被誉为“灵魂的导师,心灵的道友”的慧敏,在哈佛大学求学时,疯狂怀念母语,于是开始用推特记录自己日常生活中的感悟,用母语与人交流。没想到,这些简单的文字,不仅让自己感到安慰,那些无意中看到日志的人,也纷纷留言说获得了 疗愈。他们开始试着理解那些不能原谅的人,决心从现在起爱惜不争气的自己,筋疲力尽地下班后,又突然精神百倍。通过与网友的交流,他也了解到,每天只睡四小时的创业者的煎熬,因学习压力过大想要自杀的学生的痛苦,面临毕业和失业的青年的苦闷。原来, 每个人都活得如此艰难。 他希望《人生那么长,停一下又何妨》,能够给那些感觉终日被生存压力驱赶的人,那些追求轻松生活却不得的人,那些因自己的不如意去怨恨别人的人,那些期盼着真爱的人,带来哪怕只有一点点的,帮助。
In this book, originally published in 2007, Chiara Botticiargues for a philosophical understanding of political myth. Botticidemonstrates that myth is a process, one of continuous work on abasic narrative pattern that responds to a need for significance.Human beings need meaning in order to master the world they livein, but they also need significance in order to live in a worldthat is less indifferent to them. This is particularly true in therealm of politics. Political myths are narratives through which weorient ourselves, and act and feel about our political world.Bottici shows that in order to come to terms with contemporaryphenomena, such as the clash between civilizations, we need aCopernican revolution in political philosophy. If we want to savereason, we need to look at it from the standpoint of myth.
This interdisciplinary collection addresses the position ofminorities in democratic societies, with a particular focus onminority rights and recognition. For the first time, it bringstogether leading international authorities on ethnicity,nationalism and minority rights from both social and politicaltheory, with the specific aim of fostering further debate betweenthe disciplines. In their introduction, the editors explore theways in which politics and sociology can complement each other inunravelling the many contradictory aspects of complex phenomena.Topics addressed include the constructed nature of ethnicity, itsrelation to class and to 'new racism', different forms ofnationalism, self determination and indigenous politics, thepolitics of recognition versus the politics of redistribution, andthe re-emergence of cosmopolitanism. This book is essential readingfor all those involved in the study of ethnicity, nationalism andminority rights.