Identity and Violence

阿马蒂亚•森 1998年诺贝尔经济学奖得主，曾任剑桥大学三一学院院长，现任哈佛大学教授。其著作包括《以自由看待发展》、《理性与自由》（本书于2006年由中国人民大学出版社出版）、《论经济不平等》和《好辨的印度人》等等。……本文来自: 中国经济学教育科研网(http://www.cenet.org.cn) 详细内容清查看：http://www.cenet.org.cn/article.asp?articleid=39161

出版者:W. W. Norton

作者:Amartya Sen

页数:215

出版时间:2006-03-27

价格:USD 24.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780393060072

图书标签:社会学历史政治心理学economics社会宗教politics

Smashing such stereotypes as "the monolithic Middle East" or "the Western Mind," Amartya Sen examines the much-misunderstood concept of identity.

The world may be more riven by murderous violence than ever before; yet Amartya Sen, the galvanizing Nobel Laureate, proposes in this sweeping philosophical work that the brutalities are driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Conflict and violence are sustained by the illusion of a unique identity, overlooking the need for reason and choice in deciding on bonds of class, gender, profession, scientific interests, moral beliefs, and even our shared identity as human beings. Challenging the reductionist view that people of the world can be partitioned into little boxes in terms of civilizational categories, Sen draws on history, economics, science, literature, and his own memories of difficult as well as easy times on three continents to present an inspiring vision of a world that can be made to move toward peace as firmly as it has spiraled in recent years toward violence and war.

About the series: Issues of Our Time: "Aware of the competition for the attention of readers, W. W. Norton & Company and I have created the "Issues of Our Time" as a lucid series of highly readable books through which some of today's most thoughtful intellectuals seek to challenge the general reader to reexamine received truths and grapple with powerful trends that are shaping the world in which we live. The series launches with Anthony Appiah, Alan Dershowitz, and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen as the first of an illustrious group who will tackle some of the most plangent and central issues defining our society today through books that deal with such issues as sexual and racial identities, the economics of the developing world, and the concept of citizenship in a truly globalized twenty-first-century world culture. Above all else, these books are designed to be read and enjoyed."—Henry Louis Gates Jr., W. E. B. DuBois Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University

读后感

在理性与感性间回归人性，在理想与现实间守望真情 ——读《身份与暴力》有感 世事尘嚣，尤需心灵澄净。浮生一梦，姑且负重前行。 不论是新中国，还是古希腊，不论是耶稣基督，还是佛陀释迦，不论是《旧制度与大革命》所描述的法国，还是《飘》所描述的美国，都曾经历...  

诺贝尔经济学奖获得者阿玛蒂亚•森的这本小书已经看过三次，每次都令人感慨甚深，钦佩于作者的逻辑力量，他用常识为我们破解了生活中种种幻觉。 在我们生命中，总有命运的羁绊，但命运是实际存在的，还是虚假的？年龄越大的人，越倾向于命运的实有，比如曾国藩说过，不信命...  

在理性与感性间回归人性，在理想与现实间守望真情 ——读《身份与暴力》有感 世事尘嚣，尤需心灵澄净。浮生一梦，姑且负重前行。 不论是新中国，还是古希腊，不论是耶稣基督，还是佛陀释迦，不论是《旧制度与大革命》所描述的法国，还是《飘》所描述的美国，都曾经历...  

宏观经济学之父凯恩斯对观念有着这样的看法：“经济哲学家和政治哲学家的各种观念，其力量之大，出乎常人之意料。实际上，统治世界的不过就是这些观念而已。……既得利益之势力，往往被人夸大，实则远不如各种观念之潜移默化影响。……或早或晚，或好或坏，危险的不是既得利益...  

诺贝尔经济学奖获得者阿玛蒂亚•森的这本小书已经看过三次，每次都令人感慨甚深，钦佩于作者的逻辑力量，他用常识为我们破解了生活中种种幻觉。 在我们生命中，总有命运的羁绊，但命运是实际存在的，还是虚假的？年龄越大的人，越倾向于命运的实有，比如曾国藩说过，不信命...  

用户评价

基本论点无懈可击：人有多重身份，在理想条件下每个人都有理性选择身份的权利。问题是在某种特定环境中人们会如何选择自己的身份？整本书感觉只是另外一部野心极大的书的绪论。multiculturalism和cultural liberty那部分最有趣。

虽然从学理上可以更好的去理解violence的根源，但不得不说的是，我们仍对于identity无能为力。单向的政治正确在后来的实践中已经证明完全破产了。

有点啰嗦 但主要观点和论点还是不错的

虽然从学理上可以更好的去理解violence的根源，但不得不说的是，我们仍对于identity无能为力。单向的政治正确在后来的实践中已经证明完全破产了。

基本论点无懈可击：人有多重身份，在理想条件下每个人都有理性选择身份的权利。问题是在某种特定环境中人们会如何选择自己的身份？整本书感觉只是另外一部野心极大的书的绪论。multiculturalism和cultural liberty那部分最有趣。