THE ORIGIN OF OTHERS

Americas foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: ra ce, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the h uman tendency to construct Others? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid?Drawing on her Norton Lectures, Toni Morrison t akes up these and other vital questions bearing on identity in The Origin of Others. In her search for answers, the novelist conside rs her ow...[Read more]