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A compact and forthright enumeration of childish allegiances to group identities. The essential motive for clutching at any view of self based on a group narrower than the human species, Isaacs suggests, is the infantile fear of aloneness. And the lack of other sources of self-esteem in this society drives people to soothe and protect themselves with ethnic Linus blankets. A puerile emphasis on bodily features is found not only in the imposition of "skin" concepts on black people, but in most nationalist and ethnic group-think. The magic of names and language, reflected in the term "mother tongue," is grounded in the baby's reliance on his parents to control the world for him by unknown but powerful means. Religious magic is more complicated, Isaacs continues, but often boils down to the same "warming comforters"; and national adherence depends on "powerful primordial associations." Having so concisely dissected these limitations on an individual's ability to think rationally about the world as a whole, one expects Isaacs - author of The Failure of the Chinese Revolution - widely considered one of the best studies ever done of the early days of Maoist movement - to offer a firmer conclusion than his parting hope that perhaps someday we will see a pacific, wholesome pluralism of groups. Two other major gaps occur in his prefatory historical discussions - he writes as if the post-colonial Balkanization of Asian and African regions just "happened" without Western involvement; and, though he discusses various kinds of Jewish "tribal" identity at length, he omits to mention the way the Nazis played on "group identity," for example in occupied Belgium and Czechoslovakia, not to mention Germany. The divide-and-rule principle of power politics is here ignored in favor of "primordial" instincts; a dear survey of half the picture. (Kirkus Reviews)
About the Author
Lucian Pye is Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the author of Mao Tse-Tung: The Man in the Leader.
A compact and forthright enumeration of childish allegiances to group identities. The essential motive for clutching at any view of self based on a group narrower than the human species, Isaacs suggests, is the infantile fear of aloneness. And the lack of other sources of self-esteem in this society drives people to soothe and protect themselves with ethnic Linus blankets. A puerile emphasis on bodily features is found not only in the imposition of "skin" concepts on black people, but in most nationalist and ethnic group-think. The magic of names and language, reflected in the term "mother tongue," is grounded in the baby's reliance on his parents to control the world for him by unknown but powerful means. Religious magic is more complicated, Isaacs continues, but often boils down to the same "warming comforters"; and national adherence depends on "powerful primordial associations." Having so concisely dissected these limitations on an individual's ability to think rationally about the world as a whole, one expects Isaacs - author of The Failure of the Chinese Revolution - widely considered one of the best studies ever done of the early days of Maoist movement - to offer a firmer conclusion than his parting hope that perhaps someday we will see a pacific, wholesome pluralism of groups. Two other major gaps occur in his prefatory historical discussions - he writes as if the post-colonial Balkanization of Asian and African regions just "happened" without Western involvement; and, though he discusses various kinds of Jewish "tribal" identity at length, he omits to mention the way the Nazis played on "group identity," for example in occupied Belgium and Czechoslovakia, not to mention Germany. The divide-and-rule principle of power politics is here ignored in favor of "primordial" instincts; a dear survey of half the picture. (Kirkus Reviews)
About the Author
Lucian Pye is Ford Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the author of Mao Tse-Tung: The Man in the Leader.
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這本書名idols of the tribe 是著名的 F Bacon之名言。意思為1. [logic] 由於種族關係或一般人性而產生的謬見；中文版翻譯為群氓之族
译者: 邓伯宸
作者: [美]哈罗德·伊罗生
副标题: 群体认同与政治变迁
ISBN: 9787563374816
页数: 286
定价: 28.0
出版社: 广西师范大学出版社
装帧: 平装
出版年: 2008.05
简介 · · · · · ·
本书是一本社会学的经典之作， 从文化人类学基础——部落偶像、身体、名字、语言、宗教、民族、历史起源、新多元主义——来探讨群体认同与政治变迁。书稿完成于1975年，说的却是今天 的事。所谓的现代人，其实对于自己的部落归属依旧充满眷恋，甚至可以说，越是自以为现代，就越容易心里孤独，原乡情怀越会持续酝酿，从而产生的新的族群认 同，撼动世界政治。作者在30多年前已经看到今天的世界。对于民族主义方兴未艾、终将改变世界的政治面貌，早已率先发出预告。 阅读连载@凤凰网读书
作者简介 · · · · · ·
作者哈罗德·伊罗生(Harold R.Isaacs，1910-1986)，30年代活跃于中国，曾任职《大陆报》，后主办《中国论坛》杂志。1933年参加中国民权保障同盟，任执行委 员，与鲁迅等人关系密切。1953-1965年任麻省理工学院国际研究中心副研究员，1965年以后任政治学教授。1980年曾到中国访问，拜访宋庆龄、 丁玲与茅盾等人。28岁即写成探索1925-1927年中国革命的经典作品《中国革命的悲剧》，其间曾赴挪威访问托洛茨基。此外著有《亚洲殊无和平》、 《心影录——美国人心目中的中国和印度形象》、《以色列的美国犹太人》等。
Sir Francis Bacon's Idols
- [ 翻譯此頁 ]18 Jan 2002 ... Idols of the tribe - "The idols of the tribe are inherent in human nature and the very tribe or race of man; for man's sense is falsely ...
1第一部分
为 撰写本书，我进行了一系列的调查工作，在小石城待了一段时间。当时，联邦军队进驻该城，9名黑人学生，每天上学都遭到一群愤怒的白人追打，美国社会正要进 入一个新的历史时期。时间是1957年的10月。这个星期，1974年10月，有关基本群体认同的研究，我刚好告一个段落，波士顿街头爆发了暴民与警察、 黑人与白人的冲突，引爆点是种族隔离学校解禁，以巴士载送学生上学的计划正式上路。
2第二部分
族 群认同正在帝国的废墟上抽芽滋衍，在各种新文化与新政治的墙缝中探头，使理想主义者与理性主义者忧心不已，因为他们始终相信，这条道路之外，一定还有更好 的途径让人类的故事继续发展下去。群氓之族Idols Of The Tribe第一章姆庇之家今天的世界，无数的族群groups，一般译为群体或团体，但作者在本书中用到group时，有时是中文里狭义的团体，有时则指 广义的群体，但更多的时候是指"基本群体"（basic group），亦即族群（ethnic）。
3第三部分
弗 洛伊德视双亲的超我为"传统与终生价值的载体，它本身就是这样一代接一代……从过去、从种族与民族的传统，一路传下来的"。个人心理学同时也就是群体心理 学。"因此"，群体心理学"所关心的还是个人，只不过这个个人是一个种族、一个国家、一个阶级、一个行业、一个机构或一群群众的成员，这个个人是在某一特 定的时间，为了某种目的而被纳入群体的组织之中"。
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