The Lies That Bind - Rethinking Identity by Kwame Anthony Appiah

 I'm thinking of stop going to the humanity section of the library. This is so full of such titles which pique my curiosity.

But yes I never regretted picking any book from that section.

So, here is this one, and again I didn't know about the author when I took it but this was really good.

The whole narrative was very well defined, and a lot of points/arguments brought forward resonate with the understanding of a common person. It gives you a wide perspective of how different identities were built, and eventually got established over a period of time. I might not agree with the idea that these identities were catered by falsehood even if we don't understand the complexity these were built on.

The identities are largely divided into gender, religion, nationality, class and culture. That is a very wide range to cover because every single one of them fill volumes. But this balanced approach here does justice to all these identities.

Best part is that the author writes about a lot of these from his own experience which is very diverse.

This may not tell you everything about identities but that is not even the aim of this book. This gives you a fair idea, and arguments to construct your own take on identity.

Peace