18 Nissan Tourist 4.0XE Middle East Edition Japanese off-road leader

18 Nissan 4.0XE current car to the store! The standard special price of the current car is 48X yuan. At present, the vehicle closes the ticket, the commodity inspection is complete, the procedures are formal, and the car can be picked up at any time. The national car purchase can be paid in installments.

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The 18 Nissan 4.0XE Middle East Edition creates a king to control the passion, and its body size is the advantage, the length, width and height are 5140/1995/1955, 3075. The size of the old enemy is 5095/1975/1930, 2850. You can see that the whole is larger than the cool road, and the square outline makes the account data become a real huge. Compared with the compact and medium-sized, it is not a huge mammoth compared with Asian elephants and African elephants. Its body is definitely big enough, and it can definitely be called a big guy, especially with a length of nearly 5.2 meters, which will make you feel condescending.

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2018 Middle East version 4.0XE configuration: 7-speed, two, ramp assist system, 18 wheels, multi-road off-road mode selection, pedal, electric adjustment, front, rear, multi-function button steering wheel, smart card, keyless entry, one-button start, fabric seat, refrigerator, dual-zone automatic air conditioning, limited slip differential.

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 Interior: 2018 Nissan, the interior is both comfortable and functional. It is still a three-row model, and the interior materials are more elegant, using leather, aluminum and wood grain splines as embellishments. The 2018 4.0 is very helpful for off-road enthusiasts to travel long distances, wear sand and cross. Think about what it would be like to drive such a big guy in the car water Ma Long. With its strong off-road ability, good maintainability and vast modification space, it has won the favor of off-road enthusiasts.   

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Power-wise: The 2018 Nissan 4.0 is naturally aspirated in the power-wise V6. This one uses DIG and has VVEL continuous variable lift control technology and C-VTC continuous variable timing control system. It is 293kW (398Ps)/5800rpm, reaching 555Nm/4000rpm. As a model, it is definitely big enough. The shape of the new Y62 can definitely be called the most prominent model in China. Think about what it will be like to drive such a big guy in the car water Ma Long.

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Andy Lau tied up female fans to perform magic tricks and was interviewed to talk about the true state of marriage (Photos)


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  At 5:40 last night, the excited Andy Lau gave an interview to the reporter. When it came to the upcoming solo concert in Shenyang, Andy Lau was full of anticipation: "I hope I can chat with you on the spot."


  This year is Andy Lau’s natal year, and attentive fans have woven a red bracelet and put it on Andy’s right wrist in the hope that their idol will be happy and safe. However, despite years of rumors that he is married and even has an almost adult son, Andy Lau’s true marital status has always been a mystery.


  Liaoshen Evening News: When you were on stage just now, Ando and Hei Zai called you "Mom", but once you suddenly called yourself "Dad". In real life, do you really have the identity of "Dad"?


  Andy Lau: That’s just wrong. I don’t know why everyone talks about me like that. If I get married, if I have a son, I will definitely not lie to you, and I will definitely let my fans know.


  Liaoshen Evening News: Would you quit the entertainment industry if you got married?


  Andy Lau: I haven’t considered quitting yet. If I’m married and need me to quit, then I’ll quit. But even if I quit, my "Andy World" will still exist.


  Liaoshen Evening News: Last year, many "old people" in the entertainment industry got married. Do you have any wedding plans? Are you worried that you will be abandoned by fans after getting married?


  Andy Lau: There are no plans yet, nor have there been any concerns in this regard.


  Liaoshen Evening News: Your magic performance today is very good. Liu Qian said in an interview in Shanghai a few days ago that you and Jay Chou are both his apprentices. Have you officially worshipped Liu Qian as a teacher? How is your cooperation plan with Jay Chou going?


  Andy Lau: Liu Qian did teach me magic tricks on a show he hosted, and I was playing poker at that time. The script for Jay Chou’s "The Magician" has not yet been finalized, and the cooperation will not be determined until at least a year later.


  Liaoshen Evening News: You once said that you were going to be a director in two years. How are you preparing now? Will you act by yourself then?


  Andy Lau: My career as a director is still being planned. I may not have any actors willing to act as a director, so I guess I can only act by myself…


  Liaoshen Evening News: How do you feel about facing so many fans today?


  Andy Lau: I am very touched that everyone likes me and has supported me for so many years.


  Liaoshen Evening News: When communicating with female fans today, you said that you hope she will get married as soon as possible. Before singing "Love You for 10,000 Years", you said that you don’t want to delay everyone’s youth.


  Andy Lau: I want to teach them how to face life. I believe that the power of the masses is great. During the earthquake relief, one of my fans who is a doctor rushed to the front line of disaster relief to treat patients and save people, which is very touching. I hope that "Andy World" can gather a group of people to do charity, and my fans will also go in the direction of charity in the future.


  Liaoshen Evening News: The outside world said that you will co-produce a love movie with Gillian?


  Andy Lau: I don’t know about this yet. I had dinner with Mr. Yang to discuss the script, and Ah SA didn’t tell me about working with Gillian.


  Liaoshen Evening News: Do you support Gillian’s comeback?


  Andy Lau: Yes. But every time I am asked this question, I feel very sad. I don’t know how she will go in the future. If she wants to come back, we will wait quietly for her to come back. If she doesn’t come back, it’s really sad.

Editor in charge: Li Xiuwei

Yang Mi makes his Cannes debut, Fan Ye and Zhou Xun compete for "China Night"


Fan BingbingThe "Chinese Film Night" to be held in Cannes in 2012 is bound to win the audience again 


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    Movie Network News(Text/Cannes Film Festival News Team) The most eye-catching event during the Cannes International Film Festival every year is the "Chinese Film Night" organized by the Film Channel. The most Chinese programs and the latest Chinese blockbusters will be featured here, and of course the hottest stars. In 2012, on May 17, French time, Zhou Xun, Fan Bingbing, Yang Mi and others will all appear at the "Chinese Film Night", and the three female stars will compete for beauty. In addition, Jackie Chan, Tong Dawei, Fei Xiang, Chen Yanxi, Gu Changwei and other stars will come to help.

    Fan Ye, who is already a regular visitor to Cannes, will also appear in this beautiful seaside town in 2012. In 2011, she surprised the audience with a purple dress. Fan Bingbing, who has become more and more international, has cooperated with the movie channel for many years. After hearing that the movie channel will hold "China Night", she immediately decided to come to help. Another A-list actress, Zhou Xun, will also appear at the event that night to promote Chinese movies to the world.


Feng Shaofeng and Yang Mi will make their debut at Cannes with Painted Skin 2, attending the "Chinese Film Night"


"Feng Mi" is styled in "Painted Skin 2"


"Painted Skin 2" heroine Zhou Xun will fight with "Fan Ye"


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    The popular Yang Mi will make her debut at the Cannes International Film Festival, which is bound to cause a frenzy. On the evening of May 17, she will appear with Feng Shaofeng at the "Chinese Film Night" to uncover the mystery. As the most famous Chinese martial arts star overseas, Jackie Chan’s appearance will also set off a climax of the event. He will also bring his apprentice Qi Xiaofu to present a wonderful program for the audience.

    China’s domestic film market is booming, the annual box office has exceeded 13.10 billion yuan, and Chinese films are increasingly attracting the attention of the world. During this trip to Cannes, many Chinese stars will attend the "China Film Night" event organized by the Film Channel to introduce Chinese films to the world and promote Chinese films.

Next page More wonderful pictures of previous "Chinese Movie Night"

Volvo S60 domestic pre-sale price exposure from 288,000 yuan.

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    It will be officially launched in China tonight. Recently, a dealer revealed the pre-sale price of this model in China. (|) Six models will be launched.The pre-sale price range is 288,000-529,800 yuan.. Equipped with 2.0T and 3.0T engines respectively, Volvo S60 will be imported into China, which is far lower than the media’s previous expectations from the pre-sale price. See the following table for the price of specific models:

Volvo S60 model Official guide price (ten thousand yuan) 2.0T Zhishang Edition 28.80 2.0T Comfort Edition 30.50 2.0T Zia Edition 33.98 2.0T Zhizun Edition 36.98 3.0 T6 Zia Edition 42.98 3.0 T6 Zhizun Edition 52.98 Aika Auto Network Tabulation www.xcar.com.cn 

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    In terms of power unit, import domestic Volvo S60 in advance.T6 engine and 2.0GTDi engineThe T6 engine has a displacement of 3.0 liters, a maximum output power of 304 HP and a maximum torque of not less than 440Nm. And inS60 2.0TIn fact, it is equipped with a combination of GTDi in-cylinder direct injection gasoline turbocharged engine and Powershift six-speed powershift. Its maximum power and torque are 203 HP and 300Nm respectively, and the acceleration score of manual vehicles is 7.7 seconds.

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    Security configurationThe new car comes standard with 6 airbags, tire pressure monitoring, ESP body stability system, brake assist, seat belt unfastened reminder, City Safety urban safety system, active steering xenon headlights and daytime running lights, among which the top model is equipped with ACC adaptive cruise, automatic braking pedestrian collision warning, more deviation of the channel and driver drowsiness reminder.

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    It is worth mentioning thatThe new Volvo S60 comes standard with the new City Safty function, which can effectively prevent vehicles from colliding when driving at low speed in the city (within 30 kilometers per hour). At the same time, S60 is equipped with a brand-new pedestrian detection system, which detects moving or stationary pedestrians through sensors to avoid collision with pedestrians. This function can work normally within 35 km/h..

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    Other aspects of comfort configurationThe new Volvo S60 comes standard with electric leather sports electric heating seat (the driver’s seat has memory function), automatic dual-zone air conditioning, electric heating automatic folding rearview mirror, multi-function steering wheel, DVD player, central display and GPS navigation.

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    Editor’s comment:Previously, the media expected that the starting price of Volvo S60 might be around 320,000 yuan. After all, this is an imported model with a starting power of 2.0T. In the end, Volvo may give us a big surprise. The price of 288,000 yuan is already very attractive for S60. We should know that the starting price of the domestic (|) 2.0T model with good cost performance is also 309,800 yuan.

 


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    Extended reading:Let the tiger go back to the mountain! Volvo Future China Strategy Release

    2011-02-25 In Beijing, China, Volvo Car Corporation announced and launched its development strategy in China in the next five years, includingEstablish two production bases in China, Chengdu and Daqing, and Shanghai headquarters base, and achieve the goal of 200,000 vehicle sales and 20% luxury car market share in China in 2015..

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    For the future development of Volvo in China, especially how to deal with the relationship between Geely and Volvo in China, I think these are all of your interests.On this issue, Aika Automobile also interviewed Mr. Li Shufu, the global chairman of Volvo Car Company.He said: We will continue to strictly implement "Geely is Geely and Volvo is Volvo ".. After brainstorming, careful study and extensive argumentation, we have worked out a very correct business strategy for China.The next task is to release the tiger to the mountains, restore Volvo cars to their former glory as soon as possible, further enhance its tradition of "Nordic design, global luxury brand" and adhere to its core concept of "safety, low-key and high-grade".

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 Mr. Li Shufu, Global Chairman of Volvo Car Company

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    Mr. Li Shufu, Global Chairman of Volvo Car Company, Mr. Stefan Jacoby, Global President and CEO of Volvo Car Company, Mr. Freeman Shen, Global Senior Vice President and Chairman of China District of Volvo Car Company, and all senior executives of China District of Volvo Car Group attended the conference.

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    Mr Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO of Volvo Cars Worldwide, announced that the board of directors and global management of Volvo Cars approved the Chengdu base and supported the implementation of the Daqing base, but ultimately it needed the approval of the China government. At the same time, Volvo Car Company decided to speed up the construction of Shanghai headquarters and China technology center.

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Mr. Stephen Jacobs, President and CEO of Volvo Cars

    Mr. Li Shufu, the global chairman of Volvo Car Company, said: "I and other members of the board of directors are very satisfied with the work achievements made by Mr. Jacob, the global management and all Volvo employees in the past few months. Now we have formulated the development strategy for such a vital market as China, and the European and American markets have made a very good start this year. Now it is time for us to act."

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Group photo of guests at Volvo Car China Strategy Conference.

    Mr. Jacob said: "China is the second domestic market for Volvo cars, which plays a vital role in the success of Volvo cars. After the successful delivery on August 2, 2010, Volvo Cars immediately launched extensive investigation and research to formulate the development strategy of Volvo Cars in China in the next five years. Our goal is to reach 200,000 units sales and 20% market share of China luxury car market in 2015. "

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Mr. Freeman Shen, Senior Vice President of Volvo Cars and Chairman of China District.

    In order to implement the China strategy, a brand-new organizational structure of China was also announced. Mr. Freeman Shen is the global senior vice president and chairman of Volvo Car Group in China; Mr. Tong Zhiyuan is the CEO of China District; Mr. Wang Zhaoxing served as President of China District; Mr. Lars Danielsson is the vice president in charge of production and quality control in China; Richard Snijders is the President and CEO of China Sales Company of Volvo Car Group. Volvo Car’s business structure in China has grown from a national sales company to a full-featured business group, with business scope ranging from product development, manufacturing, quality control, procurement, sales, marketing and customer service to investor relations, finance, law, human resources and public affairs.

"The news knew" that the latest judgment on the weather on New Year’s Eve came; Summary of opening hours of Hangzhou stadiums during the Spring Festival; A number of courier companies announced that t

Today is Saturday, February 3rd, 2024.
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② Four docks, such as Wulinmen Wharf, can go up and down for free with the bracelet!
In addition to the special dragon boat, there are also interesting activities such as Dragon Drum Opening Year and Long Lin Sign-in at Wulinmen and Native Products Wharf, with three different seals, which can be exchanged for unique Chinese New Year gifts after completing the stamp collection and punching.
(3) Eighteen literary and art workers in Zhejiang Province were commended.
The Second Commendation Meeting of Young and Middle-aged Writers and Artists in Zhejiang Province was held in Hangzhou.
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Spring Festival travel rush return train tickets are being robbed! Pay attention to this information when traveling.
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Gao Weidong, the former chairman of Maotai, was sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes of more than 110 million yuan.
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The earliest beauty of spring flowers! Come to Zhongshan Park to watch the Spring Festival.

In order to enrich the cultural life of citizens and tourists and set off the festive atmosphere, Zhongshan Park will hold a series of cultural activities for the Spring Festival. The flower shows in Tanghuawu and Huifang Garden will open to welcome guests, and citizens can also enjoy the earliest beautiful spring flowers in the dead of winter.

A traditional flower boutique exhibition with the theme of "Longteng Shengshi" has met with citizens and tourists in Tanghuawu. More than 70 varieties and more than 1,000 pots of various flowers and plants appear at the same time, and visitors can enjoy the unique charm of spring flowers and winter appreciation.

It is reported that in addition to the special flowers for controlling the flowering period in the park, such as plum blossom, peach blossom, rhododendron, bauhinia and Xifu begonia, there are also festive flowers such as Zhu Dinghong, Cymbidium grandiflorum, giant pumpkin, North American holly and autumn fruit-viewing plants, which are matched with foliage-viewing plants such as dragon’s blood tree and bird’s nest fern, so that visitors can see the four-season flowers with different shapes and charms at one time. In addition, in recent years, the newly cultivated and trial-produced wisteria and Jiexiang in Zhongshan Park will achieve the best display effect, providing different flower viewing experiences for citizens and tourists.

During the Spring Festival, in the quaint and elegant Huifang Garden, the "Four Seasons Fragrance" Beijing Celebrity Orchid and Chunlan Exhibition also welcomes citizens and tourists. More than 90 kinds and more than 200 pots of famous orchids, such as Chunlan and Chunjian, cultivated in Zhongshan Park are exhibited in the exhibition.

Orchids are elegant and fragrant, and Zhongshan Park has a long history of orchid cultivation and a unique orchid culture. Here, citizens and tourists can enjoy the famous orchids such as Haiyan Qi Fei, Hutoulan with Red Tongue, Chunlan, Longzi, Wangzi and Satisfied with Sumei.

In addition, in order to create a "prosperous New Year" flavor, Zhongshan Park has set up five landscape sketches outside Sanmen District and Xitan Gate. In the south gate, the theme scene of "Holding Yang and Ningrui" takes the IP "rumbling" of the Year of the Dragon as the main body of the installation, and combines traditional sectors, lanterns, windmills and other elements to set off a auspicious and peaceful atmosphere of the New Year. The auspicious theme of the Year of the Dragon in the East Gate and the theme of "Happy Plum Blossoms" and "Long Life" in the West Gate are mixed with various traditional China elements, expressing the beautiful New Year wishes to tourists.

Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Ren Shan Cheng Gong

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Mai gentile: We should distinguish what is of real value to our life and prosperity.

Ethics in the Conflict of Modernity is a book published by the famous ethicist Mai gentile in the late nineties, which is an authoritative exposition of his philosophical thoughts. In this book, Mai gentile thinks that although the modern welfare state has made up for the disadvantages of capitalism to some extent and improved the living standards of most people, it has not fundamentally eliminated the greater disadvantages of capitalism, which often makes people tired and go astray in satisfying their desires, making it difficult to fully balance their interests and maintain a real cooperative life. Mai gentile hopes that people can think and study these problems, understand their social life, know how to negotiate and make correct moral choices, and become practical rationalists.

In this night when countless people revel in consumption, we hope that more people can understand the call of Mai gentile, examine their own desires and pursue a truly happy life.

Mai gentile

Mai gentile: Modernity Suitable for Modern Moral Existence

What is the subject’s desire? How are these desires felt and expressed? How are they related to the subject’s practical reasoning? These problems have changed within the social and cultural order and between different social and cultural orders. Biological needs can be constant, but the objects to satisfy desires will be very different. In Edo in the 19th century, people ate sashimi to satisfy their appetite. In Bologna in the 19th century, people’s appetite was satisfied with salsa sauce. Today, Londoners, who have gained the advantages of many families, also appreciate these two delicacies. But no matter in the past or now, the way people learn to eat at the beginning of their growth will change greatly later. Other needs and demands will also undergo the same transformation. In different social and cultural order, people’s ways to meet their needs and demands run through all kinds of life, with different family and professional roles and corresponding goals, aspirations and hopes. As we mentioned earlier, our desires are always closely linked with our emotions, habits and beliefs, which show different forms in different lifestyles. If we want to understand what is the legitimate reason of desire, we must explore the various functions of desire in those lifestyles, which have the characteristics of the social order and cultural order in which we live, and this is the social order and cultural order of modernity. In this quest, we can mainly consider some obvious problems. Opportunities and hopes, security and poverty, regrets and lamentations, aspirations and other issues all show unique modern forms.These problems come from the continuous transformation of work and are the result of the development of economic modernity since the 18th century.

We start with the question of opportunity and hope. The social and cultural order of modernity, no matter what its form, is the result of long-term economic growth and technological innovation. This long-term nature seems to be indefinite, while the growth is sometimes slow, sometimes fast, sometimes continuous, sometimes disrupted, sometimes deliberately shaped, but in more cases it is unplanned. This growth often provides new types of jobs, sometimes provides people with new opportunities to become managers and professionals, and sometimes brings rich returns to those who can dominate others’ work and occupy their surplus labor value, which often makes workers tolerate the slow growth of wages. As a result, a new system has emerged and the old system has been transformed, and perhaps the most obvious result is that schools have become places to train children and teenagers into labor. In these changes, new types of inequality, new forms of class differentiation, new contradictions and struggles, and new goals of desire and ambition have emerged. We only consider three examples of different types of desire subjects. First, workers in the 19th and 20th centuries were generally employed in mills and factories. These workers are realistic. They mainly want to improve their lives and those of their families. They never want to leave the working class. Secondly, the contemporaries who pursued social and economic success (regardless of social background) had skills, imagination and luck, and wanted to go up through the class system to achieve the success recognized locally at that time. Finally, there are contemporary people with money aspirations. They started from some resources and pursued unlimited wealth. The past and present are not satisfied with this statement.

The first kind of stories are about working-class individuals and families, both of which are the political backbone of the trade union movement throughout its history. Such stories often illustrate the necessity of taking collective action. The second kind of stories provide material for novelists and some sociologists, from which we can study the career structure of the bourgeoisie and see the changes of people at all levels of management, such as engineers or lawyers or newcomers in accounting becoming big coffee in this industry. The third kind of stories are sometimes fables of the rich, but they often record cases of habit addiction, which is an addiction to money. These stories all tell the experiences of some individuals, families and groups. Their life motivation comes not only from ambition and hope, but also from fear of frustration and failure, fear of long-term unemployment and poverty, fear of being unable to get rid of the painful work pressure and fear of debt burden.

With these hopes and fears in the macro sense, individuals have formed the forms of love and hate, harmony and hostility, which make their specific desires, tastes, emotions and habits diverse, such as eating this and not eating that, spending time with these people instead of those people, doing things in this way instead of that way, and being willing to stay here instead of there. Only three types of life are mentioned above, but other types of life are also obviously subject to the hopes and fears brought by capitalism and technological modernity. If all these are carefully studied, we need to describe people’s living situations in large quantities, explain how the subject makes choices in specific situations at each stage of his life, and how to weigh the various objects of desire, that is, regard the satisfaction of some desires only as a means to satisfy others, think that some desires have a high priority compared with others, and may painfully or happily re-examine some of his past choices. If these subjects can reflect on how to best balance their desires and lives, what intellectual, moral and social resources do they have?

In fact, they always lack some urgently needed resources, partly because their thought patterns reflect the characteristics of their living situation and partly because of the constraints of their living situation. Let’s talk about the latter first. The common point of their living situation is that they have changed in different degrees due to the influence of capital flow. At first, capital flow may be creative and productive, or destructive, or both. When capital flow can promote the development and application of new technologies, its role is obviously creative and productive, which will lead to new forms of work, such as iron and steel smelting industry in 18th century, German chemical industry in 19th century, or American information technology industry in 20th century. Capital flow is also very destructive. For example, people in a very mature and stable production mode find that their products have no market, so they suddenly and unexpectedly lose their jobs, have no source of life, and sometimes cut off the way out of their whole lives. However, no matter what people’s living conditions are, the key problem of individuals and their families’ desires lies in the relationship between the salary income they earn and the prices of goods and services they pay. People can’t just think about "what I or we want" or "what I or we should get", but what I or we can afford.

When answering the latter question, people need to constantly evaluate the object of their desire and compare its market value, because the market will change according to the demand. But demand is to satisfy any desire that may exist, and it is the need of self-recognition when people happen to have enough money in their pockets at a certain time and place, whether these needs are real needs or not, and whether these desires are the desires that the subject should satisfy. Economic growth requires people who are engaged in productive work to become consumers. In this way, people who provide goods and services to these consumers shape consumers’ tastes, make their products the object of consumers’ desires, and make consumers feel that anything the economy requires them to consume is their own needs. Therefore, these producers and consumers must be able to distinguish between what is of real value to their lives and prosperity and what is the value induced by the market. However, the market society makes it difficult for working-class and middle-class people to think and negotiate together, which is necessary for them to make the above distinction in their daily decision-making. Why do you see it?

To answer this question, we first need to study the conflicts that have occurred in a long and tangled history, in which there are many obstacles, but as a result, they have promoted economic growth or provided the market with necessities of life. From the protection of traditional rights in the British enclosure movement in the 17th and 18th centuries, to the hand-loom workers’ opposition to the use of mechanized looms to maintain their survival, to the radical trade unions’ actions to demand higher wages and better working conditions, and to the protests of urban community organizations and organizers in Chicago and Boston in the 20th century. Many things in this history should have left a deep impression on us. One of them is that people trapped in this kind of conflict can easily express clearly what they oppose rather than support, and can find all kinds of unjust things sharply and accurately, but they can’t clearly explain the influence and function of these unjust things on the correct understanding of the concept of justice. Therefore, in the face of this constructive and destructive change of modernity, ordinary people trapped in this conflict can rarely think and find an appropriate alternative concept about the direction that social and economic changes should take for themselves, so that they can more fully evaluate the ideas that various political movements have firmly believed since the 18th century.

The problem here is that modernity is used to expressing itself in its own terms, which makes it extremely difficult for people to think about modernity without these terms, so they never leave these terms, and these terms exclude the most needed concepts in radical criticism, making them useless. Therefore, we need to explain the distinctive institutionalized activity patterns and thinking habits in those activity patterns, which enables us to answer two different questions, one is about the specific form and deformation of desire in the context of modernity, and the other is about the way of thinking about our activities and life, which is quite different from modernity, but it is an indispensable element to understand modernity. But before trying to make this explanation, I’d like to make a cautious remark, especially for readers who resent my negative views on modernity.

As far as it has experienced a series of social and political freedom and liberation movements against autocracy and oppression, the history of modernity is indeed a real and admirable history of progress in some key aspects. As far as its great artistic and scientific achievements are concerned-from Raphael to Roscoe, or from Palestrina to Schoenberg, and from Copernicus and Galileo to Feynman and Higgs-the history of modernity is indeed a real and admirable history of progress. What I have said here and elsewhere is not meant to slander. However, this same modernity constantly produces new forms of oppressive inequality, new types of material poverty and spiritual poverty, new setbacks and new misleading of desire. There are many very different stories about modernity, all of which are true, but they all need a unique political and economic framework as the premise.

Ethics in the Conflict of Modernity: On Desire, Practical Reasoning and Narration (Watchman)

Author: Alasdair gentile.

Publication date: May 31, 2021

Press: Renmin University of China Press

Original title: "Mai gentile: We must distinguish what is of real value to our life and prosperity"

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