具体描述
An intellectual memoir by the author of the acclaimed Imagined Communities
Benedict Anderson is one of the leading historians of nationalism and Southeast Asia. His seminal book Imagined Commu-nities has changed the way we think about the reason why people live, die and kill in the name of nation-hood.
Born in China, Anderson spent his childhood in California and Ireland, was educated in England and finally found a home at Cornell University, where he immersed himself in the growing field of Southeast Asian studies. After field work in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, he was banned from Suharto’s Indonesia for disputing the legitimacy of the 1965 coup. In his memoir, he brings to life the intellectual formation of a life spent open to the world, resisting the easy comforts of imagined homes: the joys of learning languages; the importance of field work; the influence of the New Left upon global think-ing; and the satisfactions of teaching.
用户评价
##Insightful perspectives about interdisciplinary studies and academic environments from the 1950s of Europe and USA with interesting anecdotes. Loved to see the Southeast Asia through his eyes. An enjoyable read. Last but not the least, frogs of the world unite!
##愿奇才博识做五总龟，不为四寸之学耳。
##真人生偶像。
##Blend // 目的从不是简化问题，也不是寻求二元的答案 // nationalism和internationalism // 能跳出椰壳碗的青蛙都是幸运的
我恨不得给10颗星！老头是真正达到了从心所欲不逾矩啊。全是段子，可是段子里也全是一生的卓见。又是一个发现了，然后痛心疾首已经真正错过的老先生。
##expected sth more humorous and humble until i saw the sentence"the pearl is produced by an oyster in pain not a happy oyster with a laptop" lol an oyster can be still in pain even with a laptop(c'est moi. somehow the interdisciplinary chap makes me less interested in doing a phd mmm
##正在紧锣密鼓的制作中
我恨不得给10颗星！老头是真正达到了从心所欲不逾矩啊。全是段子，可是段子里也全是一生的卓见。又是一个发现了，然后痛心疾首已经真正错过的老先生。
##人的一生也是要看历史的行程嘛，如果不是赶上了大时代，也没有什么特别beyond boundaries的地方了