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Other People (BAR)

On 7 November 2000 Professor Amartya Sen FBA delivered the fourth Annual British Academy Lecture. In this extract, Professor Sen considers various aspects of identity.

• Amartya Sen

The whole article can be downloaded as a PDF file.

Published in Review, July-December 2000.

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