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In the name of identity : violence and the need to belong
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In the name of identity : violence and the need to belong

Author: Amin Maalouf; Barbara Bray
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The notion of identity -- personal, religious, ethnic, or national -- has given rise to heated passions and crimes throughout history. What makes each one of us unique has been a fundamental question of philosophy from Socrates to Freud. This book argues that the concept of identity that prevails the world over is still very much tribal. It allows men of all countries, conditions, and faiths to be tranformed into  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Amin Maalouf; Barbara Bray
ISBN: 0142002577 9780142002575
OCLC Number: 52095314
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Arcade, 2001.
Description: 164 p. ; 20 cm.
Other Titles: Identités meurtrières.
Identity
Violence and the need to belong
Responsibility: Amin Maalouf ; translated from the French by Barbara Bray.

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The notion of identity -- personal, religious, ethnic, or national -- has given rise to heated passions and crimes throughout history. What makes each one of us unique has been a fundamental question of philosophy from Socrates to Freud. This book argues that the concept of identity that prevails the world over is still very much tribal. It allows men of all countries, conditions, and faiths to be tranformed into butchers and fanatics, passing themselves off as defender of a given identity. Maalouf contends that many of us would reject our inherited conceptions of identity, which we cling to through habit, if only we examined them more closely. The future of society depends on accepting -- while recognizing our uniqueness -- all identities.

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