内容简介
PaulGoodman'sGrowingUpAbsurdwasarunawaybestsellerwhenitwasfirstpublishedin1960,anditbecameoneofthedefiningtextsofthenascentNewLeft.Goodman,atthetimewellintomiddleage,wasamaverickanarchistwhobrokeeverymold,anddiditbrilliantly-hewasanovelist,poet,andasocialtheorist,amongahostofotherthings-andthebook'ssuccessestablishedhimasoneofAmerica'smostunusualandtrenchantcritics,combiningvastlearning,anastutemind,utopiansympathies,andawonderfullyhands-onwaywithwords.GrowingUpAbsurdtakesthecrisisofdisaffectedyouthasindicativeofthecrisiswithinthecultureatlarge,whichGoodmandescribesasbeingrunbycorporationsthatprovideemployment(whentheydo)butnotworkinanymeaningfulsense,workthatengagesbodyandsoul.Disaffectedyouthwasinthissenseattheforefrontofadisruptionofasocialorderthatwas,ifnotdirectlypoliticallyrepressive,humanlyrepressive,stiflingtherealhumanpotentialthat,surely,agoodsocietywouldservetounleash,encourage,andpasson.
作者简介
PaulGoodman(1911–1972)wasanAmericansocialcritic,psychologist,poet,novelist,andanarchist.HiswritingsappearedinPolitics,PartisanReview,TheNewRepublic,Commentary,TheNewLeader,Dissent,andTheNewYorkReviewofBooks.Hepublishedseveralwell-regardedbooksinavarietyoffields—includingcityplanning,Gestalttherapy,literarycriticism,andpolitics—beforeGrowingUpAbsurd,cancelledbyitsoriginalpublisherandturneddownbyanumberofotherpresses,wasbroughtoutbyRandomHousein1960.CaseyNelsonBlakeisProfessorofHistoryandAmericanStudiesatColumbiaUniversityandtheauthorofseveralstudiesinAmericanintellectualandculturalhistory.HewritesregularlyforCommonweal,Dissent,Raritan,andotherpublications.SusanSontag(1933–2004)wasanovelist,playwright,filmmaker,andoneofthemostinfluentialcriticsofhergeneration.HerbooksincludeAgainstInterpretation,OnPhotography,IllnessasMetaphor,andTheVolcanoLover.,,,,