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" In the name of identity : "
Amin Maalouf ; translated from the French by Barbara Bray
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BL
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712520
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b534709
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| Uniform Title
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Identités meurtrières.English
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| Main Entry
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Maalouf, Amin
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In the name of identity : : violence and the need to belong /\ Amin Maalouf ; translated from the French by Barbara Bray
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Penguin Books,, 2003
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164 p. ;; 20 cm
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| ISBN
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0142002577 (pbk.)
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: 9780142002575 (pbk.)
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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Arcade, 2001
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| Abstract
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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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Group identity
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| Dewey Classification
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302.4
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HM753.M3313 2003
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Bray, Barbara
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Identity
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: Violence and the need to belong
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