The Holocaust and attempts to deny it, racism, murder, the case of Mary Bell. How can we include these and countless other examples of evil within our vision of a common humanity? These painful human incongruities are precisely what Raimond Gaita boldly harmonizes in his powerful new book, A Common Humanity.
Hatred with forgiveness, evil with love, suffering with compassion, and the mundane with the precious. Gaita asserts that our conception of humanity cannot be based upon the empty language of individual rights when it is our shared feelings of grief, hope, love, guilt, shame and remorse that offer a more potent foundation for common understanding. Drawing on the work of Hannah Arendt, Simon Weil, Primo Levi, George Orwell, Iris Murdoch and Sigmund Freud, Gaita creates a beautifully written and provocative new picture of our common humanity.
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Softcover. Zustand: As New. A Common Humanity: Thinking about Love and Truth and Justice; Raimond Gaita; Routledge; 2002; Softcover, ISBN: 978-0415241144, 5.1 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches, 336 pages. This is the First Paperback Edition. BOOKSELLER SINCE 1968. LIKE NEW condition -Appears never opened and never read, no crease in spine, no markings noticed, see photos. A Common Humanity: Thinking about Love and Truth and Justice by Raimond Gaita is a deep exploration into the nature of our shared human experience. Gaita posits that our commonality is rooted in our capacity for love, truth, and justice. He explores love as a transformative emotion. Truth, for Gaita, is linked with moral responsibility. Justice is viewed as a shared societal obligation. These concepts aren?t portrayed as abstract but deeply embedded in human life. Gaita argues that acknowledging these shared values can promote social cohesion and understanding. His arguments offer fresh perspectives on traditional philosophical debates. Drawing on the work of Hannah Arendt, Simon Weil, Primo Levi, George Orwell, Iris Murdoch and Sigmund Freud, Gaita creates a beautifully written and provocative new picture of our common humanity. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GYA0014
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