Tabla de Contenidos: “…Part one : human rights -- Finding a proper place for human rights / Bhikhu Parekh ; response by Bhikhu Parekh -- Against an ideology of human rights / Slavoj Zizek ; response by Michael Ignatieff -- Strangers in our midst : insearch of seven pillars of wisdon / Ali A. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Miller -- August in my father's house / Michael Ignatieff -- Ramadan / Mona Simpson -- Impertinent daughters / Doris Lessing -- The many colours of blood / Candia McWilliam -- A letter to our son / Peter Carey -- Field-burning / William Wharton -- Waterway / Geoffrey Wolff -- Patricide / Beverly Lowry -- The business of mourning / Christian McEwen -- Family album / Mikal Gilmore -- Brothers / Sousa Jamba -- A very young dancer / Todd McEwen -- The names of women / Louise Erdrich -- The up escalator / Bret Easton Ellis…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Dupee -- Derek Walcott on Robert Lowell -- Darryl Pinckney on Djuna Barnes -- Maurice Grosser on Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas -- Prudence Crowther on S.J. Perelman -- Michael Ignatieff on Bruce Catwin -- Joseph Brodsky on Isaiah Berlin -- Caroline Blackwood on Francis Bacon -- Elizabeth Hardwick on Mary McCarthy -- Tatyana Tolstaya on Joseph Brodsky -- Enrique Krauze on Octavio Paz -- Richard Seaver on Jerome Lindon -- Seamus Heaney on Thomas Flanagan -- Larry McMurtry on Ken Kesey -- Brad Leithauser on Anthony Hecht -- Oliver Sacks on Francis Crick…”
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“…Osnos, has assembled an intriguing set of contributors from a variety of different perspectives-public intellectuals (Eva Hoffman, Michael Ignatieff), journalists (Sebastian Mallaby, Orville Schell), scholars (Leon Botstein, Ivan Krastev), and nonprofit leaders (Gara LaMarche, Darren Walker)-to paint a full picture of the man beyond the media portrayals. …”

“…En La maldad política, qué es y cómo combatirla, el autor examina casos de genocidio, terrorismo, limpieza étnica y tortura, en escenarios tan diversos como Oriente Medio, Darfur, Ruanda, los Balcanes, Irak o Irán, y analiza las contradictorias respuestas que la comunidad internacional ha dado para su resolución. Michael Ignatieff ha sabido sintetizar a la perfección las enseñanzas de Wolfe: La precisión moral es una precondición para la precisión política. …”