POL S 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sam Huntington, Realistic Conflict Theory, Henri Tajfel
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Identity (march 9, 2016: instrumental view: means-ends view. Interaction between identities makes those identities stronger not weaker. Religion, the key aspect of huntington"s understanding of civilizational identity. Identifying more with their religion and less with their state. The west is becoming increasingly strong and overbearing, more interventionist. He doesn"t think there will ever be a universal civilization. When americans talk about the world community, they really mean the western community. own interests. Sometimes identities are picked for you, like bosnia. Identify to increase economic, political, or social interests. value. You care about the identity, not what it gets you. You can decide to join a group for instrumental reasons, over time you come to identify with it. In 2015, the nationalist party was very strong. They have the same experience as britain so why do they have a distinct scottish identity. D. consequences of group identity: don"t just look out for yourself, you look out for the group.
