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What does it mean to be a citizen in a world of fractured identities and crumbling nationalism―when people are withdrawing into consumerism, cultural separatism, and self-regarding isolation? Citizenship meets one of our deepest needs, the need to belong; it also makes concrete the ethical commitments of care and respect. Political and cultural theorist Mark Kingwell traces the history of the idea of citizenship, and argues for a new model for the next century. In the style of Michael Ignatieff's The Needs of Strangers, he takes a long look at what citizenship has meant in the past and what it means today.
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Mark Kingwell is professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto and an award winning political and cultural theorist. A prolific journalist, he writes regularly for such publications as Utne Reader, New York Times Magazine, and Harper's. Kingwell has published five books including Better Living: In Pursuit of Happiness from Plato to Prozac, Marginalia: A Cultural Reader, and the Canadian bestseller Canada: Our Century.
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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 No Logo)
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)
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)
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