I Remain Instinctively Hostile To Communitarian Philosophy

We Live In A World Community, And Economic Contact Has Partly Contributed To That. It’s Also The Case That Economic Opportunity Opened Up By Economic Contact Has Helped To A Great Extent To Reduce Poverty In Many Parts Of The World.

The Identity Of Just One Thing, The "clash Of Civilization" View That You're A Muslim Or A Hindu Or A Buddhist Or A Christian, I Think That's Such A Limited Way Of Seeing Humanity, And Schools Have The Opportunity To Bring Out The Fact That We Have Hundreds Of Identities. We Have Our National Identity. We Have Our Cultural Identity, Linguistic Identity, Religious Identity. Yes, Cultural Identity, Professional Identity, All Kinds Of Ways.

The Student Community Of Presidency College Was Also Politically Most Active.

The Increasing Tendency Towards Seeing People In Terms Of One Dominant ‘identity’ (‘this Is Your Duty As An American’, ‘you Must Commit These Acts As A Muslim’, Or ‘as A Chinese You Should Give Priority To This National Engagement’) Is Not Only An Imposition Of An External And Arbitrary Priority, But Also The Denial Of An Important Liberty Of A Person Who Can Decide On Their Respective Loyalties To Different Groups (to All Of Which He Or She Belongs).

When I Was Giving A Lecture In India, The Capabilities That I Have To Be Concerned With There, Namely The Ability Of People To Go To A School, To Be Literate, To Be Able To Have A Basic Health Care Everywhere, To Be Able To Seek Some Kind Of Medical Response To One's Ailment; These Become Central Issues In The Indian Context Which They're Not In The Uk, Because You're Well Beyond That.