{"product_id":"desire-and-fate-paperback","title":"Desire and Fate - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Rieff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Banville\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when political writing and cultural criticism have come to be dominated by an insipid and unthinking moralism, David Rieff's essays offer a bracing antidote. The writings collected in \u003ci\u003eDesire and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e cover topics as diverse as censorship in contemporary publishing, the cultural ubiquity of the notion of trauma, and the future of democracy on a global level. They are all characterised, however, by an incisive intelligence and a refreshing lack of wishful thinking; together they confirm Rieff's status as an indispensable writer and thinker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Rieff is one of the United States's leading authorities on global affairs. Renowned for his reporting from conflict zones and on the work of international humanitarian organisations, his writings have shaped public debate on subjects ranging from liberal interventionism to the use and abuse of historical memory. He is also a widely published commentator on contemporary American culture and the author of an acclaimed volume of memoirs. His many books include \u003ci\u003eAt the Point of a Gun: \u003c\/i\u003eD\u003ci\u003eemocratic Dreams and Armed Intervention\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSwimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Reproach of Hunger: Food, Justice, and Money in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and Its Ironies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984091316525,"sku":"9781912475384","price":24.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/e9CvxoK_mC9781912475384.webp?v=1776081875","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/desire-and-fate-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}