“‘What is the good life?’ is a question that has occupied philosophers since Socrates. But what does this question mean in an increasingly globalized world? How does globalization affect ideas of the good life and the greater good? Savu’s collection vigorously explores these and related questions. It is a welcome addition to conservations about the fate of the good life in a world where it seems increasingly distant.”

Jeffrey R. Di Leo, University of Houston, Victoria

“Smart, engaged, and provocative, Savu Walker’s volume modernizes the ancient debate on the good life and makes it fit for a global context. The essays gathered here are a delight to read and central to the work of the humanities. Professors of philosophy and literature will find it especially useful.”

John Gibson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Louisville

“This is a substantial essay collection on one of the most urgent and difficult subjects of our global era. Laura Savu Walker has gathered together essays that wrestle with the normative and descriptive dimensions of “good life” across a range of periods, genres, and cultural contexts from Seneca to rap, and Shakespeare to twenty-first century fiction. The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context is timely, provocative, and well written.”

Christian Moraru, University of North Carolina