Born in 1948, Tony Judt was raised in the East End of London by a mother whose parents had immigrated from Russia and a Belgian father who descended from a line of Lithuanian rabbis. Judt was educated at Emanuel School, before receiving a BA (1969) and PhD (1972) in history from the University of Cambridge.
Like many other Jewish parents living in postwar Europe, his mother and father were secular, but they sent him to Hebrew school and steeped him in the Yiddish culture of his grandparents, which Judt says he still thinks of wistfully. Urged on by his parents, Judt enthusiastically waded into the world of Israeli politics at age 15. He helped promote the migration of British Jews to Israel. In 1966, having won an exhibition to King's College Cambridge, he took a gap year and went to work on kibbutz Machanaim. When Nasser expelled UN troops from Sinai in 1967, and Israel mobilized for war, like many European Jews, he volunteered to replace kibbutz members who had been called up. During and in the aftermath of the Six-Day War, he worked as a driver and translator for the Israel Defense Forces.
But during the aftermath of the war, Judt's belief in the Zionist enterprise began to unravel. "I went with this idealistic fantasy of creating a socialist, communitarian country through work," Judt has said. The problem, he began to believe, was that this view was "remarkably unconscious of the people who had been kicked out of the country and were suffering in refugee camps to make this fantasy possible."
Career: King's College, Cambridge, England, fellow, 1972-78; University of California at Berkeley, assistant professor, 1978-80; St. Anne's College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, fellow, 1980-87; New York University, New York, NY, professor of history, 1987--, director of Remarque Institute, 1995--.
Awards: American Council of Learned Societies, fellow, 1980; British Academy Award for Research, 1984; Nuffield Foundation fellow, 1986; Guggenheim fellow, 1989; Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction finalist, 2006, for Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945.
Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world's most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of Europe, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages to sweep readers through thirty-four nations and sixty years of political and cultural change-all in one integrated, enthralling narrative. Both intellectually ambitious and compelling to read, thrilling in its scope and delightful in its small details, Postwar is a rare joy.
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award
One of the New York Times' Ten Best Books of the Year
最近要是有什麼歷史書是非推不可的話,當屬這四大冊的《戰後歐洲六十年》了。 去年看到第一冊上市時,本來是沒很注意,想說這類書也不少了。不過後來看到譯者,就稍微去查了一下資料,然後就收了,等到全出完才在最近閱讀完畢,果然,沒讓筆者失望。 看東尼‧賈德的這套《...
評分关键词:1945年,二战结束后,年轻的雷蒙德•威廉斯从陆军退役回到了剑桥,继续他之前的学业。虽然只离开了四年时间,但重返校园的经验仍然让他觉得陌生,不习惯,他无法与以前的同学建立正常的联系,他甚至感觉他们讲的不是同样的语言。当然,他们确实在讲述同一种英语,但...
評分- 這一本書, 我看了一個月有多. 從上次出差回來後搞定了 kindle, 上網一按就買了這本書. 雖然買後覺得這種消費太'輕易', 但確實是本好書, 也算沒有買錯吧. 從書的最後看見 print out 版本應該有多點照片, 電子書始終有它不足的地方. - 面對這樣的'巨著', 其實沒甚麼可以評論的...
評分在过去的五百年里,欧洲一直深深推动和影响着世界其余部分的历史进程,以至于在很长一段时间里,了解在欧洲发生了什么事,即便对中国人来说也近乎一种义务,否则就不免被视为对世界潮流一无所知。这种状况在1945年后受到了冲击,经历两次世界大战的欧洲元气大伤,在新的全球格...
評分在过去的五百年里,欧洲一直深深推动和影响着世界其余部分的历史进程,以至于在很长一段时间里,了解在欧洲发生了什么事,即便对中国人来说也近乎一种义务,否则就不免被视为对世界潮流一无所知。这种状况在1945年后受到了冲击,经历两次世界大战的欧洲元气大伤,在新的全球格...
我喜歡歐洲華麗的宮廷文化、美好而自由的街景,殊不知這背後還深藏著如此多的政治。Tony Judt是個很好的作傢!
评分A must read for those who want to know what makes us today.
评分滿詳盡, 討論瞭大多數類似作品不怎麼提的小國(如比利時意大利匈牙利之類). 作者是英國人, 所以對英國有empathy且全書有從英國看歐洲的視角. 又是Cam曆史係畢業的, 所以對大陸仍然是傳統處理, 重法國輕德國
评分"Every epoch is a sphinx that plunges into the abyss as soon as its riddle has been solved."
评分diminished expactations
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