Sen, Amartya

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)