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These photographs were taken at Oak Park Heights Prison in Minnesota in 2005 ... do not include any non-American prisoners or any terrorism suspects and have nothing to do with the war on terror"--About the photographs, p. (70).

Tzvetan Todorov is one of Europe's leading intellectuals. Beyond his work in cultural and literary theory, philosophy and psychoanalysis, Todorov's influence is extraordinarily far-reaching specifically because of the clarity of his writing and his refusal to be bound by systems of thought and disciplinary straitjackets. Todorov's many writings include "The Poetics of Prose, " "The Conquest of America, Mikhail Bakhtin: The Dialogical Principle...

Hace ya dos siglos que el hombre moderno ha conquistado su libertad: la libertad de escoger sus propias normas y de conocer el mundo sin preocuparse demasiado por aquello que dijeron los antiguos. Pero ¿acaso no habrá que pagar un precio por esta libertad? Y si el hombre moderno quiere conservarla, ¿acaso no deberá renunciar a ciertos valores comunes, a la vida en sociedad, a su yo coherente y responsable? Entonces, ¿qué hacer? Varias estrateg...

«El tema de este libro gira en torno a la relación entre ?nosotros? (el grupo cultural y social al que pertenecemos) y ?los otros? (aquellos que no participan de él): la relación entre la diversidad de los pueblos y la unidad de la especie humana.Este es un asunto que Francia ha redescubierto recientemente, y que me afecta a mí personalmente además. Sin embargo, antes de exponer mi perspectiva sobre la cuestión, decidí preguntarles a los pensa...

Hanno vissuto in epoche diverse, fronteggiando senza violenza i loro nemici. Hanno scelto di rinunciare a un'esistenza tranquilla in nome di un amore incondizionato per la verità. Hanno rifiutato di sottomettersi tanto all'aggressore venuto da lontano quanto al demone interiore della vendetta. Con "Resistenti", Tzvetan Todorov racconta la passione civile e i destini di otto dissidenti esemplari, di otto indomiti ribelli: Etty Hillesum, la giov...

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In un mondo dagli equilibri stravolti e diviso non più tra Oriente e Occidente o tra Nord e Sud, ma tra paesi dominati dal risentimento e paesi dominati dalla paura, è necessario riprendere in mano la riflessione sulla possibile convivenza con il diverso: l'altro, che provenendo da una cultura differente finiamo per classificare semplicemente come "barbaro". L'Europa, in particolare, oggi preda della paura nei confronti dell'islam, rischia di ...

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This illuminating analysis by one of the world's leading intellectuals addresses fundamental questions about the new world disorder exemplified by the war on terrorism, the Iraq conflict and its aftermath and the current state of transatlantic relations. In eight concise chapters, Todorov discusses the use of force versus diplomacy, the emergence of new powers and the reactions of different players such as the UK, France, Poland and the United...

(The author) explores the complex relations between art, politics and ethics in the two essays"--Front jacket flap.

Drawing on history, anthropology, and politics, and bringing to bear examples ranging from the murder of Theo van Gogh to the French ban on headscarves, this book argues that the West must overcome its fear of Islam if it is to avoid betraying the values it claims to protect.

Can humanity be divided into good and evil? And if so, is it possible for the good to vanquish the evil, eradicating it from the face of the earth by declaring war on evildoers and bringing them to justice? Can we overcome evil by the power of memory? This title answers these questions in the negative.

One of the most terrible legacies of our century is the concentration camp. Countless men and women have passed through camps in Nazi Germany, Communist China, and the Soviet bloc countries. In Voices from the Gulag, Tzvetan Todorov singles out the experience of one country where the concentration camps were particularly brutal and emblematic of the horrors of totalitarianism -- communist Bulgaria.The voices we hear in this book are mostly fro...

With the exception of Denmark, Bulgaria was the only country allied with Nazi Germany that did not annihilate or turn over its Jewish population. Here a prominent French intellectual with Bulgarian roots accounts for this singularity. Tzvetan Todorov assembles and interprets for the first time key evidence from this episode of Bulgarian history, including letters, diaries, government reports, and memoirs--most never before translated into any ...

Graceful and gigantic...a fascinating tour through the subtlety, integrity, and brute honesty of Todorov's thought."--"The New York Times Book Review"Todorov invigorates the debate over morality with rigor and grace, Aristotelian fineness, fluid prose, and his own virtues of compassion, humility, and realism."--David Greenberg, " The Washington Post"In a world that continues to devalue human life, Todorov leaves us with a sense of hope that mo...