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"Superbly argued and always accessible, "Humanity" is an essential guide to modern catastrophe. Few books interrogate our recent moral history so directly or profoundly, or provide such a civilized analysis of the never-ending atrocity exhibition." --Ian Thomson, "Independent on Sunday"
"A gripping and necessary book." --"Sunday Times"
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An examinating of the history and morality of the twentieth century, which explores the human psychology that conceived, executed or facilitated the greatest atrocities of the century.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This book is mighty in scope, and extremely ambitious, not to say courageous in its mission: an attempt to interpret, explain and learn from the moral failures of the twentieth century. I know of no other work which compares as an ethical analysis of history, especially from a writer as learned in modern ethical thinking. Covering topics of such enormity, Glover's analysis inevitably seems rather superficial at times. However, it shows the way forward for a pracitical philosophy and humane politics.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This is an important book and one that we all should read. The examination of the mentalities of Nazi perpetrators in particular is brimming with insight. Above all it is a call for philosophy to be of relevance to the ordinary world in which we live. And in its insistence that humour - particularly a sense of irreverance - and skepticism are two of the most important qualities individuals must display to protect the erosion of political freedoms, it is a work which does point the way we should go in this increasingly secular age. Buy it. Reading it will make you think.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent book, well-written and logically argued. It's a book for anyone who has ever watched the news and asked themselves what kind of world we live in where some governments can support persecution and torture. Although the author describes and analyses the circumstances and factors that made the worst atrocities of the twentieth century possible, it is fundamentally an optimistic book. For example, as well as looking at the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, the author also analyses what factors in Danish society resulted in a successful mass movement to save the Jewish population of Denmark from the Nazis and how the Italians often thwarted the plans of their supposed WWII allies. A fascinating analysis.
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Theory by way of example
Jonathan Glover's `Humanity' was a book ten years in the writing - and it's an impressive achievement; Glover luridly catalogues the twentieth century's worst atrocities in a hefty... Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. Wenzl
please read this book
Ethical thinking at a serious level has gone out of fashion and we can only hope it will come back in. Read more
Published on 1 April 2009 by William Roberts
Dark & disturbing, but gripping
Glover's humanity is a highly accessible and equally balanced work on the history and morality of the 20th Century. Read more
Published on 26 July 2008 by P. M. Buttigieg
Promising, but short of objective conclusions
This book apparently took ten years to write, and contains much that is thought-provoking. After an initial focus on philosophy (notably Nietzsche) the style of writing relaxes a... Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2001 by K. Moss
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