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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Kingwell |
ISBN: | 0742512584 9780742512580 0742512665 9780742512665 |
OCLC Number: | 47140847 |
Notes: | Originally published: Toronto : Viking, 2000. |
Description: | xvi, 252 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | The World We Have -- Rights and Duties -- The Perfect Citizen -- The Evil of Banality -- Hope's Imagination -- Virtues and Vices -- A Friendship -- Challenges to Virtue -- The Pact of Civility -- Spaces and Dreams -- In the Arcades -- Postcultural Identities -- Places to Dream -- The World We Want. |
Responsibility: | Mark Kingwell. |
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Mark Kingwell is a beautiful writer, a lucid thinker, and a patient teacher. Here, he expertly guides readers through the philosophical questions about what makes a just society. His insights are intellectual anchors in a fast-changing world. -- Naomi Klein, author of <I>No Logo<I> Mark Kingwell proves a delightful companion down the ethical byways of contemporary life, with proper attention to ancient precedents and modern temptations. He thinks philosophy should be both relevant and charming, and shows that thinking aloud is refreshing. Disagree as we may-and I sometimes do-I find him a boon companion. -- Todd Gitlin, Professor of culture, journalism and sociology, New York University The writing is elegant, often poetic. It appeals to the thoughtful reader who thrives on insights into the way humans interact or who enjoys a rich tapestry of concepts and ideas and the thinkers behind them. * The Globe and Mail, (Toronto) * Kingwell has become our Socrates, not only directing attention to our self-created crisis of global significance, but also pointing very specifically to the way out of it. * The Gazette, (Montreal) * A moving and necessary book. -- Georgia Strait, Vancouver Global growing pains now being felt are a signal that we need to start addressing the social virtues of participatory democracy, not just the economic benefits of capitalism. In a style that is refreshingly free of both starry-eyed idealism and doom-laden cynicism, Kingwell examines this challenge. * The New Presence, (Prague) * A piquant political-philosophical examination of the meaning of citizenship in these heady times. * The Edmonton Journal * Read more...

