内容介绍：

　　世界名校哥伦比亚大学为什么重视人文课？欧美名牌大学为何重视人文教育？柏拉图、亚里士多德的哲学思想对于现代人有什么意义？谷歌、亚马逊等知名企业为什么非常重视员工的“人文素养”？

　　什么是人文？人文，就是关于人的学问。西方的人文教育，在文艺复兴运动时期就已兴起。人文教育强调全面发展，视人格完善为终极目的，培养人的全面适应能力、创造能力以及高度责任感与健全的人格。所以，西方名牌大学一直非常重视培养学生的人文素质，而美国哥伦比亚大学的人文教育又是其中最出色的院校之一。作者中村聪一便用现代角度记录和解释哥伦比亚的人文课程，以极简的方式写成了本书。

　　书中的纵向时间跨度是从欧洲起源一直到近现代的历史进程，横向内容跨度是从苏格拉底、柏拉图、亚里士多德到马克思、达尔文的哲学思想，全面系统地介绍了西方人文史的发展。这本书在日本出版后大受欢迎，许多读者看完之后感觉相见恨晚。

　　作者简介

　　中村聪一，以优异成绩毕业于美国哥伦比亚大学，之后继续在国际政策学院攻读金融硕士学位。毕业后，任职于毕马威会计师事务所，成为最年轻的日本合伙人，在国际市场积累了丰富的经营经验。目前在日本甲南大学担任副教授，致力于人文教育方面的研究和推广。作品有《聚焦企业并购》《〈正义论〉讲义：通过世界名著思考西方哲学的根源》《极简西方人文史：哥伦比亚大学人文素养课》。

　　译者王丹，山东人，日语语言学博士，华东政法大学硕士生导师。近年来在CSSCI来源期刊及国内外核心期刊公开发表多篇学术论文和译文，出版《现代日语可能表现研究》《法医的眼泪》《慈雨》《持续破产的女人》等多部专著、译著。现为上海日本学会会员、上海市科技翻译学会会员、上海市外文学会会员、上海市外事翻译工作者协会会员。

Content introduction:

Why does world-famous Columbia University attach importance to humanities courses? Why do famous universities in Europe and America attach importance to liberal arts education? What is the significance of Plato's and Aristotle's philosophical thoughts to modern people? Why do well-known companies such as Google and Amazon attach great importance to the "humanistic literacy" of their employees?

What is the humanities? Humanities is the knowledge about people. The humanistic education in the west has risen since the Renaissance. Humanistic education emphasizes all-round development, regards the perfection of personality as the ultimate goal, and cultivates people's all-round adaptability, creative ability, high sense of responsibility and sound personality. Therefore, Western famous universities have always attached great importance to cultivating students' humanistic quality, and Columbia University's humanistic education is one of the most outstanding institutions. Author Satoichi Nakamura has written this book in a minimalist manner, documenting and explaining the humanities curriculum in Colombia from a modern perspective.

The longitudinal time span of the book is from the origin of Europe to the historical process of modern times, and the horizontal content span is from the philosophical thoughts of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle to Marx and Darwin, which comprehensively and systematically introduces the development of Western literature and history. After the book was published in Japan, it was very popular, and many readers felt that they had met each other too late.

About the author

Nakamura graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University in the United States and went on to pursue a master's degree in finance at the School of International Policy. After graduation, he worked at KPMG, becoming the youngest partner in Japan and accumulating rich experience in the international market. He is currently an associate professor at Kainan University in Japan, where he is dedicated to the research and promotion of humanities education. His works include "Focusing on Mergers and Acquisitions," "Lecture Notes on A Theory of Justice: Thinking About the Roots of Western Philosophy Through World Classics," and "A History of Minimalist Western Literature: Columbia University Humanities Course."

Translator Wang Dan, from Shandong Province, Doctor of Japanese Linguistics, master tutor of East China University of Political Science and Law. In recent years, he has published a number of academic papers and translations in CSSCI source journals and core journals at home and abroad, and published a number of monographs and translations such as "Research on the Possible Expression of Modern Japanese", "Forensic Tears", "Mercy Rain" and "Women who Continue to go Bankrupt". He is currently a member of Shanghai Japanese Society, Shanghai Science and Technology Translation Society, Shanghai Foreign Languages Society and Shanghai Foreign Affairs Translators Association.