AUTHOR'S BIO
Tzvetan Todorov
Tzvetan Todorov is Directeur de recherche honoraire at the CNRS in Paris, and the author of many books on history and culture.
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Bush’s Intellectual Torturers
Tzvetan Todorov Series: The Worldly Philosophers 2009-05-06The top-secret memoranda released by the Obama administration concerning torture practices in CIA prisons shed new light on a fundamental question: how is it that people acting in the name of the United States government could so easily accept the idea of torturing the detainees in their charge?... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 0 Read: 18275
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Civilized Talk
Tzvetan Todorov Series: The Worldly Philosophers 2008-05-28Being civilized means being able to recognize and accept the humanity of others, despite their different modes of living. And accomplishing that is much easier than proponents of the idea of a "clash of civilizations" would have us believe.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 22466
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Naturalized Killers
Tzvetan Todorov Series: The World in Words 2006-06-05The arrest of 17 people in Canada on terrorist charges underscores, across the West, a growing sense of dread and inevitability that is rooted in the homegrown nature of the threat. But what do we really know about these killers among us? ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 17765
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The Lunchbox and the Bomb
Tzvetan Todorov Series: The Worldly Philosophers 2003-08-02Each anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki reminds us that memory is not morally neutral. It leans towards good or evil, and four main perspectives powerfully shape every historical account: the benefactor or his beneficiary, and the malefactor or his victim. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 17368
