The Needs of Strangers - Couverture souple

Ignatieff, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0701208643 ISBN 13 : 9780701208646

Editeur : Chatto & Windus, 1990

Synopsis

An examination of the needs of human beings from a philosophical viewpoint. The book examines the long-term failure of religions and political thought to give a sense of community which creates a society. The ideas of St Augustine, Bosch, Boswell ane Simone Weil are explored. Michael Ignatieff also wrote "A Just Measure of Pain", "Wealth and Virtue" and "A Russian Album".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

What do we need in order to survive?
Whose needs do we have a right to speak for?
Which needs can be satisfied through political actions, and which cannot?

To answer these vital questions, Michael Ignatieff returns to the ancient languages of religion, art, and tragedy—and to important texts by Shakespeare, St. Augustine, and the great writers of the Enlightenment.

Drawing on these sources, he has written an incisive, moving interpretation of community and democracy in a work that not only examines the breakdown of human solidarity but shows how it might be re-created. The Needs of Strangers restores philosophy to its proper place as a guide to the art of being human.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Ignatieff was born in Toronto in 1947 and educated at the University of Toronto and Harvard University, from which he received a Ph.D. in 1976. A journalist on the Toronto Globe and Mail from 1965 to 1968, a professor of history at the University of British Columbia from 1976 to 1978, and Senior Research Fellow at King's College, Cambridge, from 1978 to 1984, he is also author of A Just Measure of Pain and co-author of Wealth and Virtue: The Shaping of Political Economy in the Scottish Enlightenment. Mr Ignatieff lives in London with his wife and son.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chatto & Windus
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0701208643
• ISBN 13: 9780701208646
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible