The English title of this book is "On Bullshit". In British and American countries, although the word "Bullshit" is used by everyone, it is still a dirty word. If it is published in newspapers and magazines, it is often reprinted as "bull****". In the English dictionary, "Bull" means "big and fat", corresponding to our bragging, "shit" may be translated as shit, so "Bullshit" seems to be literally translated as "bad fake big empty", but this Losing the hearty feeling conveyed by the original text, the Taiwanese translation is titled Fart!"Shortcut to Fame and Fortune", although it is very enjoyable, it may also sacrifice the ironic artistic conception of the original book's philosophy of being calm and in command.According to the gist of the author Frankfurt's exposition, it has a deeper meaning. Fortunately, when he was in a dilemma, he got the guidance of the master of word collection and named it.

About content: Frankfurt is here, and the beginning is a conclusion: In our culture, one of the most prominent features is that too many people are "bullshit".Although bullshit is everywhere, there is no theory or theory to analyze it. His main purpose is not to provide a theoretical model to analyze bullshit, but to explore why today's society is full of insincere bullshit.In the article, the author uses a philosophical dialectical method to make a clear distinction between "bullshit" and "lying".Nonsense is not lying, but it is the greatest enemy of truth.For the liar knows what is true, but he speaks a lie.And nonsense people care neither about what is true nor what is false, but only their own interests.This attitude that makes no difference regardless of the truth is the essence of bullshit.In the book, Frankfurt pointed the finger at today's society. He pointed out that the reason why bullshit is flooding our society is not unrelated to various distortions in contemporary democratic society and market economy. It has contributed to the expansion of bullshit, especially in politics, morality In the key areas of distribution of rights and interests, such as religion and religion, it is difficult to distinguish authenticity, and the pursuit of authenticity is risky and troublesome.Prevaricating, perfunctory, distorting, and misleading by relying on nonsense has become an expedient measure, and it has become a mainstream trend.

This book was born out of a lecture script written by Professor Frankfurt, an emeritus professor at Princeton University and the former head of the Department of Philosophy. In 2005, under the repeated urging of students and editors, it was published as a volume with an eye-catching title: On Bullshit (Chinese translation).Unexpectedly, this "Philosophical Essay" with only more than 10,000 words was a bestseller, and the response was surprisingly enthusiastic. It has been on the top ten best-selling books of non-fiction in the United States for dozens of weeks, and has been translated into nearly 30 languages. Different characters have become a miracle in the history of publishing.