Identity and Violence

Name: Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
ISBN: 9780393329292

The Illusion of Destiny

Amartya Sen

2007·240 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics

“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.

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