Good Neighbors, Bad Times Echoes of My Father's German Village |
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| Author:
| Schwartz, Mimi |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-2640-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $28.60 |
Book Description:
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Small stories of decency are often overlooked in the wake of a larger historic narrative. Yet we need these stories to provide a moral compass, especially in times of political extremism, when fear and hatred strain the bonds of loyalty and neighbourly compassion. How, this book asks, do neighbours maintain a modicum of decency in such times? How do we negotiate evil and remain humane when hate rules?
Small stories of decency are often overlooked in the wake of a larger historic narrative. Yet we need these stories to provide a moral compass, especially in times of political extremism, when fear and hatred strain the bonds of loyalty and neighbourly compassion. How, this book asks, do neighbours maintain a modicum of decency in such times? How do we negotiate evil and remain humane when hate rules?