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

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Abstract

Recent 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
Subjects:	J Political Science > JC Political theory H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Identity politics -- Research, Identity (Psychology), Marginality, Social -- Political aspects, Social justice -- Political aspects
Journal or Publication Title:	Economic and Political Weekly
Publisher:	The Economic and Political Weekly
ISSN:	0012-9976
Date:	10 April 2010
Volume:	Vol.45
Number:	No.15
Page Range:	pp. 59-66
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/2258

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