倒退的年代：跟着大师艾柯看世界

by Umberto Eco, 安伯托·艾柯, 翁德明 (Translator)

《倒退的年代:跟着大师艾柯看世界》收录艾柯的数十篇专栏文章、演讲词、会议发言和短篇小说，是进入新世纪之后他的最引人注目的美文集结。以时代的“向后倒退”为主题，更多地将视野投往政治、社会、价值观、时代流变等宏观领域，展现出艾柯更加外在的“大”世界，其中随处可见那种“管尽天下事”的欧洲古代文士品格。在书中，艾柯将诸种攸关世界走向的重大问题拼贴为一幅“倒流”的巨型画卷，审视“千禧年”的焦虑，解读“新战争”、极端主义、新保守主义的崛起，犀利嘲诮正在兴起的“媒体民粹主义”，批评对人民意志的扭曲。不同的文章长短不一、风格迥异，有的折射沉静、清澈的学人之姿，有的显露戏谑、优雅的文豪之风。一个我们不知道的艾柯，一个我们未正视的时代，从这些迷人的文字中浮现。

346 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2012

About the author

Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes.

Eco wrote prolifically throughout his life, with his output including children's books, translations from French and English, in addition to a twice-monthly newspaper column "La Bustina di Minerva" (Minerva's Matchbook) in the magazine L'Espresso beginning in 1985, with his last column (a critical appraisal of the Romantic paintings of Francesco Hayez) appearing 27 January 2016. At the time of his death, he was an Emeritus professor at the University of Bologna, where he taught for much of his life. In the 21st century, he has continued to gain recognition for his 1995 essay "Ur-Fascism", where Eco lists fourteen general properties he believes comprise fascist ideologies.