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The Remains of the Day
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8 Reddit comments about The Remains of the Day:

u/crux_ · 3 pointsr/IAmA

Related: The Remains of The Day is a fantastic, fantastic piece of literature and happens to offer deep insight into the life of a traditional butler....

u/kulmthestatusquo · 2 pointsr/Futurology

Rousseau's ideas were good at his own days, but not now. In fact if he were alive now he would be advocating transhumanism.

There are 3 types of soc contract, Hobbes (the oldest), Locke and Rousseau.

http://www.iep.utm.edu/soc-cont/

Hobbes , who was influenced by Machiavelli, said social contract is maintained only thru force. Rosseau was in turn influenced by Hobbes, not Locke who said social contract is not harming others' interests.
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these assholes working for the sov individuals will remain loyal to their employers, and would rather be excluded from society, since they identify with their rulers.

http://www.amazon.com/Remains-Day-Kazuo-Ishiguro/dp/0679731725/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1458509578&sr=8-2&keywords=remains+of+the+day

The butler , the protagonist of that book, stands loyal to his lord who is a complete asshole, and even gets to think the fact that he served the lord was a service to society. He sometimes had doubts about whether the lord was that great, but he remains the way he is since it gives him a 'social status' in the lord's households.

u/happinessinmiles · 2 pointsr/proper

Here it is, old bean!

A film was also fashioned from its story.

u/knichole · 1 pointr/books

I don't know about his other stuff. How about Kazuo Ishiguro? I wouldn't really consider his writing style similar to what you mentioned or Delillo, but I really enjoyed Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go

u/omaca · 1 pointr/books

The Remains of the Day is a remarkable novel. It will give you a wonderful insight into the British psyche, class system, pre & post war society and politics and is, underneath it all, an achingly moving story of love, loss and human choices.

Amazingly, Ishiguro was actually born in Japan before moving to England and English is his second language; at least officially.



u/trufflewine · 1 pointr/booksuggestions

The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro. Primarily a novel about loneliness and denial--it's written from the perspective of an English butler, and takes those themes in an interesting direction. Really beautiful book, one of my favorites.