Needs of Strangers

This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.

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.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781782279082
Published: August 2023

Number of pages: 176
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Pushkin Press