Ill Fares the Land

A gift to the next generation of engaged citizens, from one of our most celebrated intellectuals.

As the economic collapse of 2008 made clear, the social contract that defined postwar life in Europe and America-the guarantee of security, stability, and fairness-is no longer guaranteed; in fact, it's no longer part of the common discourse. Tony Judt, one of our leading historians and thinkers, offers the language we need to address our common needs, rejecting the nihilistic individualism of the far Right and the debunked socialism of the past. In reintroducing alternatives to the status quo, Judt invigorates our political conversation, furnishing the tools necessary to imagine a new form of governance and a better way of life.

• Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
• Thinking the Twentieth Century
• When the Facts Change: Essays, 1995-2010
• The Racial Contract
• The Sexual Contract
• Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
• Electra and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
• Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics (Library of Theological Ethics)
• Rousseau: The Basic Political Writings: Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, ... Contract, The State of War (Hackett Classics)
• Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century