Ill Fares The Land: A Treatise On Our Present Discontents

Judt, Professor Tony

ISBN 10: 0718191412 ISBN 13: 9780718191412

Verlag: Penguin, 2011

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Críticas:

Sinewy analysis and supple prose, as clear and refreshing as a mountain stream (Christopher Silvester Telegraph)

One of the most remarkable books on politics to have appeared for a very long time (John Gray Literary Review)

Elegant, courageous and deeply humane (Dominic Sandbrook Sunday Times)

Reseña del editor:

'Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay' - Oliver Goldsmith

Something is profoundly wrong with the way we live today. For thirty years we have made a virtue out of the pursuit of material self-interest: indeed, this very pursuit now constitutes whatever remains of our sense of shared purpose. But we have forgotten how to think about the life we live together: its goals and purposes. We are now not only post-ideological; we have become post-ethical. We have lost touch with the old questions that have defined politics since the Greeks: is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it right? Will it help bring about a better society? A better world? The social contract that defined postwar life in Europe and America - the guarantee of security, stability and fairness - is no longer assured; in fact, it's no longer part of collective conversation.

In this exceptional short book, Tony Judt reveals how we have arrived at our present dangerously confused moment and masterfully crystallizes our great unease, showing how we might yet think ourselves out of it. If we are to replace fear with confidence then we need a different story to tell, about state and society alike: a story that carries moral and political conviction. Providing that story is the purpose of this book.

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• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0718191412
• ISBN 13: 9780718191412
• Einband: Rústica
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256