A Modest Proposal: A Plan for the Golden Years - Couverture souple

Debray, Regis

 
9781933633039: A Modest Proposal: A Plan for the Golden Years
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1933633034 ISBN 13 : 9781933633039
Editeur : Melville House Pub, 2006

Synopsis

Unusual book

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In this scathingly funny satire, one of France’s leading philosophers observes that modern society is burdened by numerous questions of how to care for the elderly. How to pay for their staggering medical bills? How to ensure their conscientious treatment? How to simply house them all? It’s more than the resources of our culture can handle, says Régis Debray—and it’s making life difficult for everyone else. So, he makes a “modest proposal”....

In the great tradition of the irreverent satires of Jonathan Swift, Debray outlines a plan so devilish and absurd that the only response is laughter. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, he declares an end to all the world’s problems if we would only do this one little thing—something a corrupt culture may already be doing anyway.

Biographie de l'auteur

French philosopher Régis Debray, author of the classic rebel primer Revolution in the Revolution, first gained fame when he was captured with Che Guevara in 1967, and was only released after the intervention of Charles de Gaulle. He subsequently was an advisor to the French President Francois Mitterand, and has written numerous books on philosophy, politics, and art criticism.

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Éditeur
Melville House Pub
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1933633034
ISBN 13 
9781933633039
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
92
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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