Identity and violence : the illusion of destiny
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Identity and violence : the illusion of destiny
(Penguin books)(Penguin politics)
Penguin, 2007
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Identity & violence
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Saitama
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  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
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  United States of America
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"First published in the United States of America by W.W. Norton & Co., Ltd 2006. First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane 2006"--T.p. verso
Includes indexes
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Description
Profound and humane, Amartya Sen's Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny examines some of the most explosive problems of our time and shows how we can move towards peace as firmly as we have spiralled towards war.
In this penetrating book, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen argues that we are becoming increasingly divided along lines of religion and culture, ignoring the many other ways in which people see themselves, from class and profession to morals and politics. When we are put into narrow categories the importance of human life becomes lost.
Through his lucid exploration of such subjects as multiculturalism, fundamentalism, terrorism and globalization, he brings out the need for a clear-headed understanding of human freedom and a constructive public voice in Global civil society. The hope of harmony in today's world lies in a clearer understanding of our sheer diversity.
'Identity and Violence is a moving, powerful essay about the mischief of bad ideas'
The Economist
'Impassioned, eloquent and often moving, Identity and Violence is a sustained attack on the "solitarist" theory which says that human identities are formed by membership of a single social group'
John Gray, Guardian
'Rich in ideas ... I would love to send it to Osama bin Laden and have his reply'
Spectator
'Sen's moving and most personal book yet'
The Times Literary Supplement
'Stimulating ... simple and persuasive'
Financial Times
'An accessible and exceptional humanitarian'
Jon Snow, New Statesman Heroes of Our Time
Amartya Sen is Lamont University Professor at Harvard. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998. His other books published by Penguin include The Argumentative Indian and The Idea of Justice.
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