World We Want - Softcover

Kingwell, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140288783 ISBN 13: 9780140288780

Publisher: Penguin Canada, 2001

Synopsis

More and more, as the globe turns into a billboard for corporate propagation, the nature of citizenship is becoming skewed. For the cellphone-brandishing inhabitants of a world carved up into markets and territories determined by production and consumption, transcending the traditional boundaries of nation-states, what does it mean to be a citizen?

About this title

About the Author:

Philosopher and critic Mark Kingwell is the author of more than ten books, including the national bestsellers Better Living and The World We Want. A professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, his scholarly work has appeared in many leading journals, including the Journal of Philosophy, Political Theory, and the Harvard Design Magazine. He is also a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine and a regular contributor to Adbusters, the National Post, and the Globe and Mail. He has won many awards for his writing, including the National Magazine Award for both essays and columns. Classic Cocktails is based on his award-winning cocktail column, which appears in the men’s magazine Toro.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Canada
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0140288783
• ISBN 13: 9780140288780
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272