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What, he asks, is the origin of the state and the nature of the relationship between citizen and state? How should the citizen of a modern democracy react to the state's willingness to set aside moral considerations and civil liberties in its war on terror, a war that includes the use of torture?
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Diary of a Bad Year, J. M. Coetzee
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- Diary of a Bad Year
- Language
- English
- Authors
- J. M. Coetzee
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN10
- 184655120X
- ISBN13
- 9781846551208
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, True Stories, Philosophical Topics, Love, Contemporary Fiction, Politics, Friendship, USA, Military Fiction, Wars, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Society, Australia, Psychological novels, Loneliness, Writers, Present, Nobel prize, Old Age, South Africa, South African Literature
- First published
- 2007
- Original title
- Diary of a Bad Year
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- What, he asks, is the origin of the state and the nature of the relationship between citizen and state? How should the citizen of a modern democracy react to the state's willingness to set aside moral considerations and civil liberties in its war on terror, a war that includes the use of torture?