【作者親簽 】1926 年首版《消失的帝國》The Vanished Empire by B. L. Putnam Weale, Rare Edinburgh-Printed Association Copy with Author’s initial signature 李锐 Who gets to decide

Who gets to decide

Duras evokes life on the margins of Saigon in the waning days of France’s colonial empire

如果碳基的人类只是开启硅基生命的引子，人类文明将给宇宙留下哪些不可磨灭的痕迹？ ———————————— 诸世纪以前，一个人在颠沛流离中经历一次改朝换代已是人生巨变，而我们经历的却是一部从斧柄到脑机接口的人类简史。人变得更自由了，也变得更无依无靠。在霍布斯批评的“人对人是狼”的时代，人对人尚有觊觎、互利之心。在“人对人是鹅卵石”的时代，就只剩下孤零零的坚硬了……人类无法与自然平起平坐，这是因为人本来就在自然之中。人不能战胜自然，就像波涛不能战胜大海。 ——熊培云

CO-AUTHOR OF SEX AND ZEN & A BULLET IN THE HEAD: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO HONG KONG’S MIND BENDING FILMS ‘[Cha] is virtually a one-man literary movement

【作者親簽 】1926 年首版《消失的帝國》The Vanished Empire by B. L. Putnam Weale, Rare Edinburgh-Printed Association Copy with Author’s initial signature 李锐 Who gets to decide(Introduction) B. L. Putnam Weale Bertram Lenox Simpson 1926 7 Edinburgh Authored by the renowned observer B. L. Putnam Weale (Bertram Lenox Simpson) and finalized in Peking in July 1926, this volume was printed in Edinburgh, reflecting the high standards of British publishing at the time. It offers a profound analysis of the tumultuous political and social transformations in China during the Warlord Era, serving as a primary source for historical