Jared Diamond, a noted polymath, is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. Among his many awards are the U.S. National Medal of Science, Japan’s Cosmos Prize, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of the international best-selling books Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, Why Is Sex Fun?, The World until Yesterday, and The Third Chimpanzee, and is the presenter of TV documentary series based on three of those books.
In his earlier bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in the final book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis through selective change — a coping mechanism more commonly associated with personal trauma.
In a dazzling comparative study, Diamond shows us how seven countries have survived defining upheavals in the recent past — from US Commodore Perry’s arrival in Japan to the Soviet invasion of Finland to Pinochet’s regime in Chile — through a process of painful self-appraisal and adaptation, and he identifies patterns in the way that these distinct nations recovered from calamity. Looking ahead to the future, he investigates whether the United States, and the world, are squandering their natural advantages, on a path towards political conflict and decline. Or can we still learn from the lessons of the past?
Adding a psychological dimension to the awe-inspiring grasp of history, geography, economics, and anthropology that marks all Diamond’s work, Upheaval reveals how both nations and individuals can become more resilient. The result is a book that is epic, urgent, and groundbreaking.
##few insights 戴蒙德在82岁写出这本书,再一次佐证了他在《昨日之前的世界》里提出的观点,老年人的智慧是人类独有的宝贵财富。 本书的研究基于戴蒙德式的、纵横捭阖的跨界思维,将心理治疗领域确立的、影响个人应对危机的12个因素略作调整,变成12个影响国家应对危机的因素,再基于这些因素...
评分##作者:沈睿的萧萧落木(来自豆瓣) 来源:https://www.douban.com/note/802308110/ 杰瑞德·戴蒙德在世界知识界实在太有名了,因为他的书《枪炮,病菌和钢铁:人类的命运》(1997出版)。 我到现在还清楚地记得第一次看那本书时的冲击感,我看的时候其实是初版的几年之后了,我...
评分 评分##Interesting angles and analogies in reviewing the 7 selected countries, although no dedicated chapter to China (as it’s not one of the seven) it’s inevitably everywhere... Pleased and relieved with his unbiased attitude condemning Japan’s irresponsibility of denying its crimes in WWII. BTW another book using The Great Wave off Kanagawa? as cover.
评分##应对危机的12个建议: 承认危机 接受解决危机的责任 确定危机的边界 求助外界 借鉴榜样 自我力量/国家凝聚力 诚实地自我评估 应对危机的经验 耐心 灵活性 核心价值观 个人约束/国家地缘限制
评分##12 factors to overcome crisis, example of 7 countries. Outlook for the next crisis in japan, US and the world. Do key leaders change history?
评分##作者从个人应对危机的心理治疗方法中总结出12个与危机相关的因素,将其扩展到应对国家危机乃至全球危机上。本书的主题:个人、团体、企业、国家、乃至世界都有面临危机和压力的时候。危机可能来自外部,也可能来自内部。不管来自外部或内部都需要选择性地进行改变,对国家和个人来说都是如此。个人觉得本书在第八章后渐入佳境,分别讨论了日本,美国,和全球可以预见的危机问题。英文版中对中国的评价务实,中文版有删节。
评分##书中指出国家乃至人类社会应对危机或者剧变的十二条关键因素:1. 对国家陷入危机的举国共识; 2. 愿意承担责任; 3. 划清界限,明确需要解决的国家问题; 4. 从他国获得物质和资金方面的帮助; 5. 借鉴他国应对危机的经验; 6. 国家认同; 7. 诚实的国家自我评估; 8. 应对过往国家危...
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