HIST 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Exaggeration, Religious Persecution, Tutsi
Document Summary
The illusion of destiny: identity and a century of violence: conceptualizing identity. Philosophers ask: who are we (what"s the nature of our being, what should we do (how do we live our lives, how do we know. Understanding ways of belonging: different layers of identity. Beyond illusions of destiny: forced to behave in particular way for society. Self-sameness over time: sense of personal identity holds us together over the years (same person 20 yrs later) Internal and external identity: internal: who we think we are, external: other peoples sense of who we are. Louis althusser interpellation: complex person could be identified as just guy with red hat, the process of being called, responding to the call, and making it temporary identity is called the process of interpellation. Group identity: identity not only who we think we are but who we are in a group, belief, dimensions, and characteristics of group colour our own sense of the self.
