There is considerable evidence that women's education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children
Amartya SenRead
Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote suggests that violence arises when rigid and aggressive identities are imposed on vulnerable individuals by skilled manipulators.
Amartya Sen highlights the dangerous effects of imposing narrow and hostile identities on susceptible populations. Such impositions can lead to violence, as they exploit the insecurities and ignorance of individuals, often driven by those who are adept at instigating fear and conflict. The quote underscores the importance of understanding and addressing the complex identities of individuals rather than categorizing them in harmful ways.
Themes
ViolenceIdentityManipulationTerrorFear
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about social issues, this quote can emphasize the role of identity in fostering violence.
More from Amartya Sen
All quotes βEmpowering women is key to building a future we want
Amartya SenRead
I attempted to see famines as broad "economic" problems (concentrating on how people can buy food, or otherwise get entitled to it), rather than in terms of the grossly undifferentiated picture of aggregate food supply for the economy as a whole.
Amartya SenRead
Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already half way towards solving it.
Amartya SenRead
Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty, which robs people of the freedom to satisfy hunger; or to achieve sufficient nutrition, or to obtain remedies for treatable illnesses or the opportunity to be adequatley clothed or sheltered, or to enjoy clean water or sanitary facilities.
Amartya SenRead
The exchange between different cultures can not possibly be seen as a threat, when it is friendly. But I believe that the dissatisfaction with the overall architecture often depends on the quality of leadership.
Amartya SenRead
Similar quotes
We are only midway through the central verse of our youth when we see ourselves begin to blacken. ... We had been seduced into thinking that we were immortal and suddenly the affair is over.
Anne CarsonRead
Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders.
Warren ChristopherRead
Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.
Orson Scott CardRead
The libertarian sees the State as a giant gang of organized criminals, who live off the theft called "taxation" and use the proceeds to kill, enslave, and generally push people around. Therefore, any property in the hands of the State is in the hands of thieves, and should be liberated as quickly as possible. Any person or group who liberates such property, who confiscates or appropriates it from the State, is performing a virtuous act and a signal service to the cause of liberty.
Murray RothbardRead
The church must share in the secular problems of ordinary human life, not dominating, but helping and serving.
Dietrich BonhoefferRead
We crave support in vanity, as we do in religion, and never forgive contradictions in that sphere.
George SantayanaRead