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Alan MacFarlane Letters To Lily (Paperback). Lily's enquiries range from the intimate, personal and moral to the political, social and philosophical. What is the nature of good and evil?. What is religion?. What is beauty?. Does there have to be torture?. Further DetailsTitle: Letters To Lily Condition: New Description: In a frank and unpretentious series of letters addressed to a teenage granddaughter, this highly original book teaches us to know and understand the world we live in and its rules, and how to behave in it. In these thirty letters, Alan Macfarlane answers his granddaughter's questions about how the world works, how it got to be as it is, what it could be, and where she fits in. Lily's enquiries range from the intimate, personal and moral to the political, social and philosophical. What is the nature of good and evil? What is religion? How can I be truly me? Is right and wrong the same wherever you are? What is beauty? Does there have to be torture? Does money matter? Is knowledge always good? What is progress? What is truth? What is sex? Is democracy a good idea? These are just a few of the questions. In responding to Lily's challenging problems, Alan Macfarlane, from a lifetime's experience as a historian, anthropologist and teacher, ranges through history and across the world's cultures. Her questions are timeless. His answers add up to a classic. Author: Alan MacFarlane EAN: 9781861977809 Edition: Main ISBN-10: 1861977808 ISBN: 9781861977809 Format: Paperback Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 196mm Item Length: 128mm Item Width: 26mm Genre: Biography Subtitle: On how the world works Publisher: Profile Books Ltd Release Date: 01/12/2006 Language: English Item Weight: 220g Release Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
