Identity and violence: the illusion of destiny
- New Delhi Allen Lane 2006
- xx, 215 p. 21 cm ; Hard
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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.
Amartya Sen argues that most of the conflicts in the contemporary world arise from individuals' notions of who they are, and which groups they belong to - local, national, religious - which define themselves in opposition to others
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Group identity Social conflict Violence Identity (Philosophical concept)