onsdag den 21. november 2012

Dagens Citat: Amartya Sen

The same person can be, without any contradiction, an American citizen, of Caribbean origin, with African ancestry, a Christian, a liberal, a woman, a vegetarian, a feminist, a heterosexual, a believer in gay and lesbian rights, a theater lover, an environmental activist, a tennis fan, a jazz musician, and someone who is deeply comitted to the view that there are intelligent beings in outer space with whom it is urgent to talk (preferably in English). Each of these collectivities, to all of which this person simultaneously belongs, gives her a particular identity. None of them can be taken to be the person's only identity or singular category.”

- Amartya Sen, Identity & Violence: The illusion of Destiny.

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