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The Needs of Strangers
The Needs of Strangers
Michael Ignatieff
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Author: Michael Ignatieff
ISBN: 9781782279082
Format: B-Format Paperback
Publisher: Pushkin
Reissue of a profound exploration of the concept of human need by the esteemed author of On Consolation
What does a person need, not just to survive, but to flourish? In this profound, searching book, Michael Ignatieff explores the many human needs that go beyond basic sustenance: for love, for respect, for community and consolation. In a society of strangers, how might we find a common language to express such needs?Ignatieff's lucid, penetrating enquiry takes him back to great works of philosophy, literature and art, from St. Augustine to Hieronymus Bosch to Shakespeare.
Reissued with a new preface, The Needs of Strangers builds to a moving meditation on the possibility of accommodating claims of difference within a politics based on common need.
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ISBN: 9781782279082
Format: B-Format Paperback
Publisher: Pushkin
Reissue of a profound exploration of the concept of human need by the esteemed author of On Consolation
What does a person need, not just to survive, but to flourish? In this profound, searching book, Michael Ignatieff explores the many human needs that go beyond basic sustenance: for love, for respect, for community and consolation. In a society of strangers, how might we find a common language to express such needs?Ignatieff's lucid, penetrating enquiry takes him back to great works of philosophy, literature and art, from St. Augustine to Hieronymus Bosch to Shakespeare.
Reissued with a new preface, The Needs of Strangers builds to a moving meditation on the possibility of accommodating claims of difference within a politics based on common need.
