Identity and Violence
The Illusion of Destiny
Published on 19. September 2013
240 pages
978-0-393-24319-2 (ISBN)
Description
"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 toward peace as firmly as it has spiraled in recent years toward brutality and war.More details
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Amartya Sen is a professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University. A former master of Trinity College, Cambridge, he won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998. His many celebrated books include Development as Freedom and The Idea of Justice.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Violence of Illusion
- Chapter 2 Making Sense of Identity
- Chapter 3 Civilizational Confinement
- Chapter 4 Religious Affiliations and Muslim History
- Chapter 5 West and Anti-West
- Chapter 6 Culture and Captivity
- Chapter 7 Globalization and Voice
- Chapter 8 Multiculturalism and Freedom
- Chapter 9 Freedom to Think
- Notes
- Names Index
- Subject Index
- Copyright
