The dignity of difference : how to avoid the clash of civilizations /

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Author / Creator:Sacks, Jonathan, 1948-
Edition:[American ed.]
Imprint:New York : Continuum, 2002.
Description:xi, 216 p. ; 21 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4762169
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ISBN:0826414435
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-216).
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • 1. Prologue
  • 2. Globalization and its Discontents
  • 3. The Dignity of Difference: Exorcizing Plato's Ghost
  • 4. Control: The Imperative of Responsibility
  • 5. Contribution: The Moral Case for the Market Economy
  • 6. Compassion: The Idea of Tzedakah
  • 7. Creativity: The Imperative of Education
  • 8. Co-operation: Civil Society and its Institutions
  • 9. Conservation: Environmental Sustainability
  • 10. Conciliation: The Power of a Word to Change the World
  • 11. A Covenant of Hope
  • Bibliography