Defending Identity
Its Indispensable Role in Protecting Democracy
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Democracy
| Author: | Natan Sharansky | ISBN: | 9781586486518 |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs | Publication: | June 3, 2008 |
| Imprint: | PublicAffairs | Language: | English |
| Author: | Natan Sharansky |
| ISBN: | 9781586486518 |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs |
| Publication: | June 3, 2008 |
| Imprint: | PublicAffairs |
| Language: | English |
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 time.
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 time.
