| Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny Contributor(s): Sen, Amartya (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393329291 ISBN-13: 9780393329292 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2007 Annotation: "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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Social - Philosophy | Political - Social Science | Violence In Society |
| Dewey: 303.601 |
| Series: Issues of Our Time (Norton Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.54" W x 8.24" (0.43 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sen, Amartya: - Amartya Sen has written many books, including Development as Freedom and The Argumentative Indian. He won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics. A professor at Harvard University, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Cambridge, England. |