PSC 1001 Lecture 8: Comp Pol Lecture Sept 25 Identity Structure
25 Sep 2017
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I. identity- set of characteristics by which individuals/groups are known to themselves/others. A. how people divide themselves into in-groups, out-groups ; membership boundaries. 2. collective identity that draws like people together visa ve other groups doing the same. 1. -. civic- involves more choice, overlook differences to form a collective, less. Ethnic-most important group identity-->still exists within us as a. Tribal/clan-shared blood ties "clan" terminology originated in scotland, differentiating factor yet importance of tribal/clan structure now more important to middle east. **west built strong states in early europe bc christian church had largely broken existing clan structure; family law, forcing families to become more nucleated allowing state power to grow. A. judaism; generated other two dominant forms of religion of monotheism (islam/christianity) C. islam; significant internal divisions: sh"iite/sunni muslims (sunni overwhelming majority) 1. 5 pillars: there is no true god except allah, and muhammad is the messenger of. Allah , prayer 5x/day, fasting during ramadan, charity to the poor, pilgrimage to mecca once/life.
