Defending Identity
Author | : Natan Sharansky |
Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2008-06-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781586486518 |
ISBN-13 | : 1586486519 |
Rating | : 4/5 (519 Downloads) |
Download or read book Defending Identity written by Natan Sharansky and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is better prepared to confront challenges and defend principles in a volatile modern world? Those with strong national, religious, ethnic, or tribal identities who accept democracy, or democrats who renounce identity as a kind of divisive prejudice? Natan Sharansky, building on his personal experience as a dissident, argues that valueless cosmopolitanism, even in democracies, is dangerous. Better to have hostile identities framed by democracy than democrats indifferent to identity. In a vigorous, insightful challenge to the left and right alike, Natan Sharansky, as he has proved repeatedly, is at the leading edge of the issues that frame our times.