Identity and Violence

Informationen zum Autor Amartya Sen is a professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University. A former master of Trinity College, Cambridge, he won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998. His many celebrated books include Development as Freedom and The Idea of Justice . Klappentext 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."One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion."-Nadine Gordimer

About the author

Amartya Sen is a professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University. A former master of Trinity College, Cambridge, he won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998. His many celebrated books include Development as Freedom and The Idea of Justice.

Product details

• Authors: Amartya Sen, Amartya K. Sen, Amartya Kumar Sen
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.03.2007
• EAN: 9780393329292
• ISBN: 978-0-393-32929-2
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 205 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Issues of Our Time (Norton Pap; Issues of Our Time (Norton Pap; Issues of Our Time
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics