'Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth
accumulates, and men decay' - Oliver Goldsmith Something is
profoundly wrong with the way we live today. For thirty years we
have made a virtue out of the pursuit of material self-interest:
indeed, this very pursuit now constitutes whatever remains of our
sense of shared purpose. But we have forgotten how to think about
the life we live together: its goals and purposes. We are now not
only post-ideological; we have become post-ethical. We have lost
touch with the old questions that have defined politics since the
Greeks: is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it right? Will it
help bring about a better society? A better world? The social
contract that defined postwar life in Europe and America - the
guarantee of security, stability and fairness - is no longer
assured; in fact, it's no longer part of collective conversation.
In this exceptional short book, Tony Judt reveals how we have
arrived at our present dangerously confused moment and masterfully
crystallizes our great unease, showing how we might yet think
ourselves out of it. If we are to replace fear with confidence then
we need a different story to tell, about state and society alike: a
story that carries moral and political conviction. Providing that
story is the purpose of this book.
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