斯特拉森：黑暗的光辉:从笛卡尔到彼得大帝的理性时代 Dark Brilliance : The Age of Reason from Descartes to Peter the Great

基本信息

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Atlantic Books

Imprint:Atlantic Books

ISBN:9781838958565

Published:1 Feb 2024

Weight:532g

Dimensions:232 x 156 x 30 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《博吉亚家族》和《佛罗伦萨人》的作者讲述了理性时代的全面历史，展示了尽管这是一个在许多领域取得进步的时代，但它也是一个残酷和不宽容的时代。

1600年代，从文艺复兴结束到启蒙运动开始，欧洲经历了一个被称为理性时代的时代。 这是一个革命时期，艺术、科学、哲学、政治理论和经济学等领域都取得了巨大进步。

然而，这一切都是在大陆范围内以内部冲突和国际战争为形式的极端政治动荡和非理性行为的背景下完成的。 事实上，理性时代本身与三十年战争同时诞生，这场战争对中欧的破坏程度直到二十世纪才会再次出现。

这一时期还见证了欧洲帝国在世界范围内的发展，利润丰厚的新跨大西洋贸易开始，为西欧社会带来了变革性的财富。 然而，这种辉煌财富也有阴暗面：它依赖于大规模奴隶制。

通过探索所有关键事件并栩栩如生地呈现了那个时代一些有影响力的人物，包括卡拉瓦乔、伦勃朗、牛顿、笛卡尔、斯宾诺莎、路易十四和查理一世，保罗·斯特拉森讲述了这个悖论时代的故事，同时也计数 西方世界赖以建立的进步和现代化所付出的人力成本。

A sweeping history of the Age of Reason, which shows how, although it was a time of progress in many areas, it was also an era of brutality and intolerance, by the author of The Borgias and The Florentines.

During the 1600s, between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment, Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason. This was a revolutionary period which saw great advances in areas such as art, science, philosophy, political theory and economics.

However, all this was accomplished against a background of extreme political turbulence and irrational behaviour on a continental scale in the form of internal conflicts and international wars. Indeed, the Age of Reason itself was born at the same time as the Thirty Years' War, which would devastate central Europe to an extent that would not be seen again until the twentieth century.

The period also saw the development of European empires across world and a lucrative new transatlantic commerce began, which brought transformative riches to western European society. However, there was a dark underside to this brilliant wealth: it was dependent upon mass slavery.

By exploring all the key events and bringing to life some of the most influential characters of the era, including Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Newton, Descartes, Spinoza, Louis XIV and Charles I, Paul Strathern tells the story of this paradoxical age, while also counting the human cost of imposing the progress and modernity upon which the Western world was built.

作者简介

保罗·斯特拉森在都柏林三一学院学习哲学。 他是萨默塞特·毛姆奖获奖小说家； 两本系列书籍的作者：《90 分钟的哲学家》和《大创意：改变世界的科学家》； 以及一些非小说类作品，包括《波吉亚家族》、《佛罗伦萨人》和《另一种文艺复兴》。

Paul Strathern studied philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin. He is a Somerset Maugham Award-winning novelist; author of two series of books - Philosophers in 90 Minutes and The Big Idea: Scientists who Changed the World; and several works of non-fiction, including The Borgias, The Florentines and The Other Renaissance.