Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future (Hardback, 미국판)
W. W. Norton & Company | Dan Wang- ISBN : 9781324106036
54,300원
- 《브레이크넥 : 변호사의 나라 미국과 엔지니어의 나라 중국은 어떻게 미래를 설계하는가》 영어원서
기본정보
| 출간일 | 2025-09-02 |
|---|---|
| 구성/판형 | Hardback | 288 pages |
| 크기/정보 | 166 x 414 x 25mm | 470g |
| 상품번호 | 2711068 |
실리콘밸리 최고의 중국 전문가 댄 왕은 규제와 절차에 갇혀 물리적 역동성을 잃은 미국과, 공학자 중심의 권력 구조와 절차적 지식을 바탕으로 급부상한 중국을 대비시킨다. 빠르고 과감한 의사결정과 압도적 건설·생산 역량, 그리고 그 이면에 존재하는 억압과 통제의 대가까지 균형 있게 짚으며 미·중 패권 경쟁의 본질을 파헤친다.
화려한 중국 대도시부터 시골마을, 미국 곳곳을 오가는 현장 서사는 ‘말’이 지배하는 미국과 ‘기술’이 주도하는 중국의 본질적 차이를 또렷이 드러낸다. 국가의 작동 방식과 지향점이 번영에 미치는 영향을 묻는 이 책은 미·중의 미래 설계가 오늘의 한국 사회에 던지는 함의까지 함께 성찰하게 한다.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award
An August 2025 Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book
A riveting, firsthand investigation of China’s seismic progress, its human costs, and what it means for America.
For close to a decade, technology analyst Dan Wang―“a gifted observer of contemporary China” (Ross Douthat)―has been living through the country’s astonishing, messy progress. China’s towering bridges, gleaming railways, and sprawling factories have improved economic outcomes in record time. But rapid change has also sent ripples of pain throughout the society. This reality―political repression and astonishing growth―is not a paradox, but rather a feature of China’s engineering mindset.
In Breakneck, Wang blends political, economic, and philosophical analysis with reportage to reveal a provocative new framework for understanding China―one that helps us see America more clearly, too. While China is an engineering state, relentlessly pursuing megaprojects, the United States has stalled. America has transformed into a lawyerly society, reflexively blocking everything, good and bad
Blending razor-sharp analysis with immersive storytelling, Wang offers a gripping portrait of a nation in flux. Breakneck traverses metropolises like Shanghai, Chongqing, and Shenzhen, where the engineering state has created not only dazzling infrastructure but also a sense of optimism. The book also exposes the downsides of social engineering, including the surveillance of ethnic minorities, political suppression, and the traumas of the one-child policy and zero-Covid.
In an era of animosity and mistrust, Wang unmasks the shocking similarities between the United States and China. Breakneck reveals how each country points toward a better path for the other: Chinese citizens would be better off if their government could learn to value individual liberties, while Americans would be better off if their government could learn to embrace engineering―and to produce better outcomes for the many, not just the few.
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