Hello, stranger : how we find connection in a disconnected world
Buckingham, Will2021
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We navigate our interactions with strangers according to a host of unwritten rules, rituals and (sometimes awkward) attempts at politeness. But what if the people we meet were not a problem, but a gift? When philosopher and traveller Will Buckingham's partner died, he sought solace in throwing open the door to new people. Now, as we reflect on our experiences of the pandemic and its enforced separations, and as global migration figures ever more prominently in our collective future, Buckingham brings together insights from philosophy, anthropology, history and literature to explore how our traditions of meeting the other can mitigate the issues of our time.
Main title:
Hello, stranger : how we find connection in a disconnected world / Will Buckingham.
Author:
Buckingham, Will, author
Imprint:
London : Granta Books, 2021.
Collation:
336 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781783785643 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
302302 BUC
Language:
English
BRN:
1903489
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