内容简介
在本书中，克里斯托弗·希钦斯以书信体的形式，为未来的“叛逆者”（contrarian）提供了一些“规避幻灭”的建议。他探究了各种类型的特立独行者在关键历史时刻为进步与正义事业所采取的违抗立场，援引左拉、奥威尔、哈维尔等普罗米修斯式人物作为楷范，为“不同意见”的重要价值做了热情的辩护。
希钦斯言传身教，劝诫青年人装配起独立思考的武器，塑造批判性的人格，对威胁自由意志的一切保持警惕，并从挑战旧世界的艰辛故事里汲取养分。如何做一名真正意义上的“叛逆者”，不惮于反对愚顽、无趣和谎言，去实践一种矫健而广阔的生命自我——本书是一位久经历练的老兵犀利、雄辩而激扬的回应。
作者简介
克里斯托弗·希钦斯（Christopher Hitchens,1949—2011）
当代最负盛名的新闻记者、专栏作家、评论员。他是《名利场》《纪事》《新政治家》《纽约时报书评》和《大西洋月刊》等杂志的特约编辑、撰稿人，在2005年《外交政策》和《展望》杂志举办的“全球百大公共知识分子”评选中排名第五。代表作有《给青年叛逆者的信》《人之将死》《有待商榷》《审判基辛格》和回忆录《Hitch 22》等。
Content introduction
In this book, Christopher Hitchens offers, in epistolary form, some advice for future "Contrarians" to "avoid disillusionment." He explores the defiant positions taken by mavericks of all kinds in the cause of progress and justice at key historical moments, invoking the Promethean character of Zola, Orwell, Havel, and others in a passionate defense of the important value of "dissent."
Hitchens exhorts young people to equip themselves with independent thinking, to develop critical personalities, to be alert to threats to free will, and to draw on stories of hardship that challenge the old world. How to be a "rebel" in the true sense of the word, not afraid to oppose foolishness, boredom and lies, to practice a vigorous and expansive life self - this book is a sharp, eloquent and inspiring response from a seasoned veteran.
About the author
Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)
The most renowned journalist, columnist and commentator of our time. He has been a contributing editor and contributor to Vanity Fair, The Chronicle, The New Statesman, The New York Times Book Review, and The Atlantic, among others, and was ranked fifth on the "Top 100 Global Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Prospect Magazine in 2005. His works include Letters to a Young Rebel, A Man's Dying, Up for Debate, The Trial of Kissinger, and his memoir Hitch 22.
