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The Lesser Evil by Michael Ignatieff
Category: History
In the age of terrorism Michael Ignatieff argues that we must not shrink from the use of violence. But its use - in a liberal democracy - must be measured.
The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror by Michael Ignatieff
Category: History
Must we fight terrorism with terror and torture with torture? Must we sacrifice civil liberty to protect public safety? In the age of terrorism Michael Ignatieff argues that we must not shrink from the use of violence. But its use - in a liberal democracy - must be measured. And we must not fool ourselv ...Show more
The Needs of Strangers by Michael Ignatieff
Category: Culture
What do we need in order to survive?Whose needs do we have a right to speak for?Which needs can be satisfied through political actions, and which cannot?To answer these vital questions, Michael Ignatieff returns to the ancient languages of religion, art, and tragedy--and to important texts by Shakespear ...Show more
The Needs of Strangers: On solidarity and the politics of being human by Michael Ignatieff
Category: Reference
This brilliant and penetrating 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 th ...Show more
The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Michael Ignatieff
Category: Philosophy and Religion
What moral values do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are our values converging or diverging? In particular, are human rights becoming a global ethic? These were the questions that led Michael Ignatieff to embark on a three-year, eight-nation journey in searc ...Show more
The Ordinary Virtues - Moral Order in a Divided World by Michael Ignatieff
Category: Philosophy and Religion
Winner of the Zócalo Book Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Combines powerful moral arguments with superb storytelling." --New Statesman What moral values do we hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are the things we value converging or diverging? These twin ...Show more
The Russian Album by Michael Ignatieff
Category: History
Reissue of this sweeping, poignant account of generations of the author's Russian family: a story of revolution, exile and the search for roots'A vividly fascinating account by a gifted writer who sweeps back the curtain from the past, revealing it full of color and life.' New York Times Book Review'Thi ...Show more
The Warrior's Honor - Ethnic War and the Modern Conscience by Michael Ignatieff
Category: History
"Since the early 1990s, Michael Ignatieff has traveled the world's war zoes, from Bosnia to the West Bank, from Afghanistan to central Africa. In THE WARRIOR'S HONOUR Ignatieff charts the rise of the new moral interventionists - the aid workers, reporters, peacekeepers, Red Cross delegates, and diplomat ...Show more
Virtual War by Michael Ignatieff
Category: unmapped
This text looks at the way the war in Kosovo was fought. Kosovo was a virtual war, fought by pilots at 15,000 feet, commanded by Generals whose only view of the battle was through their pilot's bombing sights, and reported by opposing media with competing versions of collateral damage stories.