“One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion.”—Nadine Gordimer
"Sen is now Asia’s preeminent philosopher of freedom. . . . This is an indispensable book."
"Amartya Sen brings to our generation a new and modern vision of how to obtain peace."
"Amartya Sen, one of the world’s great thinkers, tells us how to go about building a more peaceful world. I hope the book will be read by all."
Amartya Sen is a professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University. A former master of Trinity College, Cambridge, he won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998. His many celebrated books include Development as Freedom and The Idea of Justice.