existence. These timely meditations by one of the most perceptive social thinkers of our time will appeal to a wide range of readers. Hardcover Status Available Edition First Edition ISBN 9780745655697 ISBN10 0745655696 Publication Dates ROW: Jan 2012 Publication Dates US: Mar 2012 Publication Dates Aus & NZ: Jan 2012 Buy from Wiley Format 239 x 160 mm , 9.40 x 6.30 in Pages 216 pages Paperback Status Available Edition First Edition ISBN 9780745655703 ISBN10 074565570X Publication Dates ROW: Jan 2012 Publication Dates US: Mar 2012 Publication Dates Aus & NZ: Jan 2012 Buy from Wiley Order exam copy* Format 229 x 153 mm , 9.00 x 6.00 in Pages 216 pages * Exam copies only available to lecturers for whom the book may be suitable as a course text. Please note: Sales representation and distribution for Polity titles is provided by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2010 On the sense and senselessness of diary-keeping; On the usefulness of fighting windmills; On virtual eternity; On farming words; On superpower, superbroke; On averages; On multi-tasking; On the blind leading the impotent; On Gypsies and democracy; On fading trust and blooming arrogance; On the right to be angry OCTOBER 2010 On the right to get richer; On many cultures, and one cover-up; On don't say you haven't been warned; On the quandaries of believing; On Cervantes, father of humanities; On one more war of attrition, A.D. 2010-? NOVEMBER 2010 On why Americans see no light at the end of the