書本資料及時間表

[Daniel_Cheung]

以下是《知識分子都到哪裡去了？》時間表，基本上是用兩星期看一章，若是英文版，即大概一星期看十頁。這是 很寬鬆的，所以不用另加插休息週。

由於我只有英文版，以下章節以英文書寫。

4月2-8日
Introduction
4月9-15日
Introduction

4月16-22日
Ch. 1 Devaluing the Intellect
4月23-29日
Ch. 1 Devaluing the Intellect

4月30-5月6日
Ch. 2 Trivial Pursuits
5月7-13日
Ch. 2 Trivial Pursuits

5月14-20日
Ch. 3 Dumbing Down
5月21-27日
Ch. 3 Dumbing Down

5月28-6月3日
Ch. 4 Social Engineering
6月4-10日
Ch. 4 Social Engineering

6月11-17日
Ch. 5 The Culture of Flattery
6月18-24日
Ch. 5 The Culture of Flattery

6月25-7月1日
Ch. 6 Treating People as Children
7月2-8日
Ch. 6 Treating People as Children

[Daniel_Cheung]

書名：《知識分子都到哪裡去了？──對抗21世紀的庸人主義》 (http://www.cp1897.com.hk/BookInfo?BookId=7214041030&SectionId=41&AllId=) (Where Have All The Intellectuals Gone (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0826467695/sr=8-1/qid=1141077078/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6452229-9421760?%5Fencoding=UTF8))
作者：弗蘭克．富里迪[英]
譯者：戴從容
出版社：江蘇人民出版社
出版年月：2005-09
語文版本：中文(簡)

留意，這是普及閱讀小組，我們不會把東西說得很高深，大家看的時候不要感到有很大壓力，就當是平日看雜誌那 般，然後來這裡談談便是了。也因如此，即使您是大忙人，也不妨參與這輕鬆的閱讀。

[Daniel_Cheung]

各位初到訪的朋友，請留意：

一．此書有中英文版，在香港找到的會是中文版，可在一些書店找尋。請看買書資料 (http://www.christianroundtable.org/forum/showthread.php?t=646&page=2)這thread裡的香港會員提供的資料。

二．各位若要登記為會員，請先看看宗旨、目標及活動 (http://www.christianroundtable.org/forum/showthread.php?t=92)、會員資格及要求 (http://www.christianroundtable.org/forum/showthread.php?t=93)及討論區各部份介紹 (http://www.christianroundtable.org/forum/showthread.php?t=94)。然後按Register (http://www.christianroundtable.org/forum/register.php?)登記。

謝謝！:)

[Joseph Lee]

Thanks for choosing this book, which I enjoyed reading it very much. I can only find the English edition in the US. This work is a critique of the contemporary cultural policies in New Labor Britain and Bush's America. Frank Furedi blames the McDonaldization of higher education and the rise of mass culture for the disappearance of public intellectuals.

Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s definition of intellectual, Frank Furedi discusses the importance of agency among intellectuals. But I think that Furedi's critique would have been more convincing if he had borrowed the insights of Gramsci, especially the concept of hegemony.

Gramsci argues that intellectuals, broadly defined, often serve as “organizers and mediators of consent” as well as “agents of class in power.” They transmit ideas within civil society and between society and state. In other words, any group seeking to gain power needs to win the allegiance of intellectuals. Therefore intellectuals are not passive victims of globalization, commoditization, and conformism. Instead they actively participate in helping the ruling elite to institutionalize anti-intellectual policies as we can see in Blair's Britain.

Where have all the intellectuals gone? My answer is that the intellectuals have not completely disappeared. They are temporarily marginalized in the public domain in Britain and the U.S..

Gramsci’s advice to the Italian Communist Party may still be relevant to intellectuals worldwide at the beginning of the 21st century. To counter this trend of anti-intellectualism in politics and society, it is important for intellectuals to adopt a position strategy, which consists of getting into the establishment, building alliances with people from all walks of life, isolating the ruling power, and re-intellectualizing the society from below.

I would like to learn from friends in Mainland China, Taiwan, and HK and see how they apply Frank Furedi's insights to examine their own societies.

Joseph Lee

[Daniel_Cheung]

Thanks for choosing this book, which I enjoyed reading it very much. I can only find the English edition in the US. This work is a critique of the contemporary cultural policies in New Labor Britain and Bush America.
Frank Furedi blames the McDonaldization of higher education and the rise of mass culture for the disappearance of public intellectuals.

Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s definition of intellectual, Frank Furedi discusses the importance of agency among intellectuals. But I think that Furedi's critique would have been more convincing if he had borrowed the insights of Gramsci, especially the concept of hegemony.

Gramsci argues that intellectuals, broadly defined, often serve as “organizers and mediators of consent” as well as “agents of class in power.” They transmit ideas within civil society and between society and state. In other words, any group seeking to gain power needs to win the allegiance of intellectuals. Therefore intellectuals are not passive victims of globalization, commoditization, and conformism. Instead they actively participate in helping the ruling elite to institutionalize anti-elite and anti-intellectual policies as we can see in the cultural policies of Blair's Britain.

Where have all the intellectuals gone? My answer is that the intellectuals have not completely disappeared. They are temporarily marginalized in the public domain in Britain and the U.S..

Gramsci’s advice to the Italian Communist Party may still be relevant to the intellectuals at the beginning of the 21st century. To counter this trend of anti-intellectualism in politics and society, it is important to adopt a position strategy, which consists of getting into the establishment, building alliances with people from all walks of life, isolating the ruling power, and re-intellectualizing the society from within.

I would like to learn from friends in Mainland China, Taiwan, and HK and see how they apply Frank Furedi's insights to examine their own societies.

Joseph Lee

謝謝你的分享！這可作為我們討論的一個引子。希望到四月的時候看到你參與討論。　:)

[Daniel_Cheung]

下星期就開始這閱讀小組，各位要看書了！

分享回應方式不拘。越踴躍越好！

[Daniel_Cheung]

很抱歉，當初沒有留意introduction的篇幅與第一章一樣長，現在我修訂了閱讀時間表，首兩週是看introduction而不是第一章。希望沒有為您帶來太大不便。謹此致歉！

[clement]

很抱歉，當初沒有留意introduction的篇幅與第一章一樣長，現在我修訂了閱讀時間表，首兩週是看introduction而不是第一章。希望沒有為您帶來太大不便。謹此致歉！


原來已經開始了讀第一章，我還在等呢。
等甚麼？就是等有人開始講第一章時，就開始讀。 :p

[銀狐]

原來已經開始了讀第一章，我還在等呢。
等甚麼？就是等有人開始講第一章時，就開始讀。 :p

咁張壇主不如開條thread講第一章吧!謝!

[Daniel_Cheung]

你們可以自己開，不好意思，我還未看書。:p

[銀狐]

你們可以自己開，不好意思，我還未看書。:p

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阿Sir，你咁樣係唔對架bor:rolleyes:
其實我都只是看了第一章的一半，也許明天試試看吧!

[Daniel_Cheung]

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阿Sir，你咁樣係唔對架bor:rolleyes:
其實我都只是看了第一章的一半，也許明天試試看吧!

這兒是閱讀小組，不是課程，沒有導師的。這裡也要填鴨麼？你自發一點啦！

[銀狐]

這兒是閱讀小組，不是課程，沒有導師的。這裡也要填鴨麼？你自發一點啦！

大家咁話la :haha:
不過這本書薄薄地又平，內容也不錯，值得看呢!
(其實我先前都講下笑姐，你用不著太認真)

[Daniel_Cheung]

大家咁話la :haha:
不過這本書薄薄地又平，內容也不錯，值得看呢!
(其實我先前都講下笑姐，你用不著太認真)

似乎只是你一廂情願地假設我太認真地回應。

你既看了一半，不如現在就貼文分享一下。每位看了的人都分享一點，閱讀小組才會有意思，會熱鬧起來。