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Identity and violence : the illusion of destiny /
In this brilliant short book, Amartya Sen argues that most of the conflicts in the contemporary world arise from individuals' notions of who they are, and which groups they belong to - local, national, religious - which define themselves in opposition to others. Our identification with these gr...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Penguin,
c2006.
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| Series: | Issues of our time (W.W. Norton & Company)
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005033123.html |
Table of Contents:
- The violence of illusion
- Making sense of identity
- Civilizational confinement
- Religious affiliations and Muslim history
- West and anti-west
- Culture and captivity
- Globalization and voice
- Multiculturalism and freedom
- Freedom to think.