Identity (Including Collective Identity)

The History of Reflection, Research Scope and Overview of Definitions

Authors

  • Paweł Ścigaj Jagiellonian University in Kraków

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https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.17.2020.68.01

Keywords:

collective identity, social identity, postmodernity, identity politics

Abstract

Identity has remained a popular concept for many decades, being widely used in scientific research. This reflects not only the importance of the phenomena standing behind this notion, but also wide and deep changes accompanying the transition of societies from industrial to post-industrial, late modern, post-modern, network or information society. Regardless of the disputes about the nature of the new era, researchers agree that identities, including collective identities, play a key role in it, and the fight for the recognition of individual and social actors is an extremely important element of contemporary social processes and relations. The article presents a brief description of the most important points in the debate on identity, concerning its meaning, the subjects of identity, the dimensions of identity and the forms of its manifestations in social reality.

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Author Biography

  • Paweł Ścigaj, Jagiellonian University in Kraków

    PhD, political scientist at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. His academic interests are in political psychology and political sociology, particularly dehumanization, mechanisms of intergroup conflicts, conspiracy theories and collective identity. The author of Tożsamość narodowa. Zarys problematyki (National Identity. Review of the issues [2012]) and other articles concerning identity.

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“Identity (Including Collective Identity): The History of Reflection, Research Scope and Overview of Definitions”. 2020. Politeja 17 (5(68): 3-34. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.17.2020.68.01.

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