POLS 3710 Lecture Notes - Medicalization, Gay Liberation, Identity Politics
4 Nov 2013
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Isaiah berlin"s concept of negative & positive rights. Rise of movements gave rise to literature. Idea of an identity different from other movements. New social movements involve class, collective identities. Talking about objectives/strategies to become a collective identity. Mode of organization, intimately connected that some social groups are oppressed. Makes who you are, oppressed racial profiling. Also about what has excluded you, and turning into the driving force. One of the most marginalized transgendered people. Followed what women, african american and gay/lesbian have done. Gay/lesbian different than black because they are oppressed at the home as well. No output or support in private life. New entity seeking rights becomes a subject. Based on characteristics based in the past the oppress them. Demand for respect as one for being different. Criticisms: push of demanding rights based on collective identity, urges people to mobilize around 1 axes, identify self with those characteristics their defining feature and how they will interact with society.
