Desire and Fate

by David Rieff

"Ours is an ill-mannered society that wears those bad manners as a badge not just of its moral rectitude but of its millenarian ethical ambitions. At the same time, in no society in recent memory have people been so easily affronted."

At a time when political writing and cultural criticism have come to be dominated by an insipid and unthinking moralism, David Rieff's essays offer a bracing antidote. As well as being one of the English-speaking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912475383
• ISBN13: 9781912475384
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Eris
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.8" x 7.7"