暴政：二十世紀的二十個教訓
蒂莫西·斯奈德
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開國元勳試圖保護我們免受他們所知道的威脅，即戰勝古代民主的暴政。今天，我們的政治秩序面臨新的威脅，與二十世紀的極權主義無異。我們並不比看到民主屈服於法西斯主義、納粹主義或共產主義的歐洲人更聰明。我們的一個優勢是我們可以從他們的經驗中學習。
11 月 9 日，數百萬美國人意識到不可能的事情：唐納德·特朗普當選總統。出乎所有人的意料，歷史上最不受歡迎的總統候選人之一席捲了選舉團，將一個公然蔑視民主規範和製度的人提升到了權力的高度。
蒂莫西·斯奈德（Timothy Snyder）是最著名的大屠殺歷史學家之一。在他的著作《血地》和《黑土》中，他仔細剖析了促成希特勒和斯大林崛起以及實施他們災難性政策的事件和價值觀。在《二十課》中，斯奈德從二十世紀最黑暗的時刻汲取靈感，為二十一世紀的人們帶來希望。正如他所寫，“美國人並不比看到民主屈服於法西斯主義、納粹主義和共產主義的歐洲人更聰明。我們的一個優勢是我們可以從他們的經驗中學習。” On Tyranny是對武裝的號召和抵抗的指南，對於我們如何在未來不確定的歲月中保護我們的自由提出了寶貴的想法。
生存和抵制美國轉向威權主義的“支撐”（Vox）指南，來自“一個不怕在過去和現在之間建立大膽聯繫的新興公共知識分子”（紐約時報）
“蒂莫西·斯奈德以無與倫比的清晰推理，將過去和未來徹底解脫。他寫了一本罕見的書，可以一口氣讀完，但會讓你回來幫助你恢復方向。”—— 瑪莎·格森
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder
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The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
On November 9th, millions of Americans woke up to the impossible: the election of Donald Trump as president. Against all predictions, one of the most-disliked presidential candidates in history had swept the electoral college, elevating a man with open contempt for democratic norms and institutions to the height of power.
Timothy Snyder is one of the most celebrated historians of the Holocaust. In his books Bloodlands and Black Earth, he has carefully dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin and the execution of their catastrophic policies. With Twenty Lessons, Snyder draws from the darkest hours of the twentieth century to provide hope for the twenty-first. As he writes, “Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism and communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.” On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.
A “bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” (The New York Times)
“Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.”- Masha Gessen
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