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To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation
Paul Farmer
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Description for To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation
Hardback. Suitable for graduates, students, and everyone seeking to help bend the arc of history toward justice, this title challenges readers to counter failures of imagination that keep billions of people without access to health care, safe drinking water, decent schools, and other basic human rights. Editor(s): Weigel, Jonathan L. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 294 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 510.
Here, for the first time, is a collection of short speeches by the charismatic doctor and social activist Paul Farmer. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice, Farmer encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges of our times. Engaging, often humorous, and always inspiring, these speeches bring to light the brilliance and force of Farmer's vision in a single, accessible volume. A must-read for graduates, students, and everyone seeking to help bend the arc of history toward justice, To Repair the World: challenges readers to counter failures of imagination that keep ... Read more
Here, for the first time, is a collection of short speeches by the charismatic doctor and social activist Paul Farmer. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice, Farmer encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges of our times. Engaging, often humorous, and always inspiring, these speeches bring to light the brilliance and force of Farmer's vision in a single, accessible volume. A must-read for graduates, students, and everyone seeking to help bend the arc of history toward justice, To Repair the World: challenges readers to counter failures of imagination that keep ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
294
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
California Series in Public Anthropology
Condition
New
Weight
517g
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520275973
SKU
V9780520275973
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About Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer is co-founder of Partners In Health and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His most recent book is Reimagining Global Health. Other titles include To Repair the World, Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights; The New War on the Poor; Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues; and AIDS and Accusation: ... Read more
Reviews for To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation
"[Farmer] offers an anthology of 19 speeches on global health initiatives delivered between 2001 and 2012 . . . [from which ] readers will emerge with a heightened sense of the responsibilities and sacrifices required of future public servants."
Publishers Weekly
"...[To Repair the World] does not disappoint."
Los Angeles Review of Books
"With humor and passion, medical ... Read more
Publishers Weekly
"...[To Repair the World] does not disappoint."
Los Angeles Review of Books
"With humor and passion, medical ... Read more