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Examines Shakespeare, Saint Augustine, Pascal, Hume, Rousseau, and Bosch to determine the central ideas involving community, democracy, and justice

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"Ignatieff has invoked the understanding, the wisdom, and the eloquence of some of the seminal thinkers in the Western tradition to help revive a sense of what we are or should be talking about when we talk about the needs of strangers."--Merle Rubin, "Christian Science Monitor"
"A very eloquent meditation . . . on what we need to be human and how in our society those 'with resources and those in need remain strangers to each other.'"--Des Christy, "The Guardian" (London)
"Unusual, beautifully written and profoundly thoughtful."--Bernard Crick, " New Statesman"
"Ignatieff writes in urgent prose that even, at times, sounds a little evangelistic; and he will convince many people, in highly readable fashion, that the ideas being discussed really matter, that they are important to argue over; and that passion is admirable, because they do, and they are."--Salman Rushdie, "Manchester Guardian Weekly"""

Ignatieff has invoked the understanding, the wisdom, and the eloquence of some of the seminal thinkers in the Western tradition to help revive a sense of what we are or should be talking about when we talk about the needs of strangers. "Merle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor"

A very eloquent meditation . . . on what we need to be human and how in our society those 'with resources and those in need remain strangers to each other.' "Des Christy, The Guardian (London)"

Unusual, beautifully written and profoundly thoughtful. "Bernard Crick, New Statesman"

Ignatieff writes in urgent prose that even, at times, sounds a little evangelistic; and he will convince many people, in highly readable fashion, that the ideas being discussed really matter, that they are important to argue over; and that passion is admirable, because they do, and they are. "Salman Rushdie, Manchester Guardian Weekly""

"Ignatieff has invoked the understanding, the wisdom, and the eloquence of some of the seminal thinkers in the Western tradition to help revive a sense of what we are or should be talking about when we talk about the needs of strangers." --Merle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor

"A very eloquent meditation . . . on what we need to be human and how in our society those 'with resources and those in need remain strangers to each other.'" --Des Christy, The Guardian (London)

"Unusual, beautifully written and profoundly thoughtful." --Bernard Crick, New Statesman

"Ignatieff writes in urgent prose that even, at times, sounds a little evangelistic; and he will convince many people, in highly readable fashion, that the ideas being discussed really matter, that they are important to argue over; and that passion is admirable, because they do, and they are." --Salman Rushdie, Manchester Guardian Weekly

About the Author:
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.

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  • PublisherPenguin
  • Publication date1986
  • ISBN 10 0140086811
  • ISBN 13 9780140086812
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages160
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