博伊斯的最新力作，著名作家、历史学家。博伊斯从亚当和夏娃时期的历史开始追溯原罪，并随后将研究对象扩至圣•奥古斯丁、马丁•路德金、亚当•史密斯、西格蒙德•弗洛伊德和理查德•达尔文。
据原罪理论，人生来便是邪恶的，唯有上帝的宽容可以为他们带来救赎。尽管基督教的影响力正在不断的削弱，博伊斯还是对这些道德方面的宗教理念对我们当代世俗社会的支撑性作用进行了探究，并且尽管我们常常对这些理念的起源并不甚熟悉。如果时下那些特定的教义都消失了（甚至在教堂中也难觅其踪），那么最终留下的必定是西方人们的强烈不满之情---他们将怀有强烈的罪恶感和不满足感，并非因为误入歧途，而是因为从一开始就是错的。
“原罪是西方世界诞生之初的故事”，詹姆斯•博伊斯如是写道，这是一部绝对精彩至极，震撼人心的历史书籍，有关于那些黑暗且颇具争议的观点。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：And see Washington Post review here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/born-bad-how-the-idea-that-were-all-sinners-has-shaped-western-culture/2015/05/20/70bb32ec-fd7b-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html
About the Author/作者介绍： 詹姆斯•博伊斯是一名作家，著有Van Diemen’s Land: A History(《范迪门斯之地》) (2008)， 1835: The Founding of Melbourne（《1835：初识墨尔本》） 以及 the Conquest of Australia（《征服澳洲》） (2011)。其中第一部作品为其赢得了塔斯马尼亚图书奖、科林•罗德瑞克奖，并入围NSW奖、维多利亚和昆士兰州文学首奖及首相文学奖的评选。提姆•弗兰妮称：“不论是谁，只要你对土地对人的影响感兴趣，那么本书一定是一本必读书目。”《1835》则赢得年度时代图书奖，并入围首相文学奖提名澳大利亚西部首作文学奖提名，并在阿德莱德艺术节上获得其文学奖提名，维多利亚文学首奖提名。《周末时代》称其为“一流的历史著作”。
James Boyce is the author of Van Diemen’s Land: A History (2008) and 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia (2011). The former won the Tasmania Book Prize and the Colin Roderick Award and was shortlisted for the NSW, Victorian and Queensland premiers’ literary awards, as well as the Prime Minister’s Literary Award. Tim Flannery described it as "a brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people." 1835 won the Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award, the Western Australian Premier’s Book Award, the Adelaide Festival Award for Literature and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award. The Sunday Age described it as "a first-class piece of historical writing."
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BORN BAD by James Boyce, has sold to Counterpoint Press in the USA.
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