The most critical function of reading is not to seek knowledge, but to cultivate oneself.
Now reading is no longer considered a serious, serious, and something that must be faced, and reading is not as persistent and important as before, so there is the question of how many years after graduation and whether to read.
After knowledge became readily available, the original three functions of reading—reading, seeking knowledge, and cultivating—were all affected.
In the past, when we read books, knowledge and self-cultivation were synchronized, now the level of knowledge seeking is replaced by retrieval, as long as we know the title of a book and the name of a person, retrieval is enough.
And the function of reading emphasizes the entertainment function more. After the original state of hard pursuit and searching up and down disappeared, knowledge was there, but cultivation was gone.
We used to admire Su Dongpo's poems "with poetry and books in the belly", and when we read more, the bookish spirit that ordinary people say comes out. Today, after my reading and cultivation are no longer synchronized, the shaping of personality, soul, temperament, and external image by reading has been cut off, which is a very serious problem.
This generation is my age in a transitional era, we are growing up in the age of books, and on the other hand, we are catching up with the digital age, and we can understand on both sides.
The next few generations of young people may have entered the digital age before they had time to understand the previous era. I have an understanding of how the upper and lower generations read, so I will feel emotional.
But for young people, lessons are useless, so I write down my reading experience, maybe there are some books that arouse their interest, and how many people can be influenced in the books.
In today's era of overwhelming information, it is difficult to establish one's own reading interest, to let one's position, vision and interest not be tempted by the surrounding environment. With the mass media, the homogenization of reading is too serious.
In fact, everyone's reading is different, and it is completely normal for a mathematician and a literature professor to have different interests. Readers should first establish their own reading interest and base point, and then talk about reading after having that base point.
The phrase "open book is beneficial" is often mentioned and has a deep impact, but I think that "open book is beneficial" as a slogan is worth scrutinizing.
Why open the book? What volumes to open? How to unbook? And how does it work?
Now we know that people who read a lot will succeed, but many people who don't read are also successful, and there are many more people who have read books all their lives without success, so reading books may not be successful, or "open books" may not be "beneficial".
Getting everyone to understand the slogan "Open books are good" is problematic in itself, because age, occupation, mood, reading goals, and so on can affect your reading. Author=Chen PingyuanSource=WeChat public account | Scholar excerpt from="Chen Pingyuan: Shallow Reading Degenerates People"
-Mai Reading Booklist-- Mai Reading Translation Series -Legal Methodology
One sentence recommendation: "Legal Methodology" is a classic work on legal learning and research methods. More than 200 years ago, Savigny, the "greatest jurist of the 19th century", successively taught more than 30 courses on legal methodology in many universities on the basic issues of law, which directly influenced the growth of more than one generation of jurists. This book is a restoration of the star-studded course scene of 200 years ago, not only Savigny's lecture notes, but also the lecture notes of the Germany jurist Green, "It is like sitting in the auditorium of Marburg University through time and listening to Savigny on the stage talk about legal methodology, and Green is sitting next to me......". This book is detailed ↓
Douban 8.9, resurrected again in the decade of being out of print, nourishing several generations of jurists, and the foundation work of legal methodology.
The Nature of the Judicial Process
One sentence recommendation: What are we talking about when we talk about judgment? "The Essence of the Judicial Process" is a classic work on judicial adjudication, which has been well-known for 100 years and has sold more than 200,000 copies, and has led countless legal professionals to pursue the essence of judicial justice. This book is "one of the four greatest judges in the history of United States (Holmes, Brandeis, Cardoso, Hand)" in 1921 by Justice Benjamin · Cardoso at Yale Law School. Arthur ·Corbin, the renowned jurist and professor at Yale Law School, author of "Corbyn on Contracts," was an audience member of the famous lecture and recalled years later that "for four days in a row, we were fascinated by what he said and the way he spoke. It inspires us to pursue the law and makes our hearts feel warm." This book is detailed ↓
Best-selling for 100 years, the original book has sold more than 200,000 copies, guiding countless legal professionals to pursue the classic work of judicial justice
Posner
Recommendation: The only current biography of Posner. At the age of 85, Judge Posner is a legend in contemporary legal circles, having written more than 50 books, more than 300 papers and more than 3,300 judgments, and is the most cited jurist in United States, the most cited appellate judge in United States, and the main founder of legal economics. It's no wonder that there's a joke about Posner, "Rumor has it that Posner sleeps every night." Posner was not only industrious and prolific, but also a maverick, criticizing his academic peers when he taught at the university, criticizing judges and courts when he was a judge, and not saying what the public wanted to hear as a public intellectual. Judge, jurist, and public knowledge cannot sum up Posner, and this biography helps us see the complex and complete Posner behind the labels. Posner himself was a great supporter of the biography, not only granting the author access to Posner's archival materials in the University of Chicago Library, but also accepting numerous face-to-face interviews and numerous e-mail questions. On top of that, more than 200 Posner colleagues, classmates, and friends helped write this book. These ensure that the book is a true description and review of Posner's life and intellect.
Professor Su Li's Recommendation: Professor Zheng Ge's vivid and accurate translation has reproduced Posner, the most creative, prolific jurist and judge in the Chinese United States world who has an unrivaled academic and judicial citation rate!
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Posner: Don't try to fool around in my courtroom
Sex and the Law
Testimonial: "Sex is a great and mysterious motive force in human life, and a fascinating subject throughout the ages." It's hard to believe that such romantic words come from a serious judge, but that's exactly what William · Justice J. · Brennan's 1957 judgment in Ross v. Confederation. Since the establishment of the law, "sex" has always been the content of the law trying to regulate, and issues such as marriage, contraception, abortion, obscenity, and same-sex sexual behavior have caused fierce struggles in different eras. "Sex and the Law" is written from the ancient concept of sexuality and sexual customs to today's "Roe v. Wade", which for the first time tells the long history of the collision between "sex" and "law": on the one hand, the continuous evolution of "sexual" culture in different eras, and on the other hand, the continuous regulation of sexual behavior and expression by "law". The book tells a series of historical figures, events and precedents related to "sex", and the gripping views and vivid background of the times are intertwined into the process of the collision between "sexuality" and "law", with more than 60 exquisite illustrations. Colombia University President Lee · C. Bollinger highly recommends: This book is sure to have a profound impact, and it will soon be on the required reading list, not only for law students and scholars, but also for all those who want to better understand this magnificent cultural change that will continue to shake society as a whole. This book is detailed ↓
Dean of the Faculty of Law at Chiba University: I wrote this book about sexuality, political games, and the law for 10 years
The Last Glass: The Founding and Removal of Prohibition in United States
One sentence recommends: "Wine—the friend who comforts people in a troubled world—has been pronounced dead." "The Prohibition era was a "wonderful" era in United States history. It is inconceivable that United States, who have always "regarded freedom as their life", have amended the constitution on which the country was founded, declared war on alcohol with national power, and restricted an important pastime and right in their personal lives - drinking, thus creating an era of extreme chaos and charm. The well-known film and television works such as "Atlantic Empire", "Once Upon a Time in United States", "Iron Mask Selfless", and "Legend of Moonshine" are all set in this history. The author has gone through a vast archive of information and told readers about the whole process of the establishment and repeal of Prohibition and the social background of different stages, such as the Protestant faith in United States, the feminist movement, progressivism, racial discrimination, the income tax movement, the reorganization of federal and state government powers, the anti-German movement in World War I, the rise of organized crime groups, and other major historical events or changes, all of which have a great deal to do with the Prohibition movement. It can be said that this "last cup" condenses the history of changes in modern United States society and is an excellent window for in-depth understanding of United States' social, cultural and political games. The book won the 2011 Albert · Beveridge Award of the United States Historical Association. In the small wine glass, it can be described as treacherous, and the world is varied. This book is detailed ↓
This book tells the rare history of a hundred years ago, but it takes you to understand the current world and new legal readings
"Retrial of the Strange Case of the Cave"
One sentence recommendation: the most brain-burning classic case in history! "The issues involved in this case are all eternal problems of mankind." In 1949, the United States jurist Fuller published his fictional "Cave Strange Case" in the Harvard Law Review, in which Fuller played the five corners of one person and fictionalized the judgment of five Supreme Court justices on the case. After a lapse of 50 years, in 1999, the editorial office of Harvard Law Review reopened the trial of this case, invited six contemporary jurists to rewrite their opinions on the case, and asked Professor David · Shapiro of Harvard Law School to write a case analysis of the 11 judgments before and after the case. This book is a complete collection of these 11 judgments and 1 commentary, hoping to convey this enduring legal problem again in Chinese, present a feast of speculation by jurists, and inspire legal professionals to further think about the relationship between law and human nature, justice and morality. This book is detailed ↓
This book is a must-read for law school and explores the practical problems that every lawyer encounters
Thornbush: Our Law and Jurisprudence
One sentence recommendation: a 90-year-old legal classic bedside reading, a solid and reliable introductory work on law, every time you read it, you will gain more. The author, Carl · Llewellyn, was a prominent 20th-century jurist in United States, and The Thorn Bush is a collection of his 1930 lectures at Colombia University for freshmen in law school, and has been one of the required reading for United States law students for 90 years. In this book, he explained to students what law is, how to analyze precedents, how judges apply the law, what guidance law schools can provide to students, what differences exist between legal education and social reality, and mercilessly criticized the many deficiencies in legal education, guiding countless law students and legal professionals in legal study, legal education, and law application. Harvard Law School Professor Keith · R. Sunstein's Recommendation: Llewellyn was one of the great legal thinkers of the 20th century, and The Thorn Bush is one of his classics, and it is an enlightening must-read for every generation of law students and lawyers, even for the general reader. United States the famous jurist Jelm · Frank's recommendation: "The Thorn Bush", although written primarily for students, is also very appealing to all sensible lawyers, and it discusses some of the most difficult and important legal issues in the most plain terms. It's a book worth reading over and over again, and whether you're a law student or a wise practicing lawyer, you'll find it very practical and idealistic. This book is detailed ↓
Best-selling for 90 years! This bedside book is worth reading again and again for 99% of legal people
Why Justice Is Hard: The Psychological Sources of Hindering Justice
One sentence recommendation: The New York Times bestseller of the year, a new work on "where injustice comes from" from the perspective of psychology and neuroscience, reveals that "the outcome of injustice is not a tragic exception, but the norm, and the human psyche is the culprit." This book is detailed ↓
Blockbuster Book Review | How do unjust, false and wrongly decided cases occur? 12 new discoveries in psychology and neuroscience
Why They Kill: Why People Become Violent and What We Can Do About It
One sentence recommendation: United States Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award winner Richard ·Rhodes, the whole book shows the "Darwin of criminology" - Professor Lonnie · Athens's criminological research results, through in-depth interviews with hundreds of violent criminals, the discovery of four stages of "violent personality formation" has been obtained, revealing how a dangerous violent criminal is born. This book is detailed ↓
Kill the Doctor and Kill the Lawyer: How can we protect ourselves in the jungle if the human heart hides the corruption of the whole world?
"Black Gold World: Demystifying the Operation of Drug Cartels"
One sentence recommendation: "Can't stop at all, this book is so interesting!" , Amazon's best book of the year, the American version of Douban Goodreads 7000+ praise, the "Economist" reporter has been undercover in South America for three years, revealing how the black gold world with an annual profit of 300 billion US dollars works, a good book that you can read in one breath and bring new knowledge and pleasure! The Great Trial: The Law for the Public
One sentence recommendation: United States public reading of law written by Lawrence · Friedman, a leading legal scholar, explores the nature, evolution and social significance of the grand trial from the process of social development, the systematic observation and research of hot cases and the social phenomenon of headline trials. This book is detailed ↓
Passion prevails, everyone goes crazy for it, and it is precisely the best window for legal people to observe
Collision: How the Law Affects Human Behavior
One Word Recommendation: With precise language and candid humor, this book has a masterful grasp of the vast literature on how the law affects behavior. I don't know anyone who approaches this subject more calmly and artistically than Lawrence · Friedman. The Chinese version of Collision will have a profound impact on generations of Chinese scholars. This book is detailed ↓
Understanding "people" is the only way to do the right thing: how does the law affect human behavior?
A Brief History of Torture
One sentence recommendation: the history of torture lasts as long as the history of mankind lasts. From ancient times to modern times, from the West to the East, the author uses a calm and objective historical language to tell the suffering of torturers for thousands of years, presenting a complete 3,000-year brief history of torture. When human beings use our imagination and creativity to inflict violence on their own kind, every tool of execution, every form of punishment, reminds us over and over again that tyranny and cruelty have always been parasitic in the depths of human nature. Civilization needs to be defended by each and every one of us. This book is detailed ↓
Because human conscience is our ultimate strength against the absurdity of the world.
#标签: The Noise of the Social Media Age
One sentence recommendation: From the worries of the "information cocoon" and the "echo chamber" to the description of the "Republic of Labels", Sunstein is concerned about the crisis of Western democracies in the age of social media, that is, the world of labels as the basis for algorithms will bring about the fragmentation of democracy. It is therefore a book full of paradoxes and uncertain hopes, a memoir of a professor at Harvard Law School in United States who served as director of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. What Chinese readers can get is a rethinking of democracy from a comparative perspective. This book is detailed ↓
What are we scrolling when we're scrolling our phones?
Impeachment: How to Remove a President
One sentence recommendation: Can a despicable president be deposed? Can a president who has lost his mind be impeached? "Impeachment of the president" is an important part of the design of the United States political system, and this pamphlet written by the famous Harvard Law School professor Keith · Sunstein tells the public the history and reality of the "impeachment" system in an engaging way, which is an interesting entry point for understanding United States politics. This book is detailed ↓
"Now more than ever, United States needs a cool head."
The Powerful: Why They Get Away with It
One sentence recommendation: the phenomenal bestseller that caused a sensation in United Kingdom, the United Kingdom Amazon nearly 5-star rating, and more than 1200 readers left hot comments, the content is really exciting, revealing in detail how the United Kingdom elites are tied to each other through the chain of interests, forming a "right" and "profit" alliance, manipulating the state apparatus, and grabbing huge wealth. This book is detailed ↓
The powerful: why they get away with it
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