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    The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity
    The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity
    The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity

    Written by Kwame Anthony Appiah

    Narrated by Kwame Anthony Appiah

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    About this audiobook

    We all know how identities-notably, those of nationality, class, culture, race, and religion-are at the root of global conflict, but the more elusive truth is that these identities are created by conflict in the first place. In provocative, entertaining chapters, Kwame Anthony Appiah interweaves keen-edged argument with engrossing historical tales-from Anton Wilhelm Amo, the eighteenth-century African child who became an eminent European academic, to Italo Svevo, the literary genius who changed countries without leaving home-and reveals the tangled contradictions within the stories that define us. The concept of the sovereign nation, Appiah shows us, is incoherent. Our everyday notions of race are the detritus of discarded science; the very idea of Western culture is a shimmering mirage. These beliefs, and more, are crafted from confusions-confusions Appiah sorts through to imagine a more hopeful future.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateOct 16, 2018
    ISBN9781684413577
    The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity
    Author

    Kwame Anthony Appiah

    Kwame Anthony Appiah is Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University and has been President of the PEN American Center. Grandson of a British Chancellor of the Exchequer and nephew of a Ghanaian king, he spent his childhood in both countries, before studying Philosophy at Cambridge University. He is author of seminal works on philosophy and culture, including In My Father's House, The Honor Code and the prize-winning Cosmopolitanism. He lives with his husband in New York and New Jersey. Find him on Twitter @KAnthonyAppiah http://appiah.net/

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    • 5/5
      Liked this book so much! Reminded me of his Cosmopolitanism book. Very good discussions of things like race, nationality, sex but I most of all liked his treatment of religions and cultures.
    • 4/5
      Okay. Interesting sections on class.