num_pages: 133
description: The notion of identity - personal, religious, ethnic or national - is one that has given rise to heated passions and crimes throughout the history of mankind. What it is that makes each one of us unique and dissimilar to any other individual has been one of the fundamental questions of philosophy from Socrates to Freud.In this important series of reflections, the author, a Lebanese who now lives in France, where he is a well-known writer and commentator, considers how we define ourselves and how identity is understood in the world's different cultures.
language: English
title: On Identity
titlecomplete: On Identity
genres: Sociology, Psychology, History, Lebanon, Philosophy, Essays, Religion, France, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 10897
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Scott Moncrieff Prize
category: Barbara Bray, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Prix européen de l’essai Charles Veillon
publisher: The Harvill Press