Michael Grant Ignatieff is a Canadian author, academic and former politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011. Known for his work as a historian, Ignatieff has held senior academic posts at the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, Harvard University and the University of Toronto.
Books in order of publication:
Novels
Asya, 1991
Scar Tissue, 1993
Charlie Johnson in the Flames, 2005
Non-fiction
A Just Measure of Pain: Penitentiaries in the Industrial Revolution, 1780–1850, 1978
Wealth and Virtue: The Shaping of Political Economy in the Scottish Enlightenment, 1983
The Needs of Strangers, 1984
The Russian Album, 1987
Blood and Belonging: Journeys Into the New Nationalism, 1994
Warrior’s Honour: Ethnic War and the Modern Conscience, 1997
Isaiah Berlin: A Life, 1998
Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond, 2000
The Rights Revolution, 2000
Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry, 2001
Empire Lite: Nation-Building in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan, 2003
The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror, 2004
(ed.) American Exceptionalism and Human Rights, 2005[139]
True Patriot Love, 2009
Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics, 2013
The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World, 2017
On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times, 2021
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