Identity and violence

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Titel
Identity and violence
Untertitel
the illusion of destiny
Verfasserangabe
Amartya Sen
Medienart
Sprache
Person
Verlag
Ort
London
Jahr
Umfang
215 p.
ISBN13
978-0-14-102780-7
Fußnote
Includes index
Schlagwort
Annotation
Summary
Identity and Violence : The Illusion of Destiny
by Sen, Amartya
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The 1998 Nobel Laureate in economics, Sen (Harvard U.) responds to what he calls the appalling effects of the miniaturization of people. This happens, he explains, when in order to stop violence, people are reduced to a single identity--for example a moderate Shi'ite or a Hindu nationalist--that authorities believe they can address without considering all the other dimensions of reality each person occupies. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)