On identity

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Paperback, 133 pages

English language

Published July 19, 2000 by Harvill.

ISBN:
978-1-86046-729-5
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OCLC Number:
44398190

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4 stars (1 review)

"The notion of identity - personal, religious, ethnic or national - is one that has given rise to heated passions and crimes throughout the history of mankind. What it is that makes each one of us unique and dissimilar to any other individual has been one of the fundamental questions of philosophy from Socrates to Freud." "In this important series of reflections, the author, a Lebanese who now lives in France, where he is a well-known writer and commentator, considers how we define ourselves and how identity is understood in the world's different cultures."--BOOK JACKET

Description: 133 p. ; 20 cm.

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reviewed On identity by Amin Maalouf

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Jeg skulle ønske jeg hadde lest den i 1998 da den ble gitt ut. Da hadde kanskje mitt perspektiv på identitet vært helt annerledes og gitt meg kraft til handling - der handling trengs. Identitet og religion hører ikke sammen, er en av Maaloufs postulater. Det er en farlig blanding, det kunne vært sagt av Kierkegaard, og jeg tror Maalouf har rett. En tunglest bok, men det er verd slitet - og kanskje er den lettere å forstå i norsk oversettelse.

Subjects

  • Ethnicity
  • Minorities
  • Group identity
  • Ethnic relations
  • Identity (Philosophical concept)