Amartya Sen is the Lamont University Professor at Harvard and the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics. An excerpt from his most recent book, Identity and Violence, appeared in Slate in March.

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Americans Must Learn More About Real World History

Amartya Sen

May 05, 2006 11:52 PM

Understanding Violence in the World

Amartya Sen

May 04, 2006 5:13 PM

Was World War II a “Clash of Nationalities”?

Amartya Sen

May 03, 2006 3:07 PM

What Clash of Civilizations?

Amartya Sen

March 29, 2006 6:02 AM

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