- Taschenbuch: 436 Seiten
- Verlag: William Morrow; Auflage: 25th (Mai 1999)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0688171664
- ISBN-13: 978-0688171667
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,8 x 13,5 x 3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (54 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 210.686 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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In his now classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig brings us a literary chautauqua, a novel that is meant to both entertain and edify. It scores high on both counts.
Phaedrus, our narrator, takes a present-tense cross-country motorcycle trip with his son during which the maintenance of the motorcycle becomes an illustration of how we can unify the cold, rational realm of technology with the warm, imaginative realm of artistry. As in Zen, the trick is to become one with the activity, to engage in it fully, to see and appreciate all details--be it hiking in the woods, penning an essay, or tightening the chain on a motorcycle.
In his autobiographical first novel, Pirsig wrestles both with the ghost of his past and with the most important philosophical questions of the 20th century--why has technology alienated us from our world? what are the limits of rational analysis? if we can't define the good, how can we live it? Unfortunately, while exploring the defects of our philosophical heritage from Socrates and the Sophists to Hume and Kant, Pirsig inexplicably stops at the middle of the 19th century. With the exception of Poincaré, he ignores the more recent philosophers who have tackled his most urgent questions, thinkers such as Peirce, Nietzsche (to whom Phaedrus bears a passing resemblance), Heidegger, Whitehead, Dewey, Sartre, Wittgenstein, and Kuhn. In the end, the narrator's claims to originality turn out to be overstated, his reasoning questionable, and his understanding of the history of Western thought sketchy. His solution to a synthesis of the rational and creative by elevating Quality to a metaphysical level simply repeats the mistakes of the premodern philosophers. But in contrast to most other philosophers, Pirsig writes a compelling story. And he is a true innovator in his attempt to popularize a reconciliation of Eastern mindfulness and nonrationalism with Western subject/object dualism. The magic of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance turns out to lie not in the answers it gives, but in the questions it raises and the way it raises them. Like a cross between The Razor's Edge and Sophie's World, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance takes us into "the high country of the mind" and opens our eyes to vistas of possibility. --Brian Bruya
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Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing to inspire millions. This 25th Anniversary Quill Edition features a new introduction by the author; important typographical changes; and a Reader's Guide that includes discussion topics, an interview with the author, and letters and documents detailing how this extraordinary book came to be. A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, the book becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions of how to live. The narrator's relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning; the craft of motorcycle maintenance leads to an austerely beautiful process for reconciling science, religion, and humanism. Resonant with the confusions of existence, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is a touching and transcendent book of life.
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I CAN SEE BY MY WATCH, WITHOUT TAKING MY HAND FROM THE left grip of the cycle, that it is eight-thirty in the morning. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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I first read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance as a college senior twenty-five years ago. I remember then being frightened by how this man's determination to pursue a philosophical idea to its conclusion, even if it were against the grain of established conventions of thinking, drove him insane. I was afraid deeper study and questioning might do the same to me. I know now, however, that I'm not insane. I also know that twenty-five years ago this story of a man and his son travelling by motorcycle from Minnesota to the Pacific Ocean took deep residence in my soul.
I've been a teacher now for twenty-three years, long enough to forget some of my initial influences. But, as I read this book all these years later, I realized that my philosophical view points, examples I use to illustrate ideas with my students, what I believe the purpose of an education is, and several other bits of pedagogy and ideology originated in Pirig's story.
I highly recommend this book, maybe especially if you are unread in philosophy and would like a readable, enjoyable, and provocative entree into the history and vocabulary of philosophy.
It's a deeply moving, intellectually stiumlating story. Its devotion to story-telling and philosophical inpuiry is indeed most rare.
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It did to our narrator. But what a tale he tells! It seems that most of the reviews of this book revolve around the obvious lessons. But like Allen Bloom's "Closing of the American Mind," if you are not grounded in classic education you will wind up like me, wondering what this book is really about. The motorcycle analogy, like parables, tells a story with a hidden message that portends to be spiritual. While the meaning of our lives from an eternal perspective is danced around, it is not the central message of the tome, which I find it's weakness. I feel the author is looking for answers in the intellect, but they are only available in the soul. The quest for quality in life is a worthwhile journey that we all will account for someday, and this book will benefit all those who care to ponder the journey.
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I tried to read ZAMM years ago and didn't get past the first chapter. My mindset was impatient and I wasn't prepared to think about the issues he was raising. One of Pirsig's classic gumption traps, I guess.
Something told me to try it again, so I checked out a copy of the original edition from the library. I just finished the book and now I'm buying my own copy. Prisig is one of those rare authors who can express emotions so subtly and naturally that you actually feel them rather than just read about them. He also has a remarkable way of blending the past, the present and the deep thoughts of two distinct points of view into one smoothly flowing narrative. Just when things might start to drag he switches gears (no pun intended) and lets us all just ride along for a while.
This isn't the type of book that everyone will read straight through, or that everyone will appreciate right away. And there's really no reason to force it: Put it down, come back later, read back over the part you didn't quite get. There's no hurry. And when you finally arrive at the destination, the end of that cross-county motorcycle ride, and contemplate the remarkable ideas you've picked up along the way you'll smile, think back, and realize how much you enjoyed the trip.
-Bryan
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Dull hippie philosophy
Do you enjoy the intellectual depth that greeting cards provide? How about the careful thought that bumper stickers demonstrate? Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
It continues to be A Classic!
Below, is a review I wrote about a year ago. I re read the book over Christmas break this year, and am still astounded at how much it has to say to me as an educator and to my... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Mai 2000 von "coach_jystad"
CONTEMPLATIONS OF THE MAVERICK MYSTIC!
It would indeed be a sacrilage if one goes about talking on ZAAMM without dwelling on the cover page itself... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. März 2000 von Ajai Narendran
Everchanging and timeless
I read this book every now and then since I was 17. Every time I find new meanings, angles and metaphores. This book is different every time because you are different every time. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Februar 2000 von Angel Landeros Weisenberger
A truly meaningful book
Some readers don't get what this book is about. The main point that I took from it is that I matter; That quality is a two way street defined by the interaction between subject and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Januar 2000 von Fred Voetsch
My suggestion: Buy it now
I am 33 years old and first read this book when I was a junior at college in 1986. I majored in English and have been an avid reader for years. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
Not 5 star, more like 5 Tera-star
This book is the most impressive, encouraging, moving, inspiring book I have read thus far (I'm 31). It's not difficult. It's just big. It covers a gigantic range. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Januar 2000 von Joe Atkinson
Good, but not as good as...
The follow-up, Lila, is better. Somehow the whole aspect of undefined quality in the first book makes it hard to be sure you're understanding.
Veröffentlicht am 27. Dezember 1999 von Jennifer Kelly
Event of the Millennium? Think again.
The other night I was watching a discussion about outstanding people and events of the Second Millennium. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
Think you understand the world around you? Think again.
I'm sure that in any one persons life time an event occurs that in some way makes them view the world differently. For me this book was one of those events. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Dezember 1999 von Ian White
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