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1、LonelinessasaWayofLifeLonelinessasaWayofLifeTHOMASDUMMHARVARDUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,MassachusettsLondon,England2008Copyright©2008bythePresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollegeAllrightsreservedPrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaACaravanbook.Formoreinformation,visitwww.car

2、avanbooks.orgLibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataDumm,ThomasL.Lonelinessasawayoflife/ThomasDumm.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN-13:978-0-674-03113-5(alk.paper)1.Politicalscience—Philosophy.2.Loneliness.3.Grief.I.Title.JA66.D842008320.0

3、1—dc222008006567ToWilliamE.ConnollyContentsPrefaceixPrologue:Cordelia’sCalculus1ChapterI.Being21ChapterII.Having51ChapterIII.Loving91ChapterIV.Grieving127Epilogue:Writing171Notes181Index187PrefaceWhywouldsomeonewhohasdevotedsomuchofhisadultlifetothestudyofpoliticsw

4、riteabookaboutloneliness?Isn’titaradicaldeparturefromtheconcernsofpolitytofocusonasubjectthatonthefaceofithasnothingtodowithourpoliticalcondition?Doesitevenmatterforourpoliticswhetherwearelonely?Ibelievethatitmattersprofoundly.LonelinessasaWayofLifeistheresultofale

5、ngthyandsometimesconvolutedintellectualandemotionaljourney,butthecoreintuitionthathaspersistentlyin-formedthethinkingandthewritingofthisbookisthatmanyofourmostimportantunderstandingsabouttheshapeofourpresentcommunalexistence—thedivisionbetweenpublicandprivate,ourin

6、abilitytolivewitheachotherhonestlyandincomity,thees-trangedandisolatingformsthatourrelationshipswithourmostintimateacquaintancessometimesassume,theweaknessofourat-tachmentstoeachotherandhencetoourlivesincommon—areallmanifestationsofthelonelinessthathaspermeatedthem

7、odernworld.Wearetheinheritorsofalegacyofloneliness.Butlonelinessisnotsomethingthatcaneasilybedescribedthroughtheusualwaysofdoingpoliticaltheory.AsIworkedonthisbook,itgraduallybe-camecleartomethatthesubjectofloneliness,becauseofitsiso-latingqualities—whatIcall“theex

8、perienceofthepathosofdisappearance”—isresistanttounderstandingbymeansoftheor-dinarytoolsofdescription,critique,andanalysis.Instead,IrealizedthatI