An edition of The decent society (1996)

The decent society

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An edition of The decent society (1996)

The decent society

1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.

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  • 3 Want to read

How to be decent, how to build a decent society, emerges out of Margalit's analysis of the corrosive functioning of humiliation in its many forms. This is a deeply felt book that springs from Margalit's experience at the borderland of conflicts.

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Harvard University Press
Language
English
Pages
304

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Subjects

Civil society, Humiliation, Justice, State, The, The State, Social history

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Cover of: La Société décente
La Société décente
November 1, 1999, Climats, CLIMATS
Paperback in French
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Cover of: Politik der Würde. Über Achtung und Verachtung.
Politik der Würde. Über Achtung und Verachtung.
October 1, 1999, Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt
Paperback in German
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Cover of: Decent Society
Decent Society
1998, Harvard University Press
in English
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Cover of: The decent society
The decent society
1998, Harvard University Press
in English - 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
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Cover of: La Sociedad Decente
La Sociedad Decente
November 27, 1997, Ediciones Paidos Iberica, Ediciones Paidós
Paperback in Spanish
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The decent society
1996, Harvard University Press
in English
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Humiliation --
Rights --
Honor --
Justifying respect --
The skeptical solution --
Being beastly to humans --
The paradox of humiliation --
Rejection --
Citizenship --
Culture --
Snobbery --
Privacy --
Bureaucracy --
The welfare state --
Unemployment --
Punishment ---- Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-299) and index.

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Cambridge, Mass

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
320/.01/1
Library of Congress
JC336 .M35 1998,

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 304 pages ;
Number of pages
304

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Open Library
OL26332661M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780674194373
ISBN 10
0674194373
ISBN 13
9780674194373
OCLC/WorldCat
47840538

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