{"product_id":"1594202761-ill_fares_the_land","title":"Ill Fares the Land","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomething is profoundly wrong with the way we think about how we should live today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eIll Fares The Land\u003c\/i\u003e, Tony Judt, one of our leading historians and thinkers, reveals how we have arrived at our present dangerously confused moment. Judt masterfully crystallizes what we've all been \u003ci\u003efeeling\u003c\/i\u003e into a way to \u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e our way into, and thus out of, our great collective dis-ease about the current state of things. \u003cbr\u003e As the economic collapse of 2008 made clear, the social contract that defined postwar life in Europe and America - the guarantee of a basal level of security, stability and fairness -- is no longer guaranteed; in fact, it's no longer part of the common discourse. Judt offers the language we need to address our common needs, rejecting the nihilistic individualism of the far right and the debunked socialism of the past. To find a way forward, we must look to our not so distant past and to social democracy in action: to re-enshrining fairness over mere efficiency. \u003cbr\u003e Distinctly absent from our national dialogue, social democrats believe that the state can play an enhanced role in our lives without threatening our liberties. Instead of placing blind faith in the market-as we have to our detriment for the past thirty years-social democrats entrust their fellow citizens and the state itself. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIll Fares the Land\u003c\/i\u003e challenges us to confront our societal ills and to shoulder responsibility for the world we live in. For hope remains. In reintroducing alternatives to the status quo, Judt reinvigorates our political conversation, providing the tools necessary to imagine a new form of governance, a new way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e  The Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Review  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil a year ago, Tony Judt was a prolific historian of twentieth-century Europe and a frequent critic of American foreign policy. Then he was stricken with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease). As his mobility has dwindled, his thoughts have turned from scholarship and polemic to memoir and prophecy. A series of exquisite autobiographical essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, revisiting his boyhood and adolescence in post-World War II England. \u003ci\u003eIll Fares the Land\u003c\/i\u003e is a political valediction, a distillation of his career-long engagement with the vicissitudes of twentieth-century history and ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Government\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecific Topics\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eCommentary \u0026amp; Opinion\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Penguin Press","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":46670661714110,"sku":"1594202761-3","price":12.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/61uqztYh-CL.jpg?v=1776880365","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1594202761-ill_fares_the_land","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}