The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

  1. Home
  5. Violence and abuse in society
  1. Home
  3. Genres
  7. Violence and abuse in society
Identity and Violence The Illusion Of Destiny

Paperback • 2007 • English

Identity and Violence The Illusion Of Destiny

By Amartya Sen

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

“One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion.”—Nadine Gordimer 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 tow...Show more

Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
Violence and abuse in society
Gender studies, gender groups

Book details

ISBN

9780393329292

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

Identity and Violence The Illusion Of Destiny

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

You might also like

On Violence

On Violence

Hannah Arendt

The Identity trap

The Identity trap

Yascha Mounk

The better angels of our nature

The better angels of our nature

Steven Pinker

On the Genealogy of Morals

On the Genealogy of Morals

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

Elif Shafak

Identity

Identity

Francis Fukuyama

The Lies that Bind Rethinking Identity

The Lies that Bind Rethinking Identity

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Identity Destabilised Living in an Overheated World

Identity Destabilised Living in an Overheated World

Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Ideals an Ideologies A Reader

Ideals an Ideologies A Reader

Terence Ball

The Unwinding

The Unwinding

George Packer

Violence and the Sacred

Violence and the Sacred

René Girard

In the Name of Identity Violence and the Need to Belong

In the Name of Identity Violence and the Need to Belong

Amin Maalouf

The Idea of Justice

The Idea of Justice

Amartya Sen

Dignity in Adversity Human Rights in Troubled Times

Dignity in Adversity Human Rights in Troubled Times

Seyla Benhabib

Rage and Time A Psychopolitical Investigation

Rage and Time A Psychopolitical Investigation

Peter Sloterdijk

Empire of Illusion

Empire of Illusion

Chris Hedges

From genocide to continental war

From genocide to continental war

Gerard Prunier

Violence: Six Sideways Reflections

Violence: Six Sideways Reflections

Slavoj Žižek

Violence Six Sideways Reflections

Violence Six Sideways Reflections

Slavoj Žižek

ID - The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century

ID - The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century

Susan Greenfield

The Perfect Crime

The Perfect Crime

Jean Baudrillard

Identity & Violence - The Illusion of Destiny

Identity & Violence - The Illusion of Destiny

Amartya K.

Modernity and Self-Identity - Self and Society in the Late Modern Age

Modernity and Self-Identity - Self and Society in the Late Modern Age

Anthony Giddens

Globalization and Belonging

Globalization and Belonging

Speila L.

Liquid Love On the Frailty of Human Bonds

Liquid Love On the Frailty of Human Bonds

Zygmunt Bauman

The Quest for Cosmic Justice

The Quest for Cosmic Justice

Thomas Sowell

humanity

humanity

Jonathan Glover

On Identity

On Identity

Amin Maalouf

Anthropology, Development and Modernities

Anthropology, Development and Modernities

Alberto Arce

Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument (African Issues)

Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument (African Issues)

Patrick Chabal

Identity and Agency in Cultural worlds

Identity and Agency in Cultural worlds

Dorothy Holland

The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness

The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness

Erich Fromm

Nuer Dilemmas. Coping with Money, War and the State

Nuer Dilemmas. Coping with Money, War and the State

Sharon Achinstein

The Struggle for Recognition The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts

The Struggle for Recognition The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts

Axel Honneth

Culture and Imperialism

Culture and Imperialism

Edward W. Said

Means of Escape

Means of Escape

Philip Caputo

Formation of Violence

Formation of Violence

Allen Feldman

The Roots of Evil

The Roots of Evil

Ervin Staub

Escape from Evil

Escape from Evil

Ernest Becker