Identity
by Francis Fukuyama · first published 2018
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by Francis Fukuyama · first published 2018
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…term for the sake of brevity.), have significant contribution to the contemporary ideas in Western Civilization. Or at least, the thoughts that is derived from it. [1] argues that the Western idea of identity is born out of Luther and [2-3] has an extensive chronology about how The Bible influences Western thinking. For starter, directly quoting from [3], "The Greco-Romans despised the feeble, the poor, the…
on “Ask HN: Which books you have read till now that were worth investing time in?” ↗…"'...perhaps to other social factors such as embarrassment.'" There is a lot of interesting philosophy around this. In 2019 Partially Examined Life [1] did an interview with Francis Fukuyama on his book "Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment (2018)" I was reading the HN post on research from Newcastle University on eating with your mouth open published in the Guardian. A HN user shared…
on “Users post more falsehoods after others correct them: study” ↗Fukuyama thinks he knows what that something is, and his answer is summed up in the title of his new book, “Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). The demand for recognition, Fukuyama says, is the “master concept” that explains all the contemporary dissatisfactions…
on “Against Identity Politics” ↗