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_a303.6012 SEN _223 _b001270 |
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_aSen, Amartya. _d1933- |
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_aIdentity and violence : _bthe illusion of destiny / _cAmartya Sen. |
| 250 | _aFirst edition. | ||
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_aLondon : _bAllen Lane, _c2006. |
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_axx, 215 pages : _c23 cm. |
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_2rdacontent _atext _btxt |
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_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn |
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_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and indexes. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | _gCh. 1.The violence of illusion --Ch. 2.Making sense of identity --Ch. 3.Civilizational confinement --Ch. 4.Religious affiliations and Muslim history --Ch. 5.West and anti-West --Ch. 6.Culture and captivity --Ch. 7.Globalization and voice --Ch. 8.Multiculturalism and freedom --Ch. 9.Freedom to think. |
| 520 | 1 | _a"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 little boxes." "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 constructive public 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."--BOOK JACKET. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aIdentity (Philosophical concept). | |
| 650 | 0 | _aGroup identity. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aViolence. | |
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