New York: Praeger Publishers, Date: 1990. Clean and tight. No creases along the spine. Appears unred. A little shelfwear at the corners. Name on the inside of the front cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. History. 1990. Praeger Publishers ISBN 0275936902 9780275936907 [US]

Paperback. Very Good. ISBN 0275936902 9780275936907 [GB]

Praeger Publishers 1990 Soft cover Very good. No jacket First edition. Cover is lightly tanned and worn along edges. Barcode sticker from previous seller on back cover, not covering text. Inside pages are clean and unmarked.

ISBN10: 0275936902, ISBN13: 9780275936907, [publisher: Praeger Publishers] Softcover First Edition First edition. Cover is lightly tanned and worn along edges. Barcode sticker from previous seller on back cover, not covering text. Inside pages are clean and unmarked.
[Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]

Paperback / softback. New. An inquiry into conscience and politics, this text examines fundamental ambiguities, dichotomies and contradictions. The author suggests that humanity should interpret and give meaning to its pains and sufferings. He focuses on the modern mind and the hedonistic society of the 20th century. ISBN 0275936902 9780275936907 [GB]

ISBN10: 0275936902, ISBN13: 9780275936907, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Victims and Values joins history and ethics, conducting a timely inquiry into conscience and politics. Mindful of William James's notion that ethics must be grounded in the historical situation, this book examines fundamental ambiquities, dichotomies, and contradictions that we experience about the worth of our own suffering and that of others. In particular, it analyzes how victims make a powerful claim upon contemporary conscience and politics. Amato distances himself equally from those who deny suffering all substantive meaning and those who fashionably transform it into self-righteous identities and political rhetorics and ideologies. Amato's hope is that each person will be able to take measure of the suffering of others, while still remaining able to value his own suffering.After distinguishing pain from suffering, Amato starts his work with the assumption that humanity must interpret and give meaning to its pains and sufferings. Amato examines the fundamental place of suffering, sacrifice, and victims in Greek and Christian cultures. Reaching the central object of his study, the modern mind, Amato shows how the reformist world view of the eighteenth century philosopher sought to reduce suffering to a matter of rational calculation and how the progressive views of the nineteenth century dedicated the most ...
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Paperback. New. ISBN 0275936902 9780275936907 [TR]