Tony Judt
Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
January 01, 1948
Died
August 06, 2010
Genre
Influences
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
31 editions
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2005
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Ill Fares the Land
71 editions
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2010
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Thinking the Twentieth Century
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29 editions
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2012
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The Memory Chalet
7 editions
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published
2010
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Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century
43 editions
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2008
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When the Facts Change: Essays, 1995-2010
40 editions
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published
2015
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A Grand Illusion?: An Essay on Europe
20 editions
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1996
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The Burden of Responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century
18 editions
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1998
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Past Imperfect: French Intellectuals, 1944-1956
18 editions
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1992
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進入旋風 1945~1953 (戰後歐洲六十年, #1)
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“Something is profoundly wrong with the way we live today. For thirty years we have made a virtue out of the pursuit of material self-interest: indeed, this very pursuit now constitutes whatever remains of our sense of collective purpose. We know what things cost but have no idea what they are worth. We no longer ask of a judicial ruling or a legislative act: Is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it right? Will it help bring about a better society or a better world? Those used to be the political questions, even if they invited no easy answers. We must learn once again to pose them.
The materialistic and selfish quality of contemporary life is not inherent in the human condition. Much of what appears "natural" today dates from the 1980s: the obsession with wealth creation, the cult of privatization and the private sector, the growing disparities of rich and poor. And above all, the rhetoric that accompanies these: uncritical admiration for unfettered markets, disdain for the public sector, the delusion of endless growth.
We cannot go on living like this. The little crash of 2008 was a reminder that unregulated capitalism is its own worst enemy: sooner or later it must fall prey to its own excesses and turn again to the state for rescue. But if we do no more than pick up the pieces and carry on as before, we can look forward to greater upheavals in years to come.”
― Ill Fares the Land
The materialistic and selfish quality of contemporary life is not inherent in the human condition. Much of what appears "natural" today dates from the 1980s: the obsession with wealth creation, the cult of privatization and the private sector, the growing disparities of rich and poor. And above all, the rhetoric that accompanies these: uncritical admiration for unfettered markets, disdain for the public sector, the delusion of endless growth.
We cannot go on living like this. The little crash of 2008 was a reminder that unregulated capitalism is its own worst enemy: sooner or later it must fall prey to its own excesses and turn again to the state for rescue. But if we do no more than pick up the pieces and carry on as before, we can look forward to greater upheavals in years to come.”
― Ill Fares the Land
“Undergraduates today can select from a swathe of identity studies.... The shortcoming of all these para-academic programs is not that they concentrate on a given ethnic or geographical minority; it is that they encourage members of that minority to study themselves - thereby simultaneously negating the goals of a liberal education and reinforcing the sectarian and ghetto mentalities they purport to undermine.”
― The Memory Chalet
― The Memory Chalet
“We no longer ask of a judicial ruling or a legislative act: is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it right? Will it help bring about a better society or a better world? Those used to be the political questions, even if they invited no easy answers. We must learn once again to pose them.”
― Ill Fares the Land
― Ill Fares the Land
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