For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today - Brossura

Purdy, Jedediah

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0375706917 ISBN 13: 9780375706912

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2000

Riassunto

Calling for a renewed commitment to and faith in American political and civic life, a blueprint for a sound society assesses the satisfaction of social and political reengagement as it examines such topics as the breakdown of the political process and the ethical and legal complexities of technological development. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"Beautifully written, erudite, unpretentious and, most of all, earnest."--Newsday

"Purdy deserves high praise for vindicating the belief that civic engagement can still be meaningful, important and authentic."--Boston Book Review

"The kind of book one finds recommending unreservedly to friends, colleagues, and neighbors."--The Christian Science Monitor

L'autore:

A Harvard graduate who was home schooled in rural West Virginia until he was fourteen, Jedediah Purdy is the author of four other books, Being America, The Meaning of Property, and A Tolerable Anarchy, After Nature. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School and is currently the Robinson O. Everett Professor of Law at Duke University.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0375706917
• ISBN 13: 9780375706912
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256