Description: Identity And Violence : The Illusion of Destiny, Paperback by Sen, Amartya Kumar, ISBN 0393329291, ISBN-13 9780393329292, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US "Sen argues in this book that conflict and violence are sustained today, no less than in the past, by the illusion of a unique identity. Indeed, the world is increasingly taken to be a federation of religions (or of "cultures" or "civilizations"), ignoring the relevance of other ways in which people see themselves, involving class, gender, profession, language, literature, science, music, morals, or politics. Global attempts to stop such violence are also handicapped by the conceptual disarray generated by the presumption of singular and choiceless identity. When relations among different human beings are identified with a "clash of civilizations," or alternatively, with "amity among civilizations," human beings are miniaturized and deposited into littleboxes." "Through his investigation of such diverse subjects as multiculturalism, postcolonialism, fundamentalism, terrorism, and globalization, Sen brings out the need for a clearheaded understanding of human freedom and the effectiveness of constructivepublic voice in global civil society. The world, Sen shows, can be made to move toward peace as firmly as it has recently spiraled toward violence and war."--Jacket.
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Book Title: Identity and Violence : the Illusion of Destiny
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2007
Topic: History & Theory, General, Violence in Society, Social Psychology
Genre: Philosophy, Political Science, Social Science, Psychology
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Author: Amartya Sen
Item Length: 8.3 in
Book Series: Issues of Our Time Ser.
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
