老到可以死
- ISBN-10
- 9869865658
- ISBN-13
- 9789869865654
- Category
- Social Science / Gerontology
- Language
- Chinese
- Published
- 2020-07-21
- Publisher
- 左岸
- Author
- 芭芭拉．艾倫瑞克
Description
我們是想活得更久，還是活得更好？ 你怕老嗎？怕死嗎？ 21世紀，醫療「產業」給了我們長命百歲的許諾，除了延緩死亡，還包括遠離殘疾、安全分娩，從出生到死亡，一切似乎都可掌控。人們熱衷，也認為自己可以控制自己的身體。 但真的是這樣嗎？ 芭芭拉・艾倫瑞克開始動筆撰寫本書時70歲，就她自己的話來說，是一個「死亡不再需要多費脣舌說明的年紀」，只是環顧四周，大家好像總不是這麼甘願地、「自然地」邁向死亡，甚至老去的過程。或許是之前罹患乳癌經驗，也或許是求學時的細胞生物學背景，當然更可能是年輕時搞運動的愛找麻煩個性使然，在抗老產品、預防醫學盛行的此刻，艾倫瑞克做了一個看似挑釁的報導書寫，問了個其實每個人都在想的問題：我們是想活得更久，還是活得更好？芭芭拉・艾倫瑞克這次回到她細胞生物學的本行，研究老、病，和死，提出關於身體，以及人在宇宙位置的全新理解。 從預防醫學檢查的重要性，到所謂「正確」的養生概念，艾倫瑞克從個人經驗、社會趨勢，到通俗文化及最新的科學文獻，引用各方說法，一步步推翻那些「指導」現代人健康長壽的關鍵字，進一步從細胞角度進行研究，說明我們所做的一切其實只是白做工。對於衰老，我們無能為力，身體的每個細胞會做出自己的「決定」。而這決定並不總是對我們有利。 作者簡介 芭芭拉‧艾倫瑞克（Barbara Ehrenreich, 1941～） 洛克菲勒大學細胞生物學博士，曾任《時代雜誌》專欄作家，作品也常出現在《哈潑》、《國家》、《新共和》等刊物，是相當活躍的女性主義者與民主社會主義者。她出身礦工家庭，讀大學時受到反戰運動啟蒙，拿到博士學位後決定放棄教職，投入寫作與社會運動；也因為前夫是卡車司機，特別關注美國社會底層（M型另一邊）的生活。《我在底層的生活》出版後，她被診斷罹患乳癌，在治療過程中以此個人經驗探討美國的醫藥產業問題。艾倫瑞克至今已出版二十餘本著作，包括暢銷作品《我在底層的生活》、《失業白領的職場漂流》、《失控的正向思考》、《嘉年華的誕生》，以及自傳作品《我的失序人生》。 譯者簡介 葉品岑 哥倫比亞大學東亞語言與文化系碩士。曾任編輯，目前從事翻譯，譯作有《簡樸的哲學》、《古蘭似海》、《午夜的佩拉皇宮》、《時光的製圖學》、《我的應許地》。
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