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The violence of illusion -- Making sense of identity -- Civilizational confinement -- Religious affiliations and Muslim history -- West and anti-west -- Culture and captivity -- Globalization and voice -- Multiculturalism and freedom -- Freedom to think.;"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 clearh

Who reads Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our Time)?

Author

Sen, Amartya, 1933-

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393329292

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Political Science, Fiction, Philosophy

Rating

3.84 / 5 (1,009 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13