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    Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
    Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
    Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
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    Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny

    Written by Amartya Sen

    Narrated by Steven Crossley

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    "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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 22, 2022
    ISBN9798765018385
    Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
    Author

    Amartya Sen

    Amartya Sen is Lamont University Professor at Harvard University, and also Professor of Economics and Philosophy there. Previously he was the Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford and, earlier, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, Delhi University and Jadavpur University. His publications include Collective Choice and Social Welfare; Choice; Welfare and Measurement; Poverty and Famines; On Ethics and Economics; and Inequality Reexamined, among others. He is past president of the Econometric Society, the International Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association and the American Economic Association.

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