Why read Arendt?

汉娜阿伦特是德国出生的美国政治哲学家。受幸运女神的眷恋,在海德堡大学师从雅士培、海德格尔,国会纵火案后迅速离开纳粹德国,又从法国的隔离营逃脱,后来得到赴美签证离开欧洲。1941年5月22日,当她到达美国时,口袋里只有25美元,不会英语(德语是其母语),35岁,而她的重要作品还没有一部问世。 最近看到了Samantha Rose Hill的一条推文,才重新捡起了汉娜阿伦特的书,一发不可收拾,因为这次看进去了,也似乎看明白了。试着写下来,stop-think,停下来想想,看看自己是不是真得想清楚了。 阿伦特对孤独有独到的见解,隔离不是真正的孤独,不去与他人交流,不去行动才是真正的孤独。 她对如何思考也很特别。她说,思考就是一个人和自己的对话,而思考的主题是什么呢?个人的经验。正是因为有了对世界的体验,我们才会有困惑才会发现问题,才会试着解决问题。而理解这个世界,是阿伦特的最爱。如果说阿伦特是哲学家,那么她的哲学与以往的哲学家颇有不同,她不愿属于任何一个理论框架。相反,她的哲学是基于个人体验,是从下到上,是接地气的,而不是形而上的虚无缥缈。如果你也想理解这个世界,不妨试着读下阿伦特。 阿伦特自己是难民,从离开德国之后就无国籍了十多年,直到后来加入美国籍。所以她对无根的漂泊感受特别深。她还专门写过一篇文章,题目就是《我们这些难民》。作为一个移民,从漂泊时的思念到定居后难以融入再到四海为家,人之所在心之所安,这样的过程会让你更加爱读阿伦特。 阿伦特有本书叫《黑暗时代的人们》,她那时的背景当然是二战。而现在新冠疫情还没有结束、俄罗斯入侵乌克兰的仗也似乎没有到头,世界各国在印钱之后面临高通胀面临衰退的压力,前些时候美国高院泄漏出来或许会推翻反禁止堕胎的判例更是让人担心,这或许是我们自己的黑暗时代。也正因为如此,阿伦特的书更值得一读,也让人更有共鸣。 我爱读阿伦特,她试着理解她的世界,顺着她的思路,她其实是指引你思考的方法。思考不是要达致一个结论,思考是个永不停止的过程。在忙碌的生活中,我们或许需要时不时停下脚步,问问自己是否走在自己想走的路上,问问自己这世界究竟有什么改变,想想如何努力地去爱自己去爱家人,去爱这个并不完美的世界。去读读阿伦特吧。

May 13, 2022 · 1 min · un01s

批评老中医思维

老中医思维就是想当然,不讲逻辑,不看证据,胡乱禁忌,抱残守缺。

May 7, 2022 · 1 min · un01s

me and you

At a night with stars, you and I, may see a similar sky. At a day with sunshine, you and I, may see a different city. I am not sure what your city is. My city is so small and it has three grocery stores, two clinics, one children hospital, four schools, one library, two gas stations, a few parks and a river. Three remote cities still in my memory. Plus a few colleagues and friends. These are all of my city. These are my vorld for now. ...

May 6, 2022 · 1 min · un01s

Abortion right is women's right

The leaked draft from the Court is a regression. Hope Amecian people will shoot it down. Nobody has the right to use your body against your will, event to save your life, or the life of another person. That’s it. That’s the argument. You cannot be forced to donate blood, or marrow, or organs, even though thousands die every year on waiting lists. They cannot even harvest your organs after your death without your explicit, written, pre-mortem permission. ...

May 3, 2022 · 1 min · un01s

vorld

vorld Vorld is a personal world. V is just a half of W. In your time, the people you have met, the places you have been, the things you have done, these are your vorld. Just a small part of the world. desire Lacan has a famous dictum, man’s desire is the desire of the Other. What you want, in the end, is a construct by the vorld from the world. After a chain of choice, you build your desire up. ...

May 1, 2022 · 1 min · un01s

旧作重读

“人造之物皆有生命。”记不得是在哪里看到这段话,“语言自然而生,文化随之而来。建房修葺,修路搭桥,这些不都是生命的延展?学校教堂医院,警局政府法院,这些不都是生命的附属?“

April 25, 2022 · 1 min · un01s

Derrida's Deconstruction

Michael Peterson Is his writing difficult? I suppose so, in the sense that it uses a technical vocabulary specific to his work and the tradition he is working from. These are, most basically: phenomenology, semiotics, psychoanalysis, and Western philosophical history. Combined, this leaves us in a position where the objects of his inquiry are varied and risk being construed as overly general. He writes about ethics, politics, language, time, space, forgiveness, the death penalty, sovereignty, Marxism, etc. ...

April 23, 2022 · 8 min · un01s

乌克兰和上海

峰峦如聚,波涛如怒,山河表里潼关路。望西都,意踟蹰。 伤心秦汉经行处,宫阙万间都做了土。兴,百姓苦;亡,百姓苦。 在我们这儿新冠疫情早在三月就结束了。到现在新冠已经有六波了,不过因为有mRNA疫苗的保护(大多数人都接种了三针)一切也算是正常。口罩还有人戴,公共交通还要求戴,其它场所就是自愿的了。现在的新闻主要就是乌克兰和上海。 俄罗斯入侵乌克兰已经50多天了,国内有不少人竟然说,俄罗斯入侵乌克兰是因为北约东扩,并以此为俄罗斯的侵略战争辩护。如果二战时希特勒入侵波兰是侵略,当年美国进攻伊拉克是侵略,为什么普京入侵乌克兰就不是侵略?站在俄罗斯那些邻国的角度,为什么那些国家要或者想要加入北约?不就是担心俄罗斯的威胁。而这次俄罗斯的入侵更证明了这些担心并非空穴来风。再说了,俄罗斯为什么不想那些邻国加入北约?不就是担心人民自己选择的自由会威胁或动摇独裁专制。对乌克兰的真正支持只有一种,那就是提供各种支援,包括食物、药品和武器弹药,支持乌克兰保家卫国,直到最后的胜利。 上海这个两千五百万人口的大都市因为奥密克戎而封城,由此引发各种惨剧。许多人没有受到新冠影响,却承受了封城的苦难。有人在家挨饿,有人急症得不到救治,有人不堪重负跳楼自尽。大白和红马甲却享受了至高权力的威风,以防疫之名可以随意殴打、抓捕,擅闯民宅。美领馆撤了,日本领馆没吃的了,韩国领事致函复旦请求让韩国留学生回国。一个国际大都市为什么会变成这样?武汉封城,西安封城,深圳封城,同样的悲剧为什么要一次次重复上演?难道润是普通百姓的唯一选择?

April 22, 2022 · 1 min · un01s

Half a story

I have been to several cities in my travel. I lived in a city when I was young. In the north, there’s my childhood in a rural village and a high school. In the east, that’s my home for a while. In the west, I had my best college time. In the south, that’s where my girlfriend lived. At that time, the city was still small. I could walk to my grandma’s house on my little feet from my school. I could ride a bicycle from west to east and back again on the weekends while studying. Not sure how long it took. It was not exhausting. In the wind, in the rain, in the dusk, and I did remember the yellow ginkgo tree just outside the south gate of city walls in the rain. That shining yellow is my favorite colour. ...

April 20, 2022 · 1 min · un01s

Solidarity with Ukraine

“It is unreal to watch some alleged leftists, in real time, fail to recognise a fascist dictatorship attempting to exterminate a liberal democracy, and calling for that democracy to surrender to fascism in the name of peace.” I am with Oz Katerji on this. If we agree Hitler invaded Poland, we have to agree Putin invaded Ukraine. If we stand with Ukraine, we have to send all resources including food, medcine, and arms to help Ukraine to defend themselves, till the victorious end. There is no other choices. ...

April 17, 2022 · 1 min · un01s