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7212944Against Identityhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/against-identity-9781837310173/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6762581/image.jpg?v=638719170057230000360360MXNPenguin Books LtdInStock/Audiolibros/<p><strong>Brought to you by Penguin.</strong></p><p>Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect identity. Whether we aspire to become the best lawyer or charity worker, life partner or celebrity influencer, we emulate exemplars that exist in the world hoping it will bring us happiness. But this often leads to a complex game of envy and pride. We achieve these identities but want others to imitate us. We disagree with those whose identities contradict ours leading to polarisation and even violence. And yet when they thump against us, we are ashamed to ring hollow.</p><p>In <em>Against Identity</em>, philosopher Alexander Douglas seeks an alternative wisdom. Searching the work of three thinkers ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, Dutch Enlightenment thinker Benedict de Spinoza, and 20th Century French theorist René Girard he explores how identity can be a spiritual violence that leads us away from truth.</p><p>Through their worlds and radically different cultures, we discover how, at moments of historical rupture, our hunger for being grows: and yet, it is exactly these times when we should make peace with our indeterminacy and discover the freedom of escaping our selves.</p><p> Alexander Douglas 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025</p>...6863482Against Identity360360https://www.gandhi.com.mx/against-identity-9781837310173/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6762581/image.jpg?v=638719170057230000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20259781837310173_W3siaWQiOiI4YTc1OTIyNS1lNGE1LTQzZWYtYTI2Yy02MjJiNzU3YTQxYjYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM2NCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6MzY0LCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNS0wMS0wOFQwNTowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOnRydWUsImlzRWxpZ2libGVGb3JDcmVkaXRUcmlhbCI6dHJ1ZSwiY3JlZGl0UHVyY2hhc2VQcmljZSI6MX1d9781837310173_<p><strong>Brought to you by Penguin.</strong></p><p>Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect identity. Whether we aspire to become the best lawyer or charity worker, life partner or celebrity influencer, we emulate exemplars that exist in the world hoping it will bring us happiness. But this often leads to a complex game of envy and pride. We achieve these identities but want others to imitate us. We disagree with those whose identities contradict ours leading to polarisation and even violence. And yet when they thump against us, we are ashamed to ring hollow.</p><p>In <em>Against Identity</em>, philosopher Alexander Douglas seeks an alternative wisdom. Searching the work of three thinkers ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, Dutch Enlightenment thinker Benedict de Spinoza, and 20th Century French theorist René Girard he explores how identity can be a spiritual violence that leads us away from truth.</p><p>Through their worlds and radically different cultures, we discover how, at moments of historical rupture, our hunger for being grows: and yet, it is exactly these times when we should make peace with our indeterminacy and discover the freedom of escaping our selves.</p><p> Alexander Douglas 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025</p>...9781837310173_Penguin Books Ltdaudiolibro_9781837310173_9781837310173Alexander DouglasInglésMéxico2025-06-19T00:00:00+00:00NoMINUTE2025-06-19T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Books Ltd