Who Is This 'We' You Speak of? Grounding Activist Identity in Social Psychology
| Autor: | Jonathan Horowitz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Social psychology (sociology)
050402 sociology 05 social sciences General Social Sciences Identity (social science) Article Injustice 0506 political science 0504 sociology Collective identity 050602 political science & public administration Frame (artificial intelligence) Social identity theory Psychology Social psychology Social movement |
| Zdroj: | Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world. 3 |
| ISSN: | 2378-0231 |
| Popis: | What is an activist identity? Prior answers have focused almost exclusively on collective identity, without (a) considering the possibility of role-based identities or (b) grounding collective identities in broader social-psychological theories. The present study investigates activist identity through the lens of role-based and category-based identities and reports two major findings. First, there is a distinct role-based activist identity, one that involves internalizing role responsibilities and the expectations of friends and family. Second, collective identity represents a relationship between a social identity and an injustice frame; it either involves incorporating an injustice frame into a preexisting social identity or using the injustice frame to create a new in-group. The present findings help to illuminate the processes underlying collective identity, indicate that a great deal of role-based activist identity is mistaken for collective identity, and suggest new directions for the study of micro-mobilization and organizational forms and tactics in social movements. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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