( 真正的人藏在許多地方:
編輯Henry Hardy 寫的《自由及其背叛‧編者前言》Freedom and its Betrayal: Six Enemies of Human Liberty很精彩,不亞於Michael Ignatieff 所寫的 Sir Isaiah Berlin 的傳記。(該書有二漢譯本,而我寫了好幾篇所謂"翻譯評論"。/Michael Ignatieff 的訪問影片,在YouTube可找到) 。---- 這是1952年的6小時BBC演講的追憶稿---- 最有趣/意思的是許多聽眾寫信問柏林……柏林很感動 每信必復……..)
Michael Ignatieff is Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, and Edward R. Murrow Chair of Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
“The first thing you need to know when you enter politics is why you’re doing it. You’d be surprised at how many people go into politics without being able to offer anyone a convincing reason why. But why is the first question they—voters, press and rivals—will ask you . . . ”
過去一個月,花了相當時間閱讀Fire and Ashes。這本由美國哈佛大學出版的書,紀錄了一位學者踏上政治後的回顧與反思。Ignatieff,一位在哈佛大學甘迺迪學院(Kennedy School of Government)教授人權與國際政治的加拿大人,於2005年10月返回家鄉踏入政壇,次年1月贏得選舉進入國會,2008年年底成為加拿大的傳統大黨「自由黨」(Liberal Party)黨魁,率領自由黨爭取執政機會,一切似乎都順利地依計劃進行。然而,2011年5月國會大選,自由黨慘敗,在308個國會席次中,僅僅取得34席。Ignatieff黯然退出政壇,結束短短五年的從政生涯。
Michael Ignatieff is Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, and Edward R. Murrow Chair of Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.