First English language edition 1986, first printing, numbers line starts with 1. Translated from French. Published by The Free Press / Macmillan . Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear, sharp corners, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent pages. Not a reminder. DJ as new, bright and shiny, no tears, no chips, no edgewear, price not clipped. 8vo, XX + 244 pages.

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Title: The Tears of the White Man: Compassion As Contempt (English Edition)
Publisher: The Free Press / Macmillan
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0029041600
ISBN 13: 9780029041604
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First English language edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Argues that the Western nations romanticize even as they look down upon the Third World, examines examples of this patronizing attitude, and suggests a more productive approach for helping developing nations

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In this imaginatively argued essay Bruckner lambasts Western attitudes toward the Third World as being characterized by guilt, hypocrisy, and paternalism. Bruckner is exasperated by those who unquestioningly label the industrial nations "exploiters" and the underdeveloped countries "exploited." Further, he decries left-wing intellectuals' selective championing of Third World causes, and their attempts to mask realities that do not fit their personal ideology. Too often, insists Bruckner, we sentimentalize the Third World instead of subjecting it to rational analysis. A hard-hitting, important book. Ian Wallace, Agriculture Canada Lib., Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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