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Over the days and weeks that followed, it was difficult to keep up
with changes as new roads and buildings sprouted up at an alarming
rate; I have to say that most were positive changes, with oil
revenues allocated to the various Five-Year plans. Ports would be
expanded, hospitals and schools created, airports completely built
from scratch, and then a plethora of new shopping centres to
prevent us going short of anything! Sid Deeky was my Friend is a
memoir recalling the days of expat life in Saudi Arabia between
1978-1985. From the daily rigour of port life to the sweeping
deserts and hectic roads, Hunt's convivial recounting of his time
at the Port of Jeddah covers a broad range of experiences,
landscapes and interactions. Whether caught up in the daily drama
of the port or cruising down Jeddah's Corniche Road in a signature
Datsun, Hunt's account of expat life provides that sense of
adventure which enticed so many members of Saudi Arabia's immigrant
communities in the first place. Bright, poignant and occasionally
tragic, this tale offers a window into expat life during an
economic boom which utterly transformed the country - a
transformation which would never have been possible without the
immense effort of thousands of expats who migrated from Europe,
Africa, the Americas and elsewhere in Asia in search of greater
opportunities.
Should we be looking for alternatives to the western world's status
quo of neo-liberal capitalism? Should we be seeking a new form of
freedom for a more just and better social world? Drawing on Rawls's
theory of justice and Marx's critique of capitalism, this book
answers those questions in a resounding affirmative. Some think
that a just society for Rawls cannot promote a better social world
unless it is acceptable to all but, this wrongly treats Rawls as a
supporter of minimal government. Setting this aside, the book
argues that the ideas of justice behind political and media pundit
support of neo-liberal capitalism are faulty, and should be
replaced with a Rawlsian idea of justice. Resistance to the idea
that an acceptable theory of justice can say that capitalism is
unjust is overcome by showing that capitalism, as Marx sees it,
must be unjust on Rawls's theory of justice because it breaches the
difference principle and involves exploitation of employees.
Reasons are then given for a new society that will be just under a
modified Rawlsian idea of justice and will promote the Marxian good
of free social cooperation on projects pursued independently of
demands of nature. What a free life lived in this new society means
is spelled out and shown to be acceptable. This book concludes by
asking whether society can set out on a path to a better social
world.
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