Us and Them The Science of Identity

Name: Us and Them The Science of Identity
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ISBN: 9780226044651

ISBN-10: 0226044653

ISBN-13: 9780226044651

Edition: 2008

Authors: David Berreby, David Berreby

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Democrat and Republican. Meat Eaters and Vegetarians. Black and White. As human beings we sort ourselves into groups. And once we identify ourselves as a member of a particular group-say, Red Sox fans-we tend to feel more comfortable with others of our own kind, rather than, say, Yankees fans. Yet we all belong to multiple groups at the same time-one might be a woman, a mother, an American, a violinist. How do we decide which identities matter and why they matter so much? And what makes us willing to die for, or to kill for, a religion, a nation, or a race? In this award-winning book, David Berreby describes how twenty-first-century science is addressing these age-old questions. Ably…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/24/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 396
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English