Reviews
Chatter about heroes is worth reading when you're bored. There isn't really anything particularly great about it.
It is worth reading as it contains various reflections on the victor. Is Alexander a great man or an aggressor....
However, history merely shows that humans are insidiously the worst of animals. I borrowed it from the library but bought it right away. The content isn't found in textbooks, and it is interesting.
After unconditionally accepting everything while focusing solely on success, looking at the shocking reality beneath the surface... that might be the truth....
This book is a detailed classification of geniuses. It features many heroes and geniuses we know, analyzing them from a multi-dimensional perspective and scattering them completely apart. Therefore, to fully understand them, one must piece together their scattered stories like a puzzle. While most of the narratives are negative, there are still many that acknowledge their worth. The author seems to hold a single perspective on winners: the criterion is whether they are truly replaceable. The
This book review was written after reading a book provided by the publisher. There are many people in the world whose names are known. We call them heroes or great figures. Regardless of how the titles used to refer to them change, there is an unchanging fact: in the world we humans live in, there exist people who receive more honor than ordinary people. Stories of such people are told wherever humans live, and in every era, they gain fame and receive praise. However, the irony is that a
Wolf Schneider: Manufactured Winners
*Manufactured Victors* is a history of human triumph viewed in reverse, from Columbus to Marilyn Monroe. Following his previous work *The Great Losers*, Wolf Schneider, a leading journalist and cultural history expert representing modern Germany, thoroughly dissects the lies and illusions surrounding the victors readers know in this book. Tracing figures ranging from "not-so-great celebrities" like Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great, who were extremely lucky due to their environment and chance, to "great celebrities" like Nelson and Nietzsche, who paid a heavy price for disease and madness, he sheds new light on the historical light and shadow hidden behind these figures. Candid personal assessments and impressive anecdotes of great men that overturn conventional historical facts add vividness to the narrative.
Korean title: 만들어진 승리자들
Korean author: 볼프 슈나이더
Korean publisher: 을유문화사
ISBN-13: 9788932471754
Reviews
Chatter about heroes is worth reading when you're bored. There isn't really anything particularly great about it.
It is worth reading as it contains various reflections on the victor. Is Alexander a great man or an aggressor....
However, history merely shows that humans are insidiously the worst of animals. I borrowed it from the library but bought it right away. The content isn't found in textbooks, and it is interesting.
After unconditionally accepting everything while focusing solely on success, looking at the shocking reality beneath the surface... that might be the truth....
This book is a detailed classification of geniuses. It features many heroes and geniuses we know, analyzing them from a multi-dimensional perspective and scattering them completely apart. Therefore, to fully understand them, one must piece together their scattered stories like a puzzle. While most of the narratives are negative, there are still many that acknowledge their worth. The author seems to hold a single perspective on winners: the criterion is whether they are truly replaceable. The
This book review was written after reading a book provided by the publisher. There are many people in the world whose names are known. We call them heroes or great figures. Regardless of how the titles used to refer to them change, there is an unchanging fact: in the world we humans live in, there exist people who receive more honor than ordinary people. Stories of such people are told wherever humans live, and in every era, they gain fame and receive praise. However, the irony is that a
