{"product_id":"the-home-we-build-together","title":"The Home We Build Together","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Sacks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e9781399420648\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecreating Society\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArguing that global communications have fragmented national cultures and that multiculturalism, intended to reduce social frictions, is today reinforcing them, Sacks argues for a new approach to national identity, making the case for \"integrated diversity\" within a framework of shared political values.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain, he argues, will have to construct a national narrative as a basis for identity, reinvigorate the concept of the common good, and identify shared interests among currently conflicting groups. It must restore a culture of civility, protect \"neutral spaces\" from politicization, and find ways of moving beyond an adversarial culture in which the loudest voice wins. He argues for a responsibility- rather than rights-based model of citizenship that connects the ideas of giving and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffering a new paradigm to replace previous models of assimilation on the one hand, multiculturalism on the other, he argues that we should see society as \"the home we build together\", bringing the distinctive gifts of different groups to the common good. Sacks warns of the hazards free and open societies face in the twenty-first century, and offers an unusual religious defence of liberal democracy and the nation state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003ePart One: How Did We Get Here?\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2. Society as Country House, Hotel or Home\u003cbr\u003e3. A Brief History of Multiculturalism\u003cbr\u003e4. The Defeat of Freedom in the Name of Freedom\u003cbr\u003e5. Victims\u003cbr\u003e6. Technology and the Fragmentation of Culture\u003cbr\u003e7. The Inward Turn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart Two: A Theory of Society Creation\u003cbr\u003e8. A Forgotten Political Classic\u003cbr\u003e9. Social Contract, Social Covenant\u003cbr\u003e10. Telling the Story\u003cbr\u003e11. The Responsible Society\u003cbr\u003e12. The Home We Build Together\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart Three: Where Next?\u003cbr\u003e13. The Uses of Covenant\u003cbr\u003e14. Who Am I?\u003cbr\u003e15. Face-to-Face, Side-by-Side\u003cbr\u003e16. Civility\u003cbr\u003e17. Multiculturalism or Tolerance?\u003cbr\u003e18. Mending the Broken Family\u003cbr\u003e19. A Religious Defence of Liberal Democracy\u003cbr\u003e20. A Time to Build\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Continuum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40904381595683,"sku":"9781399420648","price":29.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/files\/DSC_4692_4fb99f6e-f3d1-4f36-ad77-581db74658e0.jpg?v=1753863643","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/the-home-we-build-together","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}