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What is the impact of globalisation on identity?

This video is from https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/r... ‘Religion and Conflict’ is a free online course by the University of Groningen available on FutureLearn.com Religion can play an important role in the desire for security and a strong identity. Turning to religion can therefore be an aid for both individuals and groups to decrease ontological insecurity and provide a basis for ‘homesteading’ and building a strong, clear identity. How is this desire for a strong identity in times of insecurity related to the role of religion in conflicts? It is not worldviews or beliefs as such that create conflicts, but the conditions in which such worldviews and beliefs are translated by social actors into pragmatic paradigms for action on the basis of the meanings that they attribute to their situation. In this video, Associate Professor Marjo Buitelaar describes how creating boundaries between self and other by turning strangers into enemies is a way of reducing ambiguity and uncertainty. More specifically, by demonizing the other, for example by ascribing them repulsive qualities and ‘filthy’ habits, the self becomes sacralized and the other is debased. The psychological process by which ‘abject others’ are created sheds a new light on situations in which acts of boundary making that are framed in terms of religious conflicts or ‘cosmic war’ can turn extremely violent. At FutureLearn, we want to inspire learning for life. We offer a diverse selection of free, high quality online courses from some of the world's leading universities and other outstanding cultural institutions. Browse all courses and sign up here: http://www.futurelearn.com