Michael Ignatieff
Autore di Isaiah Berlin. Ironia e libertà
Sull'Autore
Michael Ignatieff, born in Toronto in 1947. But at the age of 11, Ignatieff was sent to Toronto to attend Upper Canada College as a boarder in 1959. At UCC, Ignatieff was elected a school prefect as Head of Wedd's House, was the captain of the varsity soccer team, and served as editor-in-chief of mostra altro the school's yearbook. As well, Ignatieff volunteered for the Liberal Party during the 1965 federal election by canvassing the York South riding. He resumed his work for the Liberal Party in 1968, as a national youth organizer and party delegate for the Pierre Elliott Trudeau party leadership campaign. He then went on to continue his education at the University of Toronto and Harvard and Cambridge universities. In 1976, Ignatieff completed his Ph.D in History at Harvard University. He was granted a Cambridge M.A. by incorporation in 1978 on taking up a fellowship at King's College there. Michael Ignatieff has written television programs for the BBC, novels, and works of nonfiction. He has also authored essays and reviews for several publications including The New York Times. From 1990-93, he wrote a weekly column on international affairs for The Observer. His family memoir, The Russian Album, received Canada's Governor General Award in 1988. His second novel, Scar Tissue, was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1993. Other nonfiction works include A Just Measure of Pain, the Penitentiary in the Industrial Revolution and the Warrior's Honor: Ethic War and the Modern Conscience. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Serie
Opere di Michael Ignatieff
Le origini del penitenziario: sistema carcerario e rivoluzione industriale inglese, 1750-1850 (1978) 57 copie
Wealth and Virtue : The Shaping of Political Economy in the Scottish Enlightenment (1983) — A cura di — 20 copie
Berlin in autumn: The philosopher in old age (Doreen B. Townsend Center occasional papers) (1999) 4 copie
Los derechos humanos como politica e idolatria/ Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry (Estado y Sociedad/ State and… (2003) 1 copia
Human Rights 1 copia
Getting Iraq Wrong (Article) 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History (1953) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni; Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 718 copie
Torture: Does It Make Us Safer? Is It Ever OK? A Human Rights Perspective (2005) — Collaboratore — 42 copie
David Hare: Stuff happens [theatre programme] — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Ignatieff, Michael Grant
- Data di nascita
- 1947-05-12
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Canada
- Luogo di nascita
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Luogo di residenza
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Istruzione
- Upper Canada College
University of Toronto (BA | 1969 | Trinity College)
University of Oxford
Harvard University (Ph.D | History) - Attività lavorative
- historian
university professor
politician - Relazioni
- Berlin, Isaiah (teacher)
Ignatieff, George (father)
Grant, George M. (great-grandfather)
Grant, William Lawson (grandfather)
Grant, George Parkin (uncle) - Organizzazioni
- University of British Columbia
King's College, Cambridge
Harvard University
Liberal Party of Canada
Canadian Parliament
The Globe and Mail - Premi e riconoscimenti
- PC
CM
Utenti
Recensioni
Human Rights di Ignatieff Michael
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The author makes the claim that we don't have to be religious to be consoled by religious texts. This doesn't make any sense, as the way that religious texts console people is through the religious beliefs.... If I don't believe in Jesus, for example, how can I be consoled by the mythology of his sacrifice? It doesn't work that way
Cuando la vida parece perder su sentido, necesitamos palabras. Cuando sufrimos un duelo, una traición, la soledad o una derrota, buscamos ayuda para recuperar ese sentido. El lenguaje del consuelo fue antaño el gran objeto de estudio de religiosos y filósofos, pero se ha ido desvaneciendo de nuestro vocabulario moderno. Desde el siglo XVI, la humanidad ha tendido a rechazar el alivio proveniente de los textos sagrados para, en su lugar, concentrar su fe en la ciencia, las ideologías y las terapias. Además, como advierte el gran pensador e historiador Michael Ignatieff, "hoy el premio de consolación es el que nadie quiere ganar. Las culturas que persiguen el exito no prestan mucha atención al fracaso… (altro)
A report of the author's visits to places where ethnic war has become commonplace.
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- Opere
- 49
- Opere correlate
- 15
- Utenti
- 2,962
- Popolarità
- #8,615
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 46
- ISBN
- 239
- Lingue
- 13
- Preferito da
- 2
