Identity politics and the need for a ‘tomorrow’
Bhambra, Gurminder K. and Margree, Victoria (2010) Identity politics and the need for a ‘tomorrow’. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.45 (No.15). pp. 59-66. ISSN 0012-9976 Official URL: http://epw.in/epw/uploads/articles/14641.pdf AbstractRecent years have witnessed a general backlash against
identity politics, both in the academy and the public
sphere. This paper recognises the problems in identity
politics as arising from an apparent difficulty in
conceptualising identity separately from notions
of fixity and exclusion. It argues that politicised identities
could, instead, be premised upon an explicit affirmation
of the provisionality of political identity that is oriented
to a “tomorrow “ in which the identity will no longer
be required. | Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Identity politics -- Research, Identity (Psychology), Marginality, Social -- Political aspects, Social justice -- Political aspects |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Economic and Political Weekly |
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| Publisher: | The Economic and Political Weekly |
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| ISSN: | 0012-9976 |
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| Date: | 10 April 2010 |
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| Volume: | Vol.45 |
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| Number: | No.15 |
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| Page Range: | pp. 59-66 |
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| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
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| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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