A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Lif

作者：George Saunders

书名：A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life《在雨中的池塘里游泳：四个俄罗斯人给一个关于写作、阅读和生活的大师班上课》

简介：Written at a time when violence has many faces and goes by many names, this collection is proof that philosophy can remain a vital partner in the twin tasks of diagnosis and action. Emerging across specters of genocide, racism, oppression, terror, poverty, or war, the threat of violence is not only concrete and urgent, but all too often throws the work of critical reflection into vulnerable paralysis. With essays by some of todayOCOs finest scholars, these pages breathe new life into the hard work of intellectual engagement. Philosophers such as Peg Birmingham, Robert Bernasconi, and Bernhard Waldenfels not only feel the distinct burden of our age but, with unflagging attention to the philosophical tradition, forge a pronounced counterweight to the violent gyre of today. The result is a stirring critique that looks outward upon the phenomena of injustice, and inward upon the instruments and assumptions of philosophical discourse itself."