余り楽しめなかった小説が続いたので今度は小説ではなく、以前 Yuval Noah Harariの "Homo Deus A Brief History of Tomorrow" を読んで、その斬新な視点に感銘を覚えましたので、その Harariの "21 Lessons for the 21st Century" を読み始めました。
1st LessonのDisillusionmentから引用します。
The liberal story celebrates the value and power of liberty. It says that for thousands of years humankind lived under oppressive regimes which allowed people few political rights, economic opportunities or personal liberties, and which heavily restricted the movements of individuals, ideas and goods. But people fought for their freedom, and step by step, liberty gained ground. Democratic regimes took the place of brutal dictatorships. Free enterprise overcame economic restrictions. People learned to think for themselves and follow their hearts, instead of blindly obeying bigoted priests and hidebound traditions. Open roads, stout bridges and bustling airports replaced walls, moats and barbed-wire fences.
"hidebound traditions" の "hidebound" は知らない単語ですが、前後の内容からして、時代錯誤あるいは時代遅れの意味と推測できます。辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: having old-fashioned ideas, rather than accepting new ways of thinking: She wanted a life that was less hidebound by rules and conventions.
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe someone or something as hidebound, you are criticizing them for having old-fashioned ideas or ways of doing things and being unwilling or unlikely to change.: The economy was hidebound by public spending and private monopolies.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: having fixed opinions and ways of doing things and not willing to change or be influenced, especially by new or modern ideas: Why should we be hidebound by an ancient custom of this sort?
世界にはアフガニスタンなど、気の毒に "hidebound traditions" を国民に強いている国がまだあるのですよね。
1st LessonのDisillusionmentから引用します。
The liberal story celebrates the value and power of liberty. It says that for thousands of years humankind lived under oppressive regimes which allowed people few political rights, economic opportunities or personal liberties, and which heavily restricted the movements of individuals, ideas and goods. But people fought for their freedom, and step by step, liberty gained ground. Democratic regimes took the place of brutal dictatorships. Free enterprise overcame economic restrictions. People learned to think for themselves and follow their hearts, instead of blindly obeying bigoted priests and hidebound traditions. Open roads, stout bridges and bustling airports replaced walls, moats and barbed-wire fences.
"hidebound traditions" の "hidebound" は知らない単語ですが、前後の内容からして、時代錯誤あるいは時代遅れの意味と推測できます。辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: having old-fashioned ideas, rather than accepting new ways of thinking: She wanted a life that was less hidebound by rules and conventions.
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe someone or something as hidebound, you are criticizing them for having old-fashioned ideas or ways of doing things and being unwilling or unlikely to change.: The economy was hidebound by public spending and private monopolies.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: having fixed opinions and ways of doing things and not willing to change or be influenced, especially by new or modern ideas: Why should we be hidebound by an ancient custom of this sort?
世界にはアフガニスタンなど、気の毒に "hidebound traditions" を国民に強いている国がまだあるのですよね。
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