{"id":74,"date":"2006-11-19T04:41:52","date_gmt":"2006-11-19T09:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/casts\/economist-amartya-sen-on-identity-and-violence"},"modified":"2010-02-07T12:29:10","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T17:29:10","slug":"economist-amartya-sen-on-identity-and-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/economist-amartya-sen-on-identity-and-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Economist Amartya Sen on &#8220;Identity and Violence&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: this interview was broadcast on WGBH Radio.\u00a0 And here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prx.org\/pieces\/15178-nobel-laureate-and-economist-amartya-sen-on-ident\/comments\" target=\"_blank\">PRX review<\/a> of the program!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"Amartya Sen\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/2006\/tn_AmartyaSenpix.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Amartya Sen, the distinguished economist, philosopher, Nobel laureate and Harvard professor, talks with ThoughtCast about &#8220;Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This new book examines the unfortunate connection between violence and our tendency to identify with one key trait &#8212; our ethnicity, or religion, for example &#8212; to the exclusion of all others. Sen argues that we can combat this tendency by rejecting this narrowly defined, limited sense of identity, and embracing a broader, richer and more complex understanding of ourselves.<br \/>\nAmartya Sen was born in West Bengal, India (now Bangladesh) and teaches economics at Harvard University. He is known in the wider world for his work on the causes of famines.<br \/>\nNote: Susan Wennemyr served as associate producer on this program.<br \/>\nClick here: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/AmartyaSenmono.mp3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/mike.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> to listen (28:30 minutes).<br \/>\nTo listen to a panel on &#8220;Combating Global Poverty&#8221; that includes Sen, <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.wgbh.org\/wgbh\/forum.php?lecture_id=1796\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> to access WGBH&#8217;s Forum Network.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4542\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-74-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/AmartyaSenmono.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/AmartyaSenmono.mp3\">https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/AmartyaSenmono.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/AmartyaSenmono.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?powerpress_pinw=74-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/AmartyaSenmono.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AmartyaSenmono.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: this interview was broadcast on WGBH Radio.\u00a0 And here&#8217;s a PRX review of the program! 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