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What is needed is a process that rebuilds trust and communication so that the give-and-take of negotiation is perceived as serving mutual interests rather than serving up insults to national dignity or identity.
Second, he gave to a majority of Venezuelans a sense of identity, pride, and dignity long denied them by a corrupt, elitist, light-skinned oligarchy.
Once there, however, rather than trying to change conditions for the poor, they adopt the values of the elite while manipulating the symbols of identity politics – a tactic that still attracts votes.
Yet, scholars such as Ralph Dahrendorf and Joseph Weiler suggest that a European constitution does not make sense because a democratic constitution presupposes a paramount common identity that is absent in an EU where individual national loyalties still prevail.
The first problem in need of a "constitutional" solution that is tackled is Europe's clear and unified identity.
Europe's indistinct legal identity has another deleterious impact.
That difference raises the question of whether it is worth striving for a United States of Europe – a concept that many refuse to accept, because they do not believe in the possibility of a unified European identity.
After all, deeper European integration and the creation of a single political system offer solid, practical advantages that do not require a common identity or language.
As the crisis in Rakhine State powerfully illustrates, ethnic and ideological rifts run deep in Myanmar, and accessible, quality education may be the only means by which a common sense of shared identity can be cultivated.
It was my good fortune to be reading in Jordan a book called On Identity by Amin Maalouf.
It is a brilliant assault on what the author, who is Lebanese, French, Arab and Christian, calls “the panthers” of identity politics.
What is true of identity politics in the Middle East, and in shaping America’s and Europe’s relationship with the Islamic world, is equally true about Northern Ireland.
This was an identity clash that had nothing to do with the essential messages of Christianity.
And, second, we should abandon outdated and wrong-headed notions of identity.
Thus, “Asian values” are not universal norms, but rather a self-preservation strategy harnessed to identity politics.
Given the history of Western colonialism in Asia, the desire to maintain a distinct identity is both legitimate and understandable, as is the belief in many Asian countries – first and foremost China – that the time has come to settle old scores.
But the effort to preserve one’s power, the need for a distinct “Asian” identity, and the desire to settle historical scores will not solve the normative question raised by China’s emergence as the century’s dominant power.
Right-wing populists, as nationalist and anti-European as they may be, also seem eager to support one another at the European level, taking advantage of their common platforms on most issues, particularly immigration, cultural identity, and trade.
The Identity Clinic"Become who you are," wrote the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
With sex-reassignment surgery, writes Jan Morris, "I achieved Identity at last."
But then minorities - especially with a history of subjugation - always do, because it allows them to express their cultural identity and religious freedom.
In the past, regions or communities have achieved statehood almost exclusively after a struggle against colonial subjection and oppression, galvanized by an appeal to a distinctive religious, cultural, or ethnic identity.
In other words, many people’s votes were driven by risk aversion, fear, and intimidation, rather than hope, passion, or deep emotional attachment to a common identity.
National movements driven by a historical mission or an uncompromising quest to assert group identity against a dominant power normally do not succumb to economic considerations and last-minute economic bait.
Now, Salmond is probably re-thinking his avoidance of nativist identity politics.
Victims of psychogenic amnesia suddenly lose all memory of their previous lives, including their sense of personal identity.
The first step towards implementing such policies, however, must be to re-invent and reinvigorate a pan-African identity.
Too Muslim for the West; too secular for the Muslims: over time, this dichotomy has been a source of weakness for Turkey, bringing successive national identity crises.
Rural Americans, living on the vast plains, uprooted and isolated from the outside world, have a history of expressing their longing for community and mystical identity by gathering in large numbers in churches and tents, listening to the grand statements of charismatic hucksters.
That would be devastating for Germany, a country whose economic success, political identity, and security are based on a strong, functioning EU.
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