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Continue the exploration of his father’s legacy in \u003cem\u003eAfter Romulus\u003c\/em\u003e, where Gaita delves further into his personal memories with poignant clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGaita's passion for justice and ethics is evident in works like \u003cem\u003eA Common Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJustice and Hope\u003c\/em\u003e, where he examines broad philosophical questions and the role of ethics in modern society. These titles reflect his commitment to understanding the essence of humanity and the necessity of hope and compassion in our collective lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor those interested in contemporary issues, \u003cem\u003eEssays on Muslims and Multiculturalism\u003c\/em\u003e offers a critical examination of diversity in society, providing thoughtful perspectives on identity and belonging in a multicultural landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRaimond Gaita's contributions are not only vital in the field of philosophy but also enrich discussions in arts, culture, and social ethics. His work challenges readers to reflect deeply on the moral dimensions of life and the shared bonds that unify all people. Whether through philosophy or personal narrative, Gaita’s writings encourage a deeper understanding of the world and our place within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eImmerse yourself in Raimond Gaita’s collection and be inspired by his commitment to truth, justice, and the enduring impact of moral and cultural understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"why-the-war-was-wrong-by-raimond-gaita-9781920885120","title":"Why The War Was Wrong","description":"No Marketing Blurb","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46343734624492,"sku":"9781920885120","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25348113482871.jpg?v=1744006303"},{"product_id":"essays-on-muslims-and-multiculturalism-by-raimond-gaita-9781921656606","title":"Essays on Muslims and Multiculturalism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeptember 11, 2001, marked a change in Australian attitudes towards immigrants. The spotlight was on Muslims. This collection of thought-provoking essays looks at multiculturalism's successes and failures in providing a secure, well-integrated, free, and fair Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhilosopher and writer Raimond Gaita has gathered some of Australia's leading writers in the field to examine an issue that goes to the heart of Australia's identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWaleed Aly examines the role that the media has played in anti-Islamic myth-making in popular Western culture. Shakira Hussein looks at how Australia's immigration policy has changed the cultural landscape. Geoffrey Brahm Levey writes on multiculturalism and terror and Raimond Gaita on 'the war on terror'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssays on Muslims and Multiculturalism\u003c\/em\u003e challenges readers to reflect on the complexities of an Australian society that strives to be inclusive yet faces significant challenges in achieving true multicultural harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46354755387628,"sku":"9781921656606","price":29.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4977183482872.jpg?v=1744288094"},{"product_id":"romulus-my-father-by-raimond-gaita-9781876485177","title":"Romulus, My Father","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRomulus Gaita fled his home in his native Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen and came to Australia with his young wife Christine and their four-year-old son soon after the end of World War II. Tragic events were to overtake them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRaimond Gaita has an extraordinary story to tell about growing up with his father amid the stony paddocks and flowing grasses of country Australia. Written simply and movingly, \u003cem\u003eRomulus, My Father\u003c\/em\u003e is about how a compassionate and honest man taught his son the meaning of living a decent life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is about passion, betrayal and madness, about friendship and the joy and dignity of work, about character and fate, affliction and spirituality. No one will read this wonderful book without an enhanced sense of the possibilities of being alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Consistently astounding...one of the most remarkable works of autobiography I have read for years, a memoir of absolutely compelling tragi-comic quality.' — Peter Craven, Australian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46377963880684,"sku":"9781876485177","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2635533482856.jpg?v=1744834075"},{"product_id":"romulus-my-father-by-raimond-gaita-9781925498691","title":"Romulus, My Father","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRomulus Gaita fled Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen and came to Australia with his wife and their son soon after World War II. 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There is nothing reasonable in the fact that another person's absence can make our lives seem empty. The power of human beings to affect one another in ways beyond reason and beyond merit has offended rationalists and moralists since the dawn of thought, but it is partly what yields to us that sense of human individuality which we express when we say that human beings are unique and irreplaceable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch attachments, and the joy and the grief which they may cause, condition our sense of the preciousness of human beings. Love is the most important of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Common Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e explores these themes through a profound philosophical lens, challenging the reader to consider the deep connections and irreplaceable nature of human relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46605831143660,"sku":"9781876485412","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2637883482856.jpg?v=1751447065"},{"product_id":"after-romulus-by-raimond-gaita-9781921758782","title":"After Romulus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1998, Raimond Gaita's \u003cem\u003eRomulus, My Father\u003c\/em\u003e was first published - the story of his father, who came to Australia from Europe with his young wife Christine and their four-year-old son after the end of the Second World War. 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For more than three decades, the incomparable voice of Raimond Gaita has been summoning us to new conversations that deepen our understanding of what matters most to human life and awaken the sense of our common humanity. For Gaita, we are never more fully alive than when we are fully present to one another in conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a time when modes of communication tend to superficiality and self-promotion, when political debates are increasingly inured to lies and even violence, and the moral demands of dialogue give way to a torrent of competing monologues, Gaita's invitation to rediscover what genuine conversation requires of us could not be more timely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese collected writings at once invite us into that conversation and enact its severe demands. Gaita asks us to confront the distinctive evil of genocide, to examine the true cost of the 'War on Terror', to interrogate what justice requires in response to Australia's dispossession of its First Peoples, to understand our need for truth in politics, especially during war, to see what is at stake in the decline of the universities, to grasp what was lost during the Black Summer bushfires, and to reckon with the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic—when we learned, he writes, 'how much we needed to touch and hold other people'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGaita's astonishing range of concerns is held together by the consistency and unrelenting tenderness of his moral vision. To see the world through Gaita's eyes is to discover, once again, what it means to love the world and to remain faithful to it. He tells us that an unconditional love of the world is the deepest form of hope and the truest source of our energies to honour the demands of justice. 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