The Needs of Strangers : On Solidarity and the Politics of Being Human Paperback / softback
by Michael Ignatieff
Paperback / softback
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Reissue of a profound exploration of the concept of human need by the esteemed author of On ConsolationWhat 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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:Pushkin Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2023
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- ISBN:9781782279082
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:Pushkin Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781782279082