简介 “舍生取义”，常常被用来赞美自杀的忠臣义士，但这决不意味着，只有“舍生”才能“取义”。毕竟，需要舍生的场合很少，但“义”却是每个人在生活日用、揖让进退之间都该看重的。作者通过对华北某县自杀现象的田野研究，在现实语境中重新思考中国文化中“生命”和“正义”的问题，从家之礼、人之义、国之法几个层次理解现代中国人的幸福与尊严。书中的基本主张可概括为“缘情制礼，因礼成义，以理成人，以法立国”。 前言与鸣谢 在我们家乡的方言中，“过日子”被称为“过晌”。我大概5岁的时候，跟着我姥姥到她的娘家村去服侍她的母亲。当时我姥姥刚过70，我的太姥姥96岁。我总是听姥姥说“过晌”、“过晌”的，就禁不住问，到底什么是“过晌”呢？面对这样幼稚的问题，大人们自然会哄堂大笑，却也难以给出一个让我满意的答案。我的困惑自然不会打消，不过时间久了，这个词听得多了，好像就忘了我的疑问。直到开始这项研究的时候，我忽然又想起了当年的那个问题，这个时候，我的姥姥也和当年的太姥姥一样年纪了。 在日常生活中，总是有一些司空见惯的词汇和说法，我们从来不去思考它背后的意义，因而也不会觉得有什么探讨的价值。但我们一旦认真对待这些词，就会发现，恰恰是这些看上去最平常的词，才有着巨大的力量。“过日子”和“做人”都是这样的词。我在2002年要下田野的时候，姥姥身体还非常好，没有什么病，知道我要到农村去作研究，就会和我讲起老家很多很多的事，使我恍惚间回到了二十多年前。到了农村里，我母亲不断帮我克服一个一个的困难，帮我理解一个一个自杀背后的理由，我也在不断品味着姥姥给我讲的那些事情和道理，“过日子”这个词就在我脑子里逐渐清晰了起来。我最终决定把它当作理解自杀问题的最重要的概念工具，因为它使我能最好地理解这些普通人的生与死。 因此，面对那么多自杀者的悲惨故事，我一直在以我姥姥的人生当作参照系；甚至在理解西方思想中的人生理论时，姥姥的一生都成为我最根本的思想源泉。但没想到，在我回国半年后，姥姥病倒在了床上；就在我的书写到最后关头的时候，她未能等到看一眼，在自己99岁生日前几天，就驾鹤西去了；而且，最为遗憾的是，我女儿的出生竟然与此凑到了一起，使我无法抽身赶回，只能在妇产医院旁边的十字路口烧一点纸钱。 在研究和写作当中，我以前一直觉得很平凡的姥姥，却显得那么伟大起来。姥姥于1908年出生在一个读书人家，经历了两度江山易主，以及日本侵华、大饥荒、文化大革命这些灾难。二十世纪六十年代，丈夫和公公相继辞世时，她五十多岁，带着五个未成年的女儿，我母亲是老四。我的太姥爷，也就是她的公公，走前的最后一句话是，一定要让几个女孩子读书。当时正是六十年代初，生活状况很不好，但她牢牢记住了这句话，变卖家产，甚至卖掉了祖上传下的珍宝，宁愿让邻里讥嘲她不过日子，也要使自己的五个女儿都读书成才。 姥姥一生虽遭际坎坷，而言谈举止未尝逾礼，乐观豁达，宠辱不惊，侍奉翁姑尽心尽力，教育后辈有张有弛，在远近乡里更是扶危济困，善名远播。最终求仁得仁，福寿百年。一个世纪的沧桑变幻，在她和她的家庭面前都变得苍白无力，烟消云散。中国人过日子的方式究竟有怎样的力量，在这位普通农妇的身上表现得淋漓尽致。 在我姥姥生病的这一年多里，我母亲就慢慢写下了姥姥的一生。我之所以要把她写的一些内容附在本书的最后，不仅是为了纪念老人家，更重要的是，希望能从正面，而不仅仅是自杀者这样的反面，来窥见现代中国人过日子的智慧和境界。之所以说是现代，是因为，虽然姥姥在我们看来还是太传统了，但她面对的问题完全是现代中国的问题；我们要解决自己的问题，一定可以从她那里学到很多。 正是因为姥姥对我的思考的重要意义，我违反了一般鸣谢的惯例，把自己家的人放在了最前面而不是最后，希望读者能够谅解。人到中年，在经历了一些事情，读了一些书之后，才会慢慢体会到中国思想的深厚，才知道日常生活是一部最值得读的书。希望此书在终结了我对自杀研究的同时，开启对“过日子”的更多思考。 当然，如果没有这些年读书的经验，特别是西学的思考，那些日常生活的力量还是很难显露出来的。在我的过日子和做人的过程中，诸多师友的提携与警醒都是必不可少的。正如本书中一再表明的，除了亲人之外，我们还需要师友和国家，才能为自己建构一个立体的人生格局，才能为过日子添加更多的味道。因此，我必须把崇高的敬意献给我的老师：慷慨豪爽的凯博文（Arthur Kleinman）教授和她的夫人凯博艺（Joan Kleinman）、温文尔雅的曼斯费尔德（Harvey Mansfield）教授、随和宽厚的屈佑天（James Watson）教授和他的夫人体贴的华屈若碧（Rubie Watson）教授、博学的卡顿（Steve Caton）教授、和蔼的古德（Byron Good）教授，使我在康桥的日子充满了各种色彩；而杜维明教授不仅直接为我提供了经济支持，也让我深深理解了中华文明在世界上的地位和困难。国内的王守常教授、刘小枫教授、甘阳教授、王铭铭教授、杨念群教授、萧国亮教授、景军教授则使我的一切思考都无法和中国问题割舍开来。 若是一一列举给过我帮助的朋师友，势必成为一个极为冗长的名单。但我还是要提到，李猛一如既往地和我一同深入对每个问题的思考，如果没有他，这本书的完成是不可能的，应星、王利平、徐晓宏则曾经和我同下田野，与我一起体会了实地研究的艰难与收获。吴增定、渠敬东、赵晓力、周飞舟、毛亮、强世功、汪庆华、郭金华，张跃宏、李诚等与我作了多次讨论，帮我修正了很多问题。此外，不得不提到的是，与我一同赴美的同学胡宗泽和我共同渡过了初到美国最艰难的阶段，是我永远不会忘记的；而林国华和郑文龙二兄使我没有陷入美国专业教育的泥沼中，也令我感激不尽。我特别还要感谢我的师妹何江穗。她曾经费尽辛苦，帮我将我姥姥口述的十几盘磁带录成文字。 回国之后，北大哲学系的赵敦华、陈来、张志刚、孙尚扬、尚新建、李四龙等教授为我新的研究和教学生活提供了极大的便利。更重要的是，初为人师的我逐渐开始进入一种新的伦理关系。得天下英才而教之已经成为我生活中极大的快乐。能够让学生们有所收获，已经成为我现在继续研究的主要动力。感谢我所有学生的理解和支持。 此外，还要感谢哈佛－燕京学社、弗里德曼基金会、香港中文大学研究基金、中国博士后科学基金、中国教育部留学回国人员科研启动基金对我的研究的经济支持。 本文中的一些章节陆续在一些刊物上发表过，在此感谢这些刊物允许此处重刊：1.1以“自杀中的‘正义’问题”刊于《社会学家茶座》第十八辑，2.1和2.3以“论‘过日子’”刊于《社会学研究》2007年第 6期，4.2以“夫妇之礼与家庭之义：一个个案分析”刊于《乡土中国与文化自觉》文集（三联书店，2007）。 吴 飞 2008年7月于北京

《看见》是知名记者和主持人柴静讲述央视十年历程的自传性作品，既是柴静个人的成长告白书，某种程度上亦可视作中国社会十年变迁的备忘录。十年前她被选择成为国家电视台新闻主播，却因毫无经验而遭遇挫败，非典时期成为现场记者后，现实生活犬牙交错的切肤之感，让她一点一滴脱离外在与自我的束缚，对生活与人性有了更为宽广与深厚的理解。十年之间，非典、汶川地震、两会报道、北京奥运……在每个重大事件现场，几乎都能发现柴静的身影，而如华南虎照、征地等刚性的调查报道她也多有制作。在书中，她记录下淹没在宏大叙事中的动人细节，为时代留下私人的注脚。一如既往，柴静看见并记录下新闻中给她留下强烈生命印象的个人，每个人都深嵌在世界之中，没有人可以只是一个旁观者，他人经受的，我必经受。书中记录下的人与事，是他们的生活，也是你和我的生活。 《看见》中，我没有刻意选择标志性事件，也没有描绘历史的雄心，在大量的新闻报道里，我只选择了留给我强烈生命印象的人，因为工作原因，我恰好与这些人相遇。他们是流淌的，从我心腹深处的石坝上漫溢出来，坚硬的成见和模式被一遍遍冲刷，摇摇欲坠，土崩瓦解。这种摇晃是危险的，但思想的本质就是不安。 我试着尽可能诚实地写下这不断犯错、不断推翻、不断疑问、不断重建的事实和因果，一个国家由人构成，一个人也由无数他人构成，你想如何报道一个国家，就要如何报道自已。——柴静 海报：

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Fully restored edition of Anthony Burgess' original text of A Clockwork Orange, with a glossary of the teen slang 'Nadsat', explanatory notes, pages from the original typescript, interviews, articles and reviews Edited by Andrew Biswell With a Foreword by Martin Amis 'It is a horrorshow story ...' Fifteen-year-old Alex likes lashings of ultraviolence. He and his gang of friends rob, kill and rape their way through a nightmarish future, until the State puts a stop to his riotous excesses. But what will his re-education mean? A dystopian horror, a black comedy, an exploration of choice, A Clockwork Orange is also a work of exuberant invention which created a new language for its characters. This critical edition restores the text of the novel as Anthony Burgess originally wrote it, and includes a glossary of the teen slang 'Nadsat', explanatory notes, pages from the original typescript, interviews, articles and reviews, shedding light on the enduring fascination of the novel's 'sweet and juicy criminality'. Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917 and educated at Xaverian College and Manchester University. He spent six years in the British Army before becoming a schoolmaster and colonial education officer in Malaya and Brunei. After the success of his Malayan Trilogy, he became a full-time writer in 1959. His books have been published all over the world, and they include The Complete Enderby, Nothing Like the Sun, Napoleon Symphony, Tremor of Intent, Earthly Powers and A Dead Man in Deptford. Anthony Burgess died in London in 1993. Andrew Biswell is the Professor of Modern Literature at Manchester Metropolitan University and the Director of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. His publications include a biography, The Real Life of Anthony Burgess, which won the Portico Prize in 2006. He is currently editing the letters and short stories of Anthony Burgess.

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In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister: a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different.This imaginary woman never writes a word and dies by her own hand, her genius unexpressed. But if only she had found the means to create, urges Woolf, she would have reached the same heights as her immortal sibling. In this classic essay,Virginia Woolf takes on the establishment, using her gift of language to dissect the world around her and give a voice to those who have none. Her message is simple: A woman must have a fixed income and a room of her own in order to have the freedom to create.

The New York Times best-selling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling over four million copies in thirty-five languages and changing the way we look at the world. Now, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first. Four years in the making, SuperFreakonomics asks not only the tough questions, but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous, driving drunk or walking drunk? Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it's so ineffective? Can a sex change boost your salary? SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as: How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands? How much good do car seats do? What's the best way to catch a terrorist? Did TV cause a rise in crime? What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common? Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness? Can eating kangaroo save the planet? Which adds more value: a pimp or a Realtor? Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else, whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically. By examining how people respond to incentives, they show the world for what it really is – good, bad, ugly, and, in the final analysis, super freaky. Freakonomics has been imitated many times over – but only now, with SuperFreakonomics, has it met its match.

Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? How much do parents really matter? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life—from cheating and crime to parenting and sports—and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, and much more. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives—how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.

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