The Needs of Strangers: On Solidarity and the Politics of Being Human (Paperback)
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The Needs of Strangers: On Solidarity and the Politics of Being Human (Paperback)

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Paperback 176 Pages
Published: 31/08/2023
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Reissue of a profound exploration of the concept of human need by the esteemed author of On Consolation What 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.

Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 9781782279082
Number of pages: 176
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm


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'Michael Ignatieff writes an urgent prose... he will convince people, in highly readable fashion, that the ideas he discusses really matter' - Salman Rushdie

'Beautifully written and profoundly thoughtful' - New Statesman

'Elegant meditations on human need' - New Republic

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