Kwame Anthony Appiah: The Lies That Bind

Gender. Religion. Race. Nationality. Class. Culture. Such affiliations give contours to our sense of self and shape our polarized world. Yet the collective identities they spawn are riddled with contradictions and cratered with falsehoods. Celebrated philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah's The Lies That Bind explores these contradictions and challenges our assumptions about how identities work. In advocating for a theory of human identity that recognizes but transcends our divisions, Appiah transforms the way we think about who—and what—“we” are. This program was recorded on November 3, 2018. See upcoming CHF events: https://chicagohumanities.org Support CHF with a donation: supportchf.org Follow CHF on Twitter:   / chihumanities   Like CHF on Facebook:   / chicagohumanities   Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/nSNV/