On Betrayal by Avishai Margalit (English) Hardcover Book

Description: On Betrayal by Avishai Margalit Betrayal seems to have lost its grip on the public consciousness in liberal societies, yet it is all around us, dissolving the thick glue of trust that holds friends, families, and communities together. By focusing on the ethics of betrayal, Avishai Margalit offers a philosophical account of what we owe those who give us our sense of belonging. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Adultery, treason, and apostasy no longer carry the weight they once did. Yet we constantly see and hear stories of betrayal, and many people have personally experienced a destructive breach of loyalty. Avishai Margalit argues that the tension between the ubiquity of betrayal and the loosening of its hold is a sign of the strain between ethics and morality, between thick and thin human relations. On Betrayal offers a philosophical account of thick human relations-relationships with friends, family, and core communities-through their pathology, betrayal.Judgments of betrayal often shift unreliably. A whistle-blower to some is a backstabber to others; a traitor to one side is a hero to the other. Yet the notion of what it means to betray is remarkably consistent across cultures and eras. Betrayal undermines thick trust, dissolving the glue that holds our most meaningful relationships together. Recently, public attention has lingered on trust between strangers-on relations that play a central role in the globalized economy. These, according to Margalit, are guided by morality. On Betrayal is about ethics: what we owe to the people and groups that give us our sense of belonging.Margalits clear-sighted account draws on literary, historical, and personal sources, including stories from his childhood during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Through its discussion of betrayal, it examines what our thick relationships are and should be and revives the long-discarded notion of fraternity. Author Biography Avishai Margalit is Schulman Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a former George F. Kennan Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Review On Betrayal seamlessly combines analytic rigor with personal memoir: its illustrative arguments are drawn from political history and Biblical commentary, from novels and biographies. It presents a lifetime of reflection on philosophic methodology: it is the culmination of Margalits attempts to analyze the meaning and normative force of betrayal as an essentially contested concept. -- Amélie Rorty, Tufts UniversityThis book is written in the analytic style, but in Margalits own version of that style, which is wonderfully engaging. Margalit possesses what Keats called negative capability. His discussion is provocative and illuminating, without reaching for any kind of irritable certainty. This allows Margalit to connect all the forms of betrayal and to explore their various versions, across many centuries and many cultures. -- Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced StudyOn Betrayal is a continuous exercise in locating the subtleties within our considered moral judgment…Witty and wise, precise and profound, On Betrayal is an easy but deep read: it sees life as it really is with all its turmoil. -- Dennis OBrien * Christian Century *The range of Margalits examples is astonishing…Margalit is a connoisseur of thick relations. That doesnt mean that he loves or admires every community. He isnt, in fact, a communitarian, but he is much more knowledgeable about and comfortable with communities (and in communities) than most philosophers are, and so he is very good at recognizing when they go wrong. -- Michael Walzer * New York Review of Books *In remaining loyal to the complexity of his terrain, Margalit ends with the sanguine possibility that betrayal might be unavoidable. -- Luke Brunning * Times Higher Education * Review Quote This book is written in the analytic style, but in Margalits own version of that style, which is wonderfully engaging. Margalit possesses what Keats called negative capability. His discussion is provocative and illuminating, without reaching for any kind of irritable certainty. This allows Margalit to connect all the forms of betrayal and to explore their various versions, across many centuries and many cultures. Details ISBN0674048261 Author Avishai Margalit Short Title ON BETRAYAL Publisher Harvard University Press Language English ISBN-10 0674048261 ISBN-13 9780674048263 Media Book Format Hardcover Residence US Birth 1939 Year 2017 Imprint Harvard University Press Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States DEWEY 170 UK Release Date 2017-02-06 Publication Date 2017-02-06 AU Release Date 2017-02-06 NZ Release Date 2017-02-06 US Release Date 2017-02-06 Pages 352 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:101694699;

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