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Rethinking liberal arts values

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Rethinking liberal arts values

The Immortal (Portugal) by Lydia Jorge, Haitian Press, August 2022, $42.00. The novel's author, Lydia Jorge, is one of the most influential portuguese women writers of our time, along with Nobel Laureate Salamago. The protagonist of the novel, Anna Maria Machado, is a journalist living abroad with Portuguese roots. At the end of 2003, Anna Maria returned to Portugal, and to her surprise, the "immortals" who had been enthusiastic about social change were full of expectations for Portuguese society, but experienced disillusionment in the past few decades. The novel reflects the hardships of the Portuguese social reforms.

Rethinking liberal arts values

The Theory of the Chinese Novel (United States) by Gu Mingdong, translated by Wen Yiwen, Nanjing University Press, July 2022, 88.00 yuan. In this unique treatise, Gu Mingdong examines Chinese literature and traditional Chinese criticism, constructs a unique theory of the Chinese novel, and places it in the context of international theory. The author believes that chinese novels originate from a very different tradition from the West, and the theoretical system of Chinese novels cannot be fully explained by Western novel theory. The author criticizes and challenges some well-accepted views on Chinese novels, and through the discussion of famous works such as "Jin Ping Mei" and "Dream of the Red Chamber", the author puts forward his own novel concept and novel theory.

Rethinking liberal arts values

"The Impact of the Abolition of the Ministry of Arts and Sciences" (Japanese) by Toshiya Yoshimi, Shanghai Translation Publishing House, August 2022 edition, 38.00 yuan. In 2015, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology prepared to "abolish the Faculty of Arts and Culture of universities", which caused widespread discussion in Japanese academic circles, and the most influential of them was the work of former vice president of the University of Tokyo and sociologist Toshiya Yoshimi. The average person thinks that science is "useful" and the liberal arts are just embellishments, is this really the case? The book focuses on this, completely subverting the "theory of the uselessness of the liberal arts". The authors point out that universities have a much older history than the national state or modern enterprises, and did not emerge as institutions to serve the state or enterprises.

Rethinking liberal arts values

"The Persian War" (In English) by Peter Green, Guangdong Tourism Publishing House, July 2022 edition, 84.00 yuan. The Persian War is a collective term for a series of wars that broke out between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states between 499 and 449 BC and lasted for half a century. Although the Greeks were far weaker than the Persian army, the eventual victory of the Greeks also influenced the development of Western history. During this period, there were famous battles such as the Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Hot Springs Pass, and the Battle of Salamis. Peter Green carefully dissected historical materials and cleared the fog of history; The writing is vivid and tells wonderful stories of bravery, cowardice and betrayal.

Rethinking liberal arts values

"Office Light Fitness" by Feng Qiang, People's Post and Telecommunications Publishing House, August 2022 edition, 39.80 yuan. This book explains the common posture and posture problems of sedentary people, introduces freehand movement exercises for 6 major muscle groups of the whole body, and helps sedentary people soothe the whole body in a small space, reduce fat and shape. In addition, the book also provides training programs to prevent and alleviate shoulder, neck, and lower back pain, allowing readers to avoid the harm of sitting for a long time and rebuild a healthy posture. It provides ideas for optimizing the reader's daily office space, and all exercises can be carried out in a small space to improve the daily work posture.

Rethinking liberal arts values

"Penetration: Ten Truths That Changed Lives" by Carolyn Fuland, Zhejiang People's Publishing House, August 2022 edition, 58.00 yuan. We are always bound by ideas and ideas, and we are also plagued by cognitive and emotional problems, and we are unable to realize our inner potential. Caroline Foran summarizes the "Ten Truths" and tells us that you can change your life by changing your mindset. These "Ten Truths" include "Penetrate all, never possible", "It is never easy to change your life", "You can do anything, but you can't do everything", "The success of others will not rob you of your success", "Trust your intuition, it is not a decoration", etc., simple and profound.

Rethinking liberal arts values

"Magic Hand Divine Work", edited by Zhao Yang, Tiandi Publishing House, August 2022 edition, 168.00 yuan. This book is a popular science book created by the China Science and Technology Museum for children and young children, based on the content of the "Light of Huaxia" exhibition area of the China Science and Technology Museum, and comprehensively introduces the development process of ancient Chinese science and technology for thousands of years. Starting from the five theme sections of "Natural Science and Technology", "Food, Clothing, Housing and Transportation", "Architecture and Art", "Four Major Inventions" and "Leisure Fun", it shows the scientific and technological achievements and innovative spirit of the Chinese nation in the long river of history, and helps young readers to find the root causes and understand the present. The book is accompanied by more than 500 exquisite hand-drawn drawings, which are full of highlights.

Rethinking liberal arts values

A Pair of Good Friends: Straight Lines and Graffiti (Italian) by Pia Valentiris, Straits Literary and Art Publishing House, August 2022 edition, 60.00 yuan. Straight lines and graffiti are a good pair of friends, but they handle things in completely different ways. When graffiti wanders around, straight lines only like to go straight. When the graffiti turns into fireworks, the straight line is walking a tightrope. However, no matter how different, straight lines and graffiti are always a good pair of friends! It's a friendship story that embraces differences and shows how people with different personalities can get along. A Pair of Good Friends: Straight Lines and Graffiti is the work of the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Illustration Award in Italy, with a simple style, profound connotations and extraordinary imagination.

Rethinking liberal arts values

Scan the QR code and use the "Nandu Book List" Mini Program to learn about the latest good books recommended by Nandu.

This issue of the "Nandu Book List" focuses on introducing the book "The Impact of the Abolition of the Ministry of Arts and Sciences" by the famous Japanese sociologist Toshiya Yoshimi. In 2015, the news in Japan that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was going to "abolish the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of universities" caused shock in the academic community. Although it turned out to be only a false alarm in the end, this storm also caused many people of insight to re-examine the long-standing emphasis on light literature in Japanese society, and Yoshimi Toshiya's work made a deep reflection on this, and the style of writing was eloquent.

"Nandu Book List" is a recent good book selected by the editors and reporters of Nanfang Metropolis Daily for readers, which is divided into four categories: "Literature and Art", "Social Science", "Practical" and "Children's Books", which are launched every Sunday.

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