On Identity

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Description

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.

Additional information

Weight 0.108 kg
Dimensions 0.9 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

144

Publisher

Year Published

2000-10-19

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1860467296

About The Author

Amin Maalouf's fiction includes Leo the African, Rock of Tanios, which won the 1993 Prix Goncourt, Samarkand and Ports of Call. He is also the author of an acclaimed scholarly work, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, as well as the much admired essay, 'On Identity'.Barbara Bray has twice won the Scott-Moncrieff Prize, as well as the French-American Foundation Prize, for her translations. These include The Lover by Marguerite Duras, The Concert by Ismail Kadare, and George Sand's letters in Flaubert-Sand: The Correspondence.

Review Quote

His observation of human nature in all its facets is wonderfully accurate

Other text

His is a voice which Europe cannot afford to ignore