美國神話的終結

by Greg Grandin, 夏菉泓 (Translator), 陳韋綸 (Translator)

▌2020年普立茲非小說獎 ▌▌2019年美國國家圖書獎非小說獎入圍 ▌ 西進的拓荒傳統，曾給了美國無盡擴張的想像……直到川普建起一道邊境長城，標誌著美國立國神話的終結。 普立茲獎歷史學家格倫丁以如椽大筆、批判之眼回顧美國四百年史，大舉揭示美國疆界擴張和種族主義的歷史黑暗面，重新思索「美國」之書。 　　自從美國成立以來，開放且持續擴張的邊疆一直是這個國家的認同核心。它象徵未來充滿無限希望，也是美國的信仰基石——相信自己是「例外國家」，擴張即是自由的體現，更賦予了美國人重視民主、個人主義和大步向前的精神。然而，如今美國有了新的象徵：邊境圍牆。 　　在本書中，歷史學家葛雷．格倫丁以獨到的視角、優美的筆觸，深入探討美國歷史上邊疆的意義。從美國革命到1898年的美西戰爭，從羅斯福新政到2016年的總統大選，他展示美國在過去幾百年來不斷利用擴張──無論是發動戰爭或是打開市場──作為「逃生門」，將國內政治與經濟衝突向外移轉。然而，這種移轉意味著美國從未正視自身種族主義乃至於社會不平等的問題。如今，2008年的金融危機與美國在中東挫敗的戰爭，兩者結合而成的災難已將這扇門狠狠關上，將長久以來被導向至其他地方的政治激情帶回&#

396 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 29, 2023

About the author

Greg Grandin is the author of Fordlandia, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. A Professor of History at New York University, Grandin has published a number of other award-winning books, including Empire's Workshop, The Last Colonial Massacre, and The Blood of Guatemala.

Toni Morrison called Grandin's new work, The Empire of Necessity, "compelling, brilliant and necessary." Based on years of research on four continents, the book narrates the history of a slave-ship revolt that inspired Herman Melville's other masterpiece, Benito Cereno. Philip Gourevitch describes it as a "rare book in which the drama of the action and the drama of ideas are equally measured, a work of history and of literary reflection that is as urgent as it is timely."

Grandin has served on the United Nations Truth Commission investigating the Guatemalan Civil War and has written for the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, The New Statesman, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, and The New York Times.

He received his BA from Brooklyn College, CUNY, in 1992 and his PhD from Yale in 1999. He has been a guest on Democracy Now!, The Charlie Rose Show, and the Chris Hayes Show.