Description: Ill Fares The LandA Treatise On Our Present Discontents Author(s): Tony Judt Format: Paperback Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-13: 9780718191412, 978-0718191412 Synopsis '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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Book Title: Ill Fares The Land
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Ill Fares the Land: a Treatise on Our Present Discontents
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Item Height: 198 mm
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 191 g
Subject Area: Physical Education
Author: Professor Tony Judt
Item Width: 129 mm
Format: Paperback
