PSCI 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: World Politics, Identity Politics, Communitarianism
26 Nov 2015
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Chapter raising the q of identity in relation to global politics. Annick wibben, who do we think we are?" thinking about identity. To ask questions about who we think we are is to ask questions about identity. Identity markers begin early even before we are born. Medical technologies can tell us whether a fetus will be a girl or boy baby. Social meaning is attached to the sex of the baby by parents, friends, etc. All of these contribute to norms and expectations based on gender. The more we are aware of these the more we can resist them, but they still are there shape us in ways we are unaware. Most people identify themselves with a number of different social and political groups. As we have discussed, in the study of global politics, we are often interested in the nation and national-identity.
