Ian Buruma What’s Left After 1989?
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… without idealism, politics becomes a form of accounting, a management of purely material interests.
— Ian Buruma on Accounting
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About Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma (born December 28, 1951) is a Dutch writer and academic. Much of his work focuses on Asian culture, particularly that of 20th-century Japan. In 2003 he became Luce Professor of Democracy, Human Rights & Journalism at Bard College, New York.
About Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma (born December 28, 1951) is a Dutch writer and academic. Much of his work focuses on Asian culture, particularly that of 20th-century Japan. In 2003 he became Luce Professor of Democracy, Human Rights & Journalism at Bard College, New York.
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