In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong

In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong

by Amin Maalouf (Author)

Synopsis

An award-winning author explores why so many people commit crimes in the name of identity. Makes for compelling reading in America today.--The New York Times.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: Apr 2003

ISBN 10: 0142002577
ISBN 13: 9780142002575

Media Reviews
Makes for compelling reading in America today. --The New York Times



This...polemic...confirms that...the mass murder of September 11, while indelibly shocking, is not wholly surprising. --Todd Gitlin, Los Angeles Times

Author Bio

Amin Maalouf is an eminent novelist, whose books include The Rock of Tanios, which won the 1993 Goncourt Prize, France's most prestigious literary award. He was formerly director of the leading Beirut newspaper an-Nahar and editor of Jeune Afrique.