`Graceful and gigantic...a fascinating tour through the subtlety, integrity and brave honesty of Todorov's thought.' New York Times Book Review. In Facing the Extreme, the internationally renowned writer and critic Tzvetan Todorov focuses on the Nazi concentration camps and the Soviet gulag to examine our capacity for moral behaviour. Drawing widely on the testimonies of eyewitnesses and survivors, Todorov creates a vivid portrait of the conduct of those who ran the camps and those who suffered their outrages. Challenging ...
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`Graceful and gigantic...a fascinating tour through the subtlety, integrity and brave honesty of Todorov's thought.' New York Times Book Review. In Facing the Extreme, the internationally renowned writer and critic Tzvetan Todorov focuses on the Nazi concentration camps and the Soviet gulag to examine our capacity for moral behaviour. Drawing widely on the testimonies of eyewitnesses and survivors, Todorov creates a vivid portrait of the conduct of those who ran the camps and those who suffered their outrages. Challenging the widespread view that moral life is extinguished in such extreme circumstances, he uncovers instead a rich universe composed not of grand acts but of innumerable ordinary gestures of dignity and care, compassion and solidarity. Described as `a masterpiece' by Stanley Hoffman in Foreign Affairs, Facing the Extreme restores, in supple, eloquent prose, a dimension of these terrible periods that has been lost to historians and moral philosophers. `Facing the Extreme is very much more than a eulogy to courage; it is a song to life. One of the finest intellectual minds of our time goes beyond the question of why to answer how integrity comes to be.' Gitta Sereny.
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Like New in Like New jacket. Size: 6x1x9; FIRST edition, first printing. Like new in like new dust jacket. Interior is excellent, no markings or highlighting found on inspection.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. Remainder mark on top edge. Shelfwear is very minor. DJ, Text, boards, and binding in very good condition.
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Raquel Jaramillo dj. Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book Gold-stamped black spine w/ gray bds. Some pencilings toward the back. Trans: Arthur Denner & Abigail Pollak. 34497 shelf.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 307 pp. The cover is rubbed; previous owner name on front free endpaper. The jacket is slightly scuffed at the head of the spine.
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As New in Fine jacket. 1st printing...Some wear to DJ. Book looks very nice. Text is unmarked...Quantity Available: 1. ISBN: 0805042636. ISBN/EAN: 9780805042634. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560732735.
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