Sir Jonathan Sacks

The Home We Build Together

Recreating Society

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Produktbeschreibung

Presents a thesis on the future of British society and the dangers facing liberal democracy. Arguing that global communications have fragmented national cultures and that multiculturalism, intended to reduce social frictions, is today reinforcing them, the author argues for a different approach to national identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 136mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 310g
• ISBN-13: 9780826423498
• ISBN-10: 0826423493
• Artikelnr.: 25692798

Autorenporträt

Sir Jonathan Sacks, who died in late 2020, was Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Britain and the Commonwealth. He was the author of numerous books, including Celebrating Life, From Optimism to Hope, The Persistence of Faith and The Dignity of Difference, for which he won a Grawemeyer Award in Religion.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: How Did We Get Here?
1. Introduction
2. Society as Country House, Hotel or Home
3. A Brief History of Multiculturalism
4. The Defeat of Freedom in the Name of Freedom
5. Victims
6. Technology and the Fragmentation of Culture
7. The Inward Turn
Part Two: A Theory of Society Creation
8. A Forgotten Political Classic
9. Social Contract, Social Covenant
10. Telling the Story
11. The Responsible Society
12. The Home We Build Together
Part Three: Where Next?
13. The Uses of Covenant
14. Who Am I?
15. Face-to-Face, Side-by-Side
16. Civility
17. Multiculturalism or Tolerance?
18. Mending the Broken Family
19. A Religious Defence of Liberal Democracy
20. A Time to Build
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index