Conversations With Elie Wiesel - Hardcover

Wiesel, Elie; Heffner, Richard D.; Vinciguerra, Thomas J.

 
9780805241921: Conversations With Elie Wiesel
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0805241922 ISBN 13: 9780805241921
Verlag: Schocken Books, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

The Nobel Peace Prize-winner reflects on a variety of subjects, including the moral responsibility of governments and individuals, the role of the state, capital punishment, and mercy killing.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

<b>Elie Wiesel</b> was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. The author of more than forty internationally acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, Wiesel is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and University Professor at Boston University. He lives in New York City.<br><br><b>Richard D. Heffner</b> is University Professor of Communications and Public Policy at Rutgers University and the producer and moderator of the weekly public television series “The Open Mind.” His books include<i> A Documentary History of the United States</i>. He lives in New York City.

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sations with Elie Wiesel</b> is a far-ranging dialogue with the Nobel Peace Prize-winner on the major issues of our time and on life’s timeless questions.<br><br>In open and lively responses to the probing questions and provocative comments of Richard D. Heffner―American historian, noted public television moderator/producer, and Rutgers University professor―Elie Wiesel covers fascinating and often perilous political and spiritual ground, expounding on issues global and local, individual and universal, often drawing anecdotally on his own life experience.<br><br>We hear from Wiesel on subjects that include the moral responsibility of both individuals and governments; the role of the state in our lives; the anatomy of hate; the threat of technology; religion, politics, and tolerance; nationalism; capital punishment, compassion, and mercy; and the essential role of historical memory. <br><br>These conversations present a valuable and thought-provoking distillation o

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Verlag
Schocken Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0805241922
ISBN 13 
9780805241921
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
175
Herausgeber
Vinciguerra Thomas J.
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