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In the name of identity : violence and the need to belong / by Maalouf, Amin.(CARDINAL)744017;
Subjects: Group identity.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The lies that bind : rethinking identity, creed, country, color, class, culture / by Appiah, Anthony,author.(CARDINAL)179457;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Classification -- Creed -- Country -- Color -- Class -- Culture -- Coda."Who do you think you are? That's a question bound up in another: What do you think you are? Gender. Religion. Race. Nationality. Class. Culture. Such affiliations give contours to our sense of self, and shape our polarized world. Yet the collective identities they spawn are riddled with contradictions, and cratered with falsehoods. Kwame Anthony Appiah's The Lies That Bind is an incandescent exploration of the nature and history of the identities that define us. It challenges our assumptions about how identities work. We all know there are conflicts between identities, but Appiah shows how identities are created by conflict. Religion, he demonstrates, gains power because it isn't primarily about belief. Our everyday notions of race are the detritus of discarded nineteenth-century science. Our cherished concept of the sovereign nation--of self-rule--is incoherent and unstable. Class systems can become entrenched by efforts to reform them. Even the very idea of Western culture is a shimmering mirage. From Anton Wilhelm Amo, the eighteenth-century African child who miraculously became an eminent European philosopher before retiring back to Africa, to Italo Svevo, the literary marvel who changed citizenship without leaving home, to Appiah's own father, Joseph, an anticolonial firebrand who was ready to give his life for a nation that did not yet exist, Appiah interweaves keen-edged argument with vibrant narratives to expose the myths behind our collective identities. These 'mistaken identities,' Appiah explains, can fuel some of our worst atrocities--from chattel slavery to genocide. And yet, he argues that social identities aren't something we can simply do away with. They can usher in moral progress and bring significance to our lives by connecting the small scale of our daily existence with larger movements, causes, and concerns. Elaborating a bold and clarifying new theory of identity, The Lies That Bind is a ringing philosophical statement for the anxious, conflict-ridden twenty-first century. This book will transform the way we think about who--and what--'we' are."--Dust jacket.
Subjects: Identity (Philosophical concept); Group identity.; Identity (Psychology);
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Braving the wilderness : the quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone / by Brown, Brené.(CARDINAL)345864;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Everywhere and nowhere -- The quest for true belonging -- High lonesome : a spiritual crisis -- People are hard to hate close up : move in -- Speak truth to bullshit : be civil -- Hold hands : with strangers -- Strong back : soft front : wild heart -- Notes -- Index.
Subjects: Group identity.; Courage.; Individuality.;
Available copies: 52 / Total copies: 72
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Us and them : understanding your tribal mind / by Berreby, David.(CARDINAL)470882;
Includes bibliographical references and index."That's our biggest difference" -- "There are few questions more curious than this" -- Counting and measuring -- Birds of a feather -- Mind sight and kind sight -- Looking for the codes -- How mind makes world -- Inventing tradition in Oklahoma, or, what i did on my summer vacation -- Them, we burn -- Our common humanity makes us weep'' -- No humans involved -- Don't be a stranger -- Hazings and conversions -- The heads on the poles -- Varieties of Darwin.
Subjects: Group identity.; Social psychology.; Psychology.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The old drift : a novel / by Serpell, Namwali,1980-author.(CARDINAL)602235;
"1904. On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there is a colonial settlement called the Old Drift. In a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an Old Drifter named Percy M. Clark, foggy with fever, makes a mistake that entangles the fates of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy. This sets off a cycle of unwitting retribution between three Zambian families (black, white, brown) as they collide and converge over the course of the century, into the present and beyond. As the generations pass, their lives--their triumphs, errors, losses, and hopes--emerge through a panorama of history, fairy tale, romance, and science fiction. From a woman covered with hair and another plagued with endless tears, to forbidden love affairs and fiery political ones, to homegrown technological marvels like Afronauts, microdrones, and viral vaccines, this gripping, unforgettable novel is a testament to our yearning to create and cross borders, and a meditation on the slow, grand passage of time." --Back cover.
Subjects: Afrofuturist fiction.; Science fiction.; Fiction.; Families; Group identity;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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A most dangerous book : Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich / by Krebs, Christopher B.(CARDINAL)690425;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-285) and index.The Roman conquest of the Germanic myth -- Survival and rescue -- The birth of the German ancestors -- Formative years -- Heroes' songs -- The Volk of free-spirited northerners -- White blood -- A bible for national socialists.Traces the five-hundred year history and wide-ranging influence of the Roman historian's unflattering book about the ancient Germans that was eventually extolled by the Nazis as a bible.
Subjects: Tacitus, Cornelius.; Group identity;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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The nine degrees of autism : a developmental model for the alignment and reconciliation of hidden neurological conditions / by Wylie, Philip,1960-editor.(CARDINAL)787824; Lawson, Wenn,1952-editor.(CARDINAL)702230; Beardon, Luke,editor.(CARDINAL)490265;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / Tony Attwood -- A spectrum of neurodevelopment / Emily Casanova & Manuel Casanova -- The first degree of autism : being born on the autism spectrum / Michael Fitzgerald & Phil Wylie -- The second degree of autism : knowing that we are different, without understanding why / Louise Page -- The third degree of autism : developing secondary health problems / Laura Battles -- The fourth degree of autism : self-identification / Debra Moore -- The fifth degree of autism : consideration of all options / Stephen Shore -- The sixth degree of autism : resolution to live with autism : the crisis of identity / Altazar Rossiter -- The seventh degree of autism : self-acceptance and commitment in autism / Wenn Lawson -- The eighth degree of autism : service to society / Sara Heath -- The ninth degree of autism : recognition, mastery and unity.
Subjects: Autism.; Mental illness.; Group identity.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The terrorist identity : explaining the terrorist threat / by Arena, Michael P.; Arrigo, Bruce A.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The psychology of terrorism -- The sociology of identity -- An overview of five extremist organizations -- The Provisional Irish Republican Army -- The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) -- The Peruvian Shining Path -- The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam -- Racist skinheads -- Conclusion.
Subjects: Terrorism.; Terrorists; Group identity.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Us and them : the science of identity / by Berreby, David.(CARDINAL)470882;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- "That's our biggest difference" -- "There are few questions more curious than this" -- Counting and measuring -- Birds of a feather -- Mind sight and kind sight -- Looking for the codes -- How mind makes world -- Inventing tradition in Oklahoma, or what I did on my summer vacation -- Them, we burn -- "Our common humanity makes us weep" -- No humans involved -- Don't be a stranger -- Hazings and conversions -- The heads on the poles -- Species of Darwinism -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and references -- Index.
Subjects: Social groups.; Group identity.; Social psychology.; Prejudices.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The power of us : harnessing our shared identities to improve performance, increase cooperation, and promote social harmony / by Van Bavel, Jay J.,author.; Packer, Dominic J.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298) and index.The power of us -- The lens of identity -- Sharing reality -- Escaping echo chambers -- The value of identity -- Overcoming bias -- Finding solidarity -- Fostering dissent -- Leading effectively -- The future of identity."A revolutionary new understanding of identity, showing how our groups have a powerful influence on our feelings, beliefs, and behavior--and how these shared identities can inspire both personal change and social movements"--
Subjects: Group identity.; Social psychology.; Identity (Psychology);
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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