{"id":3995,"date":"2020-09-20T22:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2020-11-10T20:35:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T07:35:20","slug":"the-lies-that-bind-kwame-anthony-appiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/2020\/09\/20\/the-lies-that-bind-kwame-anthony-appiah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lies that Bind &#8212; Kwame Anthony Appiah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/the-lies-that-bind-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/the-lies-that-bind-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/the-lies-that-bind-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/the-lies-that-bind-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/the-lies-that-bind-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/the-lies-that-bind-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/the-lies-that-bind-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/the-lies-that-bind-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an enlightening discussion of what identity is and how it works, both in history and in the present day. Appiah weaves explanations together with history, anecdotes and analysis. He also adds some personal stories and perspectives from his own quite interesting background.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like his nuanced take on so-called \u201ccultural appropriation\u201d: there is nothing wrong with it as such &#8212; that\u2019s how culture works. But the appropriation can sometimes be done in an exploitative or disrespectful way, and that\u2019s when problems arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nicely C-themed chapter titles give a good overview of the book: classification, creed, country, colour, class and culture. It doesn\u2019t cover all aspects of identity, but it\u2019s pretty comprehensive. I did find myself nodding quite a lot as I read it. Identity seems to be quite a prominent topic these days &#8212; now I feel I understand a bit more about it.<\/p>\n<!-- wpsso rrssb get buttons: buttons on archive option not enabled -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an enlightening discussion of what identity is and how it works, both in history and in the present day. Appiah weaves explanations together with history, anecdotes and analysis. He also adds some personal stories and perspectives from his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/2020\/09\/20\/the-lies-that-bind-kwame-anthony-appiah\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,194,62],"class_list":["post-3995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-books","tag-kwame-anthony-appiah","tag-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3995"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4009,"href":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995\/revisions\/4009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderguy.com\/bennett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}