Identity and Violence：The Illusion of Destiny

图书标准信息

• 作者 Amartya Sen 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2007-09
• ISBN 9780141027807
• 定价 118.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 240页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Theworldmaybemoredrivenbymurderousviolencethaneverbefore,yetNobelLaureateAmartyaSenarguesinthissweepingphilosophicalworkthatitsbrutalitiesaredrivenasmuchbyconfusionasbyinescapablehatred.Senarguesinhisnewbookthatconflictandviolencearesustainedtoday,nolessthanthepast,butbytheillusionofauniqueidentity.Indeed,theworldisincreasinglytakentobedividedbetweenreligions(or'cultures'or'civilizations'),ignoringtherelevanceofotherwaysinwhichpeopleseethemselvesthroughclass,gender,profession,language,literature,science,music,moralsorpolitics,anddenyingtherealpossibilitiesofreasonedchoices.In"IdentityandViolence",heoverturnssuchstereotypesasthe'themonolithicMiddleEast'or'theWesternMind'.Throughhispenetratinginvestigationofsuchsubjectsasmulticulturalism,fundamentalism,terrorismandglobalization,hebringsouttheneedforaclear-headedunderstandingofhumanfreedomandaconstructivepublicvoiceinGlobalcivilsociety.Theworld,Senshows,canbemadetomovetowardspeaceasfirmlyasithasrecentlyspiralledtowardswar.

【作者简介】

AmartyaSenisLamontUniversityProfessoratHarvard.HewontheNobelPrizeinEconomicsin1998andwasMasterofTrinityCollege,Cambridge1998-2004.Hislastbook,TheArgumentativeIndian,wasalsopublishedbyPenguin.Hisbookshavebeentranslatedintothirtylanguages.