Identity Politics: The Return of the Native скачать в хорошем качестве

Identity Politics: The Return of the Native

Identity politics derives from competitive politics. It is not new. Politics has always been about identity, yet identity is so much like the layers we clothe ourselves in — it never defines the essential ’me’. A nation is about identity, about how its people imagine themselves as a collective. People do not live their lives in the past. They live in the present and look into the future. During India’s Independence movement, Mahatma Gandhi recognised religion as a fact of identity — but he used it to create an inclusive nation — ‘Vaishnav Jan To’. The US was founded on a national identity imagined around a strong Constitution and the institutions there-under. Its founding fathers drew ‘American exceptionalism’ on that basis. If all forms of dissent are labelled anti-national, and every opponent labelled a terrorist, the labels ‘anti-national’ or ‘terrorist’ lose all meaning. The Rwandan genocide remains a stark reminder of how identity politics can wreak havoc with the lives of a community. See all seasons from India’s World ➝ http://bit.ly/2HmphAs #IdentityPolitics #DelhiElections2020 #DonaldTrump