Bowling Alone

基本信息

Edited by：Robert D. Putnam

Publisher：Simon & Schuster

Published：13 Oct 2020

Language：English

Format Paperback：592 pages

ISBN-10 : 1982130849

ISBN-13 : 978-1982130848

Weight：544 g

Dimensions：153 x 38 x 229（mm）

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書籍簡介

二十年前，羅伯特·d·帕特南做了一個看似簡單的觀察:有一次我們在聯賽中打保齡球，通常是下班後;但不再。這個看似微不足道的現象象徵着一個重大的社會變化，這個變化成為廣受讚譽的暢銷書《獨自打保球》的基礎。《華盛頓郵報》稱這本書為“一本非常重要的書”，普特南稱為“我們這一代的德?托克維爾”。

《獨自打保齡球》詳細調查了幾十年來美國人行為的變化，顯示出我們與家人、朋友、鄰居和社會結構的聯繫是如何日益疏遠的，無論是與家庭教師協會、教會、俱樂部、政黨還是保齡球聯盟。修訂版的經典作品,普特南顯示瞭如何縮小訪問的“社會資本”是公共活動的獎勵和社區分享仍然對我們的公民和個人健康構成嚴重的威脅,以及這些後果有一個新的共振對我們今天分裂的國家。他包括了關於社會媒體和互聯網無處不在的影響的批判性新材料，它們為社會聯繫帶來了以前無法想象的機會，同時也帶來了空前程度的疏遠和孤立。

出版的時候,普特南的then-groundbreaking工作表明社會*是最有力的預測生活滿意度,以及社會資本的喪失是覺得在關鍵方面,作為一個強有力的預測犯罪率和其他措施的社區的生活質量,並在其他方面影響我們的健康。幾十年來，我們聯繫或斷開聯繫的方式發生了變化，但他的核心論點仍然像以往一樣強大和緊迫:修補我們受損的社會資本，是維護我們社會結構的關鍵。

Twenty years, ago, Robert D. Putnam made a seemingly simple observation: once we bowled in leagues, usually after work; but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolized a significant social change that became the basis of the acclaimed bestseller, Bowling Alone, which The Washington Post called “a very important book” and Putnam, “the de Tocqueville of our generation.”

Bowling Alone surveyed in detail Americans’ changing behavior over the decades, showing how we had become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and social structures, whether it’s with the PTA, church, clubs, political parties, or bowling leagues. In the revised edition of his classic work, Putnam shows how our shrinking access to the “social capital” that is the reward of communal activity and community sharing still poses a serious threat to our civic and personal health, and how these consequences have a new resonance for our divided country today. He includes critical new material on the pervasive influence of social media and the internet, which has introduced previously unthinkable opportunities for social connection—as well as unprecedented levels of alienation and isolation.

At the time of its publication, Putnam’s then-groundbreaking work showed how social bonds are the most powerful predictor of life satisfaction, and how the loss of social capital is felt in critical ways, acting as a strong predictor of crime rates and other measures of neighborhood quality of life, and affecting our health in other ways. While the ways in which we connect, or become disconnected, have changed over the decades, his central argument remains as powerful and urgent as ever: mending our frayed social capital is key to preserving the very fabric of our society.

作者簡介

羅伯特·帕特南(Robert D. Putnam)是哈佛大學(Harvard University)馬爾金公共政策研究教授、約翰·肯尼迪政府學院(John F. Kennedy School of Government)前院長。他在全國被譽為領先的人文主義者和著名的科學家，寫了14本書，包括暢銷書《我們的孩子》(Our Kids)和《獨自打保齡球》(Bowling Alone)，併為過去四任美國總統擔任顧問。2012年，奧巴馬總統授予他國家人文獎章，這是美國對人文學科做出貢獻的最高榮譽。他的研究項目“撒瓜羅研討會”致力於促進美國公民參與。

Robert D. Putnam is the Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and a former Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Nationally honored as a leading humanist and a renowned scientist, he has written fourteen books, including the bestselling Our Kids and Bowling Alone, and has consulted for the last four US Presidents. In 2012, President Obama awarded him the National Humanities Medal, the nation’s highest honor for contributions to the humanities. His research program, the Saguaro Seminar, is dedicated to fostering civic engagement in America.