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标题: The Twenty Years' Crisis(Edward Hallett Carr) [打印本页]

作者: 影音王 时间: 2009-6-1 16:17
标题: The Twenty Years' Crisis(Edward Hallett Carr)
Synopsis

E.H. Carr’s "Twenty Years’ Crisis" is a classic work in international relations. Published in 1939, on the eve of World War II, it was immediately recognized by friend and foe alike as a defining work in the fledgling discipline. The author was one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the 20th century. The issues and themes he develops in this book continue to have relevance to modern day concerns with power and its distribution in the international system. Michael Cox’s critical introduction provides the reader with background information about the author, the context for the book, its main themes and contemporary relevance. Written with the student in mind, it offers a guide to understanding a complex, but crucial text

The Twenty Years’ Crisis,
Reviewer: A reader from Andover, Hampshire United Kingdom
This book can be summed up in one word, "elegent". The argument put forward by Carr is as important today as it was in 1939. He mercilessly cuts through Inter-war Idealism and lays its many flaws open for the reader to see. Carr then moves on to put forward his theory of International Relations which ultimately evolved into the Realist school of thought (which arguably is still to this day the most important school of thought in International Relations).

If this was all Carr did then his book would be a masterpiece. However he does more and in my opinion achieves more than any other theorist from the realist school of thought. Although he criticises Inter-war Idealism he is still wise enough to accept that it does have important ideals that we should strive for in International Relations. Therefore The Twenty Years Crisis can in some ways be seen as a bridgeing book that takes the best aspects from Inter-war Idealism and joins them to his Realist theory. This is why I believe the book can be described as elegent and why any serious student of International Relations should read this book.

作者: qinlufeng 时间: 2009-7-22 20:18
If this was all Carr did then his book would be a masterpiece

作者: thunder88 时间: 2009-7-22 22:00
这是由他的高徒编辑的最新的一版了，我印了一本，很不错。不仅是原文，前面的介绍和解读都异常精彩。

作者: thunder88 时间: 2009-7-23 01:14

If this was all Carr did then his book would be a masterpiece
qinlufeng 发表于 2009-7-22 20:18

可能正好相反呢，辩证着的卡尔，或者说有点马克思主义的卡尔才是真正的卡尔。卡尔不是现实主义者，也不是理想主义者。

作者: thunder88 时间: 2009-7-23 01:15

If this was all Carr did then his book would be a masterpiece
qinlufeng 发表于 2009-7-22 20:18

正是其没有“did all”，才成就该著为a masterpiece

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