讓世界暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向的9本書(shū)

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書(shū)是人類(lèi)最重要的資源之一,但在歷,誤導(dǎo)讀者或虛假寫(xiě)就的書(shū)屢見(jiàn)不鮮。在某種程度上,這會(huì)引起大規(guī)模的死亡、毀滅性破壞和罪惡的政府統(tǒng)治。
    Books are one of our greatest resources, but many times in history books have been written which are misleading or untrue. In some cases this has lead to widescale death and destruction and evil governmental regimes.
    這里有張書(shū)單,上面的十本書(shū)就是這一類(lèi)型,對(duì)人類(lèi)的作用弊大于利。貫穿這些書(shū)共同主線就是欺騙性。雖不是有意為之,欺騙性卻始終如一,不顧后果。
    This is a list of ten of the worst books of this type - books that have done more harm than good. The common thread in all of these books is deception - invariably not intentional, but the consequences are the same regardless.
    我已有意刪去一些更顯而易見(jiàn)的選擇,因?yàn)樗鼈儠?huì)在之后的評(píng)論中被提及。以下排名不分先后。
    I have intentionally left off some of the more obvious choices - as they will almost certainly come up in the comments. This list is in no particular order.
    《女巫之錘》
    海利奇·克拉馬,雅各布·史賓格,1486年
    上榜理由:在歐洲激起追捕女巫行動(dòng)
    《女巫之錘》是一本女巫追捕指南,判斷、逮捕并將她們徹底殲滅。這本書(shū)早于宗教改革之前問(wèn)世,在那些想要將“邪惡”驅(qū)逐出他們國(guó)家的改革者中大受歡迎。1487年至1520年間,《女巫之錘》的20個(gè)版本先后問(wèn)世,其余16個(gè)版本在1574年至1669年間出版,單單這本書(shū)掀起了幾個(gè)世紀(jì)的追捕女巫大戰(zhàn)。
    Malleus Maleficarum
    Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger, 1486  On the list because: It inflamed witch hunts across Europe
    Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witchraft) was a manual for witch hunters and judges to catch witches and stamp them out. It came out just prior to the protestant reformation and it was one of the most popular books amongst the reformers who were wanting to smash “evil” out of their countries. Between 1487 and 1520, twenty editions of the Malleus were published, and another sixteen editions were published between 1574 to 1669. This book single-handedly launched centuries of witch hunts.