About this title: Race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexuality: in the past couple of decades, a great deal of attention has been paid to such collective identities. They clamor for recognition and respect, sometimes at the expense of other things we value. But to what extent do 'identities' constrain our freedom, our ability to make an individual life, and to what extent do they enable our individuality? In this beautifully written work, renowned philosopher and African Studies scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah draws on thinkers through the ages and across the globe to explore such questions. "The ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Fine/Fine * Almost N E W! * W/Dust Jacket 358pgs(Index) Clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. ISBN 0691120366. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780691120362ISBN:0691120366
Description: Good. A good reading copy in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, if available). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels. All items will be shipped by the close of the next business day. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780691130286ISBN:0691130280
Description: 8vo, paperback. Vg condition. Cover once cleanly detached down front spine edge, now very neatly reattached, barely noticeable, no loosening; contents bright, crisp & clean, unread. 358 pp. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780691130286ISBN:0691130280
Description: New. "Appiah has written a remarkably impressive book, one that makes a number of important advances on the existing literature and stands as an important contribution to political and moral philosophy and moral psychology. It will be very widely read. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2004-12-28
ISBN-13:9780691120362ISBN:0691120366
Description: Good+ in Very Good jacket. Princeton University Press hardcover in good+ condition. Binding and boards are in excellent condition. Shelfwear is light. Occasional highlighting, thought text is mostly clean and always readable throughout. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Paper Covered Boards
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780691120362ISBN:0691120366
Description: Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus jacket. Ex Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Covers protected by plastic jacket cover. Donation book plate and library stamp on first free-end. Top page edges stamped. No other marks or writing. Clean text, firm binding. The author examines our various "identies" and to what extent they constrain our freedom and our ability to make an individual life. 272 pages plus chapter notes and index. read more
Publisher: UNIVERSITY PRESSES OF CALIFORNIA, COLUMBIA AND PRINCETON, USA
ISBN-13:9780691120362ISBN:0691120366
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"I love this book. It's in my Top 3 books so far this year.
The first two chapters took more concentrated reading than the last few. I annotate my reading (my non-fiction mostly) and ended up with a dozen pages on this. Because I cannot possibly cover my thoughts here, I'll just note that basically Appiah contributes marvelously to the debates that make up liberalism and offers a new reading of John Stuart Mill. (Because the terms here can get so confusing, this is classical liberalism -- "real liberalism" as my Dad would say ;) -- a political philosophy in which freedom of the individual is the most important consideration of the state.)"
"A great book, though dense at at times. Anyone interested in liberalism, political theory, identity, cosmopolitism, or multiculturalism should check this out."
"EoI is clearly written, but somehow not clear about what its ultimate points and positions always are. Lots of interesting takes on other philosophers and interpretations of autonomy, culture, etc. Keeps going on about Mill and his Ghanaian patriot pops. A reference to Eminem win KAA points, though."
"Appiah, as usual, has written a comprehensive (and importantly, readable) text on the intersection of autonomy, social structure v. individual agency, liberalism, culture, and cosmopolitanism both as pragmatic and theoretical concepts. His references to classical thinkers such as J.S. Mill and Kant, are apty and clearly juxtaposed to postmodern philosophers such as John Rawls, Charles Taylor, Ronald Dworkin, Thomas Nagel and Richard Rorty. Ultimately Appiah gives a thorough ethical, political and moral analysis on what it means to be a person "endowed with...unalienable rights.""
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