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

Amin Maalouf

In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong is a 1998 book by Amin Maalouf.

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“A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous.”

Amin Maalouf book In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong

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“For it is often the way we look at other people that imprisons them within their own narrowest allegiances. And it is also the way we look at them that may set them free.”

Amin Maalouf book In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong

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

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