<div>Until the end of the Cold War, the politics of national identity was confined to isolated incidents of ethnics strife and civil war in distant countries. Now, with the collapse of Communist regimes across Europe and the loosening pf the Cold War'd clamp on East-West relations, a surge of nationalism has swept the world stage. In <em>Blood and Belonging</em>, Ignatieff makes a thorough examination of why blood ties--inplaces as diverse as Yugoslavia, Kurdistan, Northern Ireland, Quebec, Germany, and the former Soviet republics--may be the definitive factor in international relation today. He asks how ethnic pride turned into ethnic cleansing, whether modern citizens can lay the ghosts of a warring past, why--and whether--a people need a state of their own, and why armed struggle might be justified. <em>Blood and Belonging</em> is a profound and searching look at one of the most complex issues of our time.</div>

【作者简介】

叶礼庭（Michael Ignatieff，1947— ）当今世界最具影响力、最敏锐的政治家和知识分子之一，乔治·奥威尔奖、汉娜·阿伦特奖得主。叶礼庭曾任教于剑桥大学、多伦多大学、哈佛大学等，于2009—2011年间出任加拿大自由党党魁。此前，他曾担任战地记者和政治评论员多年，出任多国政府顾问，提供人权、民主、公共安全和国际事务方面的深刻洞见。其文章多见于《纽约书评》《金融时报》《新共和》等媒体，另著有《伯林传》《火与烬》《战士的荣耀》《陌生人的需求》等作品。1987年他的家族回忆录《俄罗斯相册》（The Russian Album）获得加拿大文学最高荣誉——总督奖。

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【译者简介】

成起宏 毕业于南开大学，经济学硕士，现供职于上海，业余从事译介工作。