The Needs of StrangersThis thought provoking book uncovers a crisis in the political imagination, a wide-spread failure to provide the passionate sense of community "in which our need for belonging can be met." Seeking the answers to fundamental questions, Michael Ignatieff writes vividly both about ideas and about the people who tried to live by them from Augustine to Bosch, from Rosseau to Simone Weil. Incisive and moving, "The Needs of Strangers" returns philosophy to its proper place, as a guide to the art of being human. |
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Page 53
... , no community that can stand behind to enforce his claim of need . Lear learns too late that it is power and violence that rule the heath , not obligation . 2. BODY AND SPIRIT It is yearning that makes the THE NATURAL AND THE SOCIAL . 53.
... , no community that can stand behind to enforce his claim of need . Lear learns too late that it is power and violence that rule the heath , not obligation . 2. BODY AND SPIRIT It is yearning that makes the THE NATURAL AND THE SOCIAL . 53.
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... stands in a double relation to need . It is our ' hour of need ' , the time when we are most dependent on the ... stand back from these Christian mystics , painters and saints , and ask ourselves these questions about the needs of ...
... stands in a double relation to need . It is our ' hour of need ' , the time when we are most dependent on the ... stand back from these Christian mystics , painters and saints , and ask ourselves these questions about the needs of ...
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... stand for justice - for the idea that private preferences should not result in harm to others but if it stands for more than justice , it will jeopardize the freedom of individuals to choose their needs as they see fit . - - This is the ...
... stand for justice - for the idea that private preferences should not result in harm to others but if it stands for more than justice , it will jeopardize the freedom of individuals to choose their needs as they see fit . - - This is the ...
Contents
Tragedy and Utopia | 7 |
THE NATURAL AND THE SOCIAL | 25 |
THE BODY AND THE SPIRIT | 100 |
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The Needs of Strangers: An Essay on Privacy, Solidarity, and the Politics of ... Michael Ignatieff No preview available - 1986 |
The Needs of Strangers: An Essay on Privacy, Solidarity, and the Politics of ... Michael Ignatieff No preview available - 1986 |
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