It may sound pointless to you, but that is because you don't know what I
am talking about. Have you read the paper and book cited?
If anything, I am the only one implying that we should change the
discussion to what the killing was really about, and also that identity
can be based on "soft" things as well as "hard" things - that is, they
can be based on such things as personal political affiliation and not
just relatively unchangeable concepts such as race and gender. This is,
in fact, actually what the writer is talking about in the article
linked.
In fact, the act of violence was allegedly committed based on the
suspect's opposition to ideas such as terrorism and abortion - "hard"
versus "soft".
AnandP.S. More on this over here :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/100,
and in follow up messages.
--- In [email protected], Nikhil Mehra <nikhil.mehra773@...>
wrote:
>
> Thanks. But I think this debate was meant to be political and
constitutional
> not anything else. It was always about detailing political groups and
they
> do or not do not form. Even if they are clearly based on matters
> of identity that the groups themselves identify as matters of
identity. In
> India. The examples, and not just yours, Anand, appear pointless.
>
> Has anyone on this list dealt with the consociotional theory?
>
>
> Regards,
> Nikhil Mehra
>
> Advocate, Supreme Court of India
> Tel: (+91) 9810776904
> Res: C-I/10 AIIMS Campus
> Ansari Nagar
> New Delhi - 110029.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Anand Manikutty
> [email protected]:
>
> > With a broad enough definition of identity [1], [2] : The United
Kingdom,
> > France, Germany, Spain.
> >
> > And the Republic of South Africa, and the erstwhile Republic of
Upper Volta
> > (now Burkina Faso), and the erstwhile Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes
> > (the general region of the former Yugoslavia), and Sao Tome e
Principle. And
> > many others.
> >
> > Basically, every country in the world. Amartya Sen, who is not a
leftist
> > [3], has persuasively argued that identity need not be in just one
form and
> > is, in fact, a matter of choice. People choose their own identities
in many
> > ways. I think you are referring to cultural/national identity, but
even
> > those can be chosen at least to some extent. In fact, people behave
in very
> > similar ways with respect to the other identities that they often
possess -
> > in terms of occupation or profession.
> >
> > Anand
> >
> > [1] George A. Akerlof & Rachel E. Kranton, 2000. "Economics And
Identity,"
> > The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 115(3), pages
715-753,
> > August.
> > [2] Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Issues of Our
Time),
> > New York, W. W. Norton, 2006.
> > [3] Amartya Sen on Amartya Sen :
> >
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/37
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* ss cybersurg@...
> > *To:* silklist@...
> > *Sent:* Mon, January 17, 2011 5:56:27 AM
> >
> > *Subject:* Re: [silk] Stochastic Terrorism
> >
> > On Monday 17 Jan 2011 1:24:25 pm Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote:
> > > Are we the only country with multiple identities?
> > >
> > Could you name a few countries with multiple identities for
comparison?
> > Other
> > tan the USA that is.
> > shiv
> >
> >
> >
>
