[PDF.41et] Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our Time)

Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our Time)

[PDF.pf38] Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our Time)

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 | #200684 in Books |  2007-02-17 |  | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.30 x.70 x5.60l,.43 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Unfolding the causal link between identity and violence|By nafrica|I thought Sen accurately nailed the problem on the head - strong identities lend themselves to violence. This is an inherent problem with identity. When you form strong attachments with like-minded people, you must by necessity be exclusive. The dark side of exclusivity is that people often times treat the 'o|From Publishers Weekly|Nobel Prize–winning economist Sen deplores the "little boxes" that divide us in this high-minded but seldom penetrating brief against identity politics. Sen observes that ideologies of hate typically slot people into communities base

“One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion.”―Nadine Gordimer

In this sweeping philosophical work, Amartya Sen proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race, religion, and class, Sen presents an inspiring vision of a world that can be made to move...

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