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'Scar Tissue' is the only book I've ever written when I've felt completely toxic, ill.

"The Only cure for nihilism is for liberal democratic societies - their electorates, their judiciary, and their political leadership- to insist that force is legitimate only to the degree that it serves defensible poltical goals. Thus implies a constant exercise of due diligence" #MichaelIgnatieff #Toronto #Ontario #Canada #Author #Academic #Politician #Freedom #Inspirational #Success #Life #Wisdom #Leadership #PositiveDream #Happiness #Courageous #Selfrealization #SelfDevelopment #Resilience #Greatness #SelfDiscovery #SelfKnowledge #Challenge #Assertiveness #IgersWisdom #IgersLeadership #IgersCanada #MoveForward #AjToussaint https://www.instagram.com/p/BuFJU0Xnru1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1r32u565q51hh

"An intellectual may be interested in ideas and policies for their own sake, but a politician's interest is exclusively in the question of whether an idea's time has come" #MichaelIgnatieff #Toronto #Ontario #Canada #Author #Academic #Politician #Freedom #Inspirational #Success #Life #Wisdom #Leadership #PositiveDream #Happiness #Courageous #Selfrealization #SelfDevelopment #Resilience #Greatness #SelfDiscovery #SelfKnowledge #Challenge #Assertiveness #IgersWisdom #IgersLeadership #IgersCanada #MoveForward #AjToussaint

“Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people, one land, one truth, the end of difference. Since genocide is a form of political utopia, it remains an enduring temptation in any multiethnic and multicultural society in crisis.” - Michael Ignatieff . This quote described, for me, the abysmal state of politics today. There are some, with significant political influence, that desire a country that is not marked by diversity but conformity not just of ideas but also by the preference for a vision of a utopia that leaves more behind then it includes. . #Quote #MichaelIgnatieff #Conformity #OneKindOfHuman #Exclusionary #Genocide #Hate #Politics #AltRight #Dangerous

On Philosophy 24/7 podcast, Michael Ignatieff talks with David Edmonds about human rights, a topic he’s been working on deeply for many years. As part of his preparation and research, he traveled the world to uncover people’s actual and expressed beliefs about human rights. What he says about what he learned really struck me... Read and hear more at https://ordinaryphilosophy.com/2017/03/22/o-p-recommends-a-conversation-with-michael-ignatieff-on-universal-human-rights-localism-and-the-ordinary-virtues-at-philosophy-247/ #michaelignatieff #davidedmonds #philosophy247 #politicalphilosophy #humanrights #universalism

When one of your favourite writers (amongst his many hats) autographs your book.