????這本書的名稱翻譯成中文是《歷史緒論》，書中追溯了人類的發展歷程，并努力拋棄史書中常見的偏見，揭示將人類連接在一起的通用元素。該書被認為是最重要的伊斯蘭前現代史著作。

????赫勒敦是一位著名的阿拉伯學者和偉大的思想家，被譽為現代社會學、人種學和歷史哲學領域的奠基人之一。

????原英文版的一位書評人聲稱：“毫無疑問，這部偉大的著作超越了人類歷史上任何國家、任何時間、由任何人創作的同類作品……它對人類歷史的發展進程進行了最全面、最有啟發性的分析。”

????每一年，扎克伯格雄心勃勃的新年決心都會引起關注。迄今為止，這些決心包括減肥、學說普通話等。他今年的挑戰是創建一個現代讀書俱樂部。受到扎克伯格的鼓勵，許多人加入了該俱樂部，并在Facebook上討論每一本書。

????下面是他到目前為止所選的書單：

?????《權力的終結：權力正在失去，世界如何運轉》（The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be），作者：莫伊塞斯?納伊姆

?????《人性中的善良天使》（The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined），作者：史蒂芬?平克

?????《黑幫老大的一天》（Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets），作者：素德?文卡特斯

?????《免疫：接種》（On Immunity: An Inoculation），作者：尤拉?比斯

?????《創意公司：克服阻攔靈感的隱形力量》(Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration) ，作者：埃德?卡特莫爾和艾米?華萊士

?????《科學革命的結構》（The Structure of Scientific Revolutions），作者：托馬斯?S?庫恩

?????《理性儀式：文化、協作，與常識》（Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge），作者：崔時英

?????《與中國打交道》（Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower），作者：亨利?M?保爾森

?????《奧威爾的復仇：1984 年重寫本》（Orwell’s Revenge: The 1984 Palimpsest），作者：彼得?休伯

?????《新吉姆?克勞時代：色盲時代的大規模監禁》（The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness），作者：米歇爾?亞歷山大

?????《歷史緒論》，作者：伊本?赫勒敦（財富中文網）

????譯者：劉進龍/汪皓

????審校：任文科

????The book, whose title translates to “The Introduction,” traces the progress of humanity while attempting to remove the biases captured in historical records and reveal the universal elements that connect us. It is often considered the most important Islamic history of the premodern world.

????Kaldun, a lauded Arab scholar, is credited as one of the foundational thinkers of modern sociology, ethnography, and the philosophy of history.

????One reviewer of the original English translation called it, “Undoubtedly the greatest work of its kind that has ever been created by any mind in any time or place … the most comprehensive and illuminating analysis of how human affairs work that has been made anywhere.”

????Zuckerberg is known for his high-flying annual resolutions, which have ranged from killing his own meat to learning to speak Mandarin Chinese. This year’s challenge created a modern-day book club where Zuckerberg has encouraged other’s to join along and discuss each book on Facebook.

????Here are the books he’s chosen so far:

?????“The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be,” by Moisés Naím

?????“The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined,” by Steven Pinker

?????“Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets,” by Sudhir Venkatesh

?????“On Immunity: An Inoculation,” by Eula Biss

?????“Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration,” by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace

?????“The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,” by Thomas S. Kuhn

?????“Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge,” by Michael Chwe

?????“Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower,” by Henry M. Paulson

?????“Orwell’s Revenge: The 1984 Palimpsest,” by Peter Huber

?????“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” by Michelle Alexander

?????“The Muqaddimah,” by Ibn Khaldun