LEADER 00000nim a22004935a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125100047.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 130915s2008 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781982467159 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1982467150 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781433242908_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT10026840 037 10026840|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 321.8|222 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Shcharansky, Anatoly. 245 10 Defending identity :|bits indispensable role in protecting democracy|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cNatan Sharansky, with Shira Wolosky. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bBlackstone Publishing,|c2008. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 09 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Stefan Rudnicki. 520 If the history of the twentieth century can be seen as a successful struggle to expand personal freedoms, then the history of the twenty-first century will be seen as a contest to assert cultural, ethnic, or religious identities. From the crisis in Europe, where identity is seen as inimical to democratic freedoms, to the threats to identity posed by postmodern relativism and Marxism, to the corrosive dullness of identity-less cosmopolitanism, Sharansky conducts a philosophical tour of nations, regions, and cities whose futures rest precariously on the struggle for identity. His purpose throughout is to recover that most valuable and essential political emotion, one that can reaffirm and underpin democratic societies. Together, identity and democracy assert a powerful and benign sense of purpose; divided, at odds with each other, they invite fundamentalism and rootlessness. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Political psychology. 650 0 Democracy. 650 0 Identity (Psychology)|xPolitical aspects. 650 0 Group identity|xPolitical aspects. 700 1 Weiss, Shira Wolosky,|d1954- 700 1 Rudnicki, Stefan,|d1945- 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 10026840?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781433242908_180.jpeg