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Let’s Unite Again

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Yenny Zannuba Wahid
· 6 minutes read
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Residents show their fingers dipped in ink as evidence that they voted in the 2019 general election at Polling Station (TPS) 018 at RT 014 neighborhood unit of RW 01 neighborhood community in Pondok Karya subdistrict, Pondok Aren district, South Tangerang, Banten, Wednesday (17/4/2019).

Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Economy, in his book Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny, provides a good narrative about violence that is triggered by differences in identity.

According to Amartya Sen, on the one hand identity plays a role in providing strength and warmth in community life, but on the other hand it can also be destructive. Based on his own life experience, Sen was a witness of riots between Hindus and Muslims in the 1940s.

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